For documentary film maker DJ Scripz, making connections within the Haitian community is important. His film, The Haitian Polo Documentary by DJ Scripz, tells the real stories of Haitian immigrants who fled their home nation during the ‘80s and ‘90s to relocate in Brooklyn, NY, only to be met with the tumult and violence that was plaguing the city at the time. While the most significant feat for Haitians growing up in ‘80s and ‘90s Brooklyn was to be accepted into urban America, DJ Scripz refocuses on making connections across the Haitian community to explore the collective experiences of young Haitian immigrants and to preserve their memories in history.
Haiti, as we found out in chapter 3, was a melting pot of both Dahomey and Kongolese people from West and Central Africa. Each brought with them their native African traditional religion, what we have termed Voodoo. In the case of the Kongolese, they also had Catholic and French influences. Consequently Haiti was the home of a brand of Catholic-based Voodoo called “Haitian Voodoo” – which was practiced in the sugarcane fields of Haiti as the Dahomey and Kongolese people were melted together in a unique Creole setting. Now comes Louisiana, the twin sister of Haiti.
While the book covers on several thematic concerns, the issue of social inequality takes a major portion of the author’s attention. Particularly, Mountains Beyond Mountains highlights the economic inequality and disparate provision of healthcare services in Haiti, its impacts on the affected people and the possible solutions to this social inequality. To begin with,
Even though Haiti’s a poor country, his people have a big heart. Parents don’t want their child to work, they make them focus on school only, and their education. On the other hand, Americans just consider a child to be lazy if at their teenage age they still don’t work. They raise their children to be independent different from Haitian that make their children to depend on them. Another fact is that Americans are not really friendly; they avoid contact with people, and they have a hypocrite smile on their face, however, Haitians are really friendly, sincere, and courteous.
This quote taken from the Haitian Declaration of Independence can be broken down into sections showing how Jean-Jacques Dessalines was able to rally his Country together to fight for their right to become a sovereign State. To begin, the declaration uses the phrase “Native Citizens” to bring a sense of nationalism to all citizens who are reading at the time. This sense of nationalism to start off the quote is attempting to rally the people of Haiti together, which is an idea that will continued to be brought up. The declaration follows this by telling all people to cast their gaze on their island. To understand what the next part of the quote one must know that the Haitian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on January 1st,1804, an era in which gender equality didn’t exist and the man was thought of as the only liable worker and soldier.
Introduction I. (Attention Getter) Video II. (Relevancy Statement)- Haiti located in the subtropics on the western third of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the Caribbean, which it shares with Dominican Republic, our neighbor islands include Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. III. (Credibility Statement) - My family are from Haiti, I was born there then moved here with my mother when I was 11.
Within the period of 1750 to 1914, changes were taking place around the world. New empires and nations began growing and expanding their territory, and as a result of these actions, wars, bankruptcy, and rebellions became more common. An example is the American Revolution, in which the American colonists, who were influenced by new philosophies and the sense of nationalism, fought and gained their independence from Britain. This revolution eventually inspired others throughout the world as it was successful in gaining the colonies independence from a powerful European empire. Those revolutions include the Haitian and French Revolution.
“Dominican dictator, Trujillo, established the “Dominicanization” program in 1937. The objective of this program was to increase the Dominican presence in the new border delimitation with Haiti” (Wise 168). The Dominican government thought of the Haitian presence in the border as a threat to their nations and the Hispanic identity of the Dominican Republic, furthermore, the Dominican government was concerned about Haiti achieving economic control and success in the border area. Therefore, this program was based on an attempt of nationalism in order to increase the national identity on the Dominican people. This program created the racial issues in Hispaniola.
Joshua Morgan Oral Communication Professor Currie General purpose-to inform Specific purpose- my classmates will be able to convey how I grew to have an intimate relationship with Haiti Central idea-Haiti has a special place in my heart Intro Attention grabber- Haiti is not a large country, Haiti 's border with the Dominican-Republic is only 159 miles. To put that in perspective, if you were to drive along the border at 60 mph 's, it would only take you 2 hours and 39 mins.
During the time period of 1750-1900, Haiti and China both had nationalist movements with several reasons behind them. Almost every nation had its nationalist movements, some lasting longer and some more violent than others. Haiti and China both had their nationalist movements, but for mainly different reasons, rooting from lack of equality, shame in defeat, and poverty. Lack of equality and oppression were huge reasons for nationalist movements, particularly in Haiti. In Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, a small population of whites ruled over thousands of black slaves.
Danticat favors main characters who are Haitian emigrants or the children of emigrants, conflicted by their individual identity and their traditional culture. A common theme in these works is how national culture affects personal identify, both directly and indirectly. The author does an amazing job of showing the complexity of the culture in Haiti, even when the facts can be morbid, or horrifying for
Growing up in Haiti, I was introduced to different cultures through arts. Haitian culture is rich and vibrant it’s a mix of African, Spanish, and French culture combined, creating the creole culture. As a result, I learned Haitian creole, Spanish, French, and English. Arts are a tremendous part of what make the Haitian culture. Such as “rara” is a form of festival music that is used for a street procession, typically during Easter week.
The United States tried to protect Haitian Immigrants but has ultimately failed. Immigration policies are only impactful if the system is willing to protect them. In 2010, Haiti was struck by an earthquake that killed thousands and displaced millions of people, and many of them came to the United States seeking asylum. Due to the increase of Haitian immigrants, Congress instituted the Temporary Protected Status (TPS). While Temporary Protected Status has been granted to groups from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras, the government continues to fail them by ignoring their importance.
The Most Successful Revolution From the beginning of the island Saint Domingue, France was doomed to losing this money making island. Overworking the Haitian people for the want to dominate the economic market lead to the fall of Saint Domingue and the rise of Haiti. The long fight for independence lasted from 1791 to 1804 and was led by a man named Toussaint Louverture. He is vital to the Haitian revolution, due to him bringing unity to the Haitian people, and emancipating all slaves (Haitian Revolution... History). This extremely successful revolution brought inspiration to many other Latin American Revolutions.
Discourse on colonialism generally results in the different opinions of the colonizer and the colonized. The upshot of such discourse shows that colonialism has divergent interpretations. For the colonizer, it is ‘a civilizing mission’; to the colonized, it is exploitation. Such concept is better understood when both the views are studied with an objective approach. Things Fall Apart is a perfect novel to study colonialism as it deals with the perspectives of the colonizer and the colonized.
