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Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment
The Associated Press ^ | September 24, 2021 | By AARON MORRISON and ASTRID GALVAN

Posted on 09/24/2021 5:36:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The images — men on horseback, appearing to use reins as whips to corral Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But to many Haitians and Black Americans, they’re merely confirmation of a deeply held belief:

U.S. immigration policies, they say, are and have long been anti-Black.

The Border Patrol’s treatment of Haitian migrants, they say, is just the latest in a long history of discriminatory U.S. policies and of indignities faced by Black people, sparking new anger among Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders.

They point to immigration data that indicate Haitians and other Black migrants routinely face structural barriers to legally entering or living in the U.S. — and often endure disproportionate contact with the American criminal legal system that can jeopardize their residency or hasten their deportation.

“Black immigrants live at the intersection of race and immigration and, for too long, have fallen through the cracks of red tape and legal loopholes,” said Yoliswa Cele of the UndocuBlack Network, a national advocacy organization for currently and formerly undocumented Black people.

“Now through the videos capturing the abuses on Haitians at the border, the world has now seen for itself that all migrants seeking a better tomorrow aren’t treated equal when skin color is involved.”

Nicole Phillips, legal director for the Haitian Bridge Alliance, said racism has long driven the American government’s treatment of Haitian immigrants.

Phillips, whose organization is on the ground helping Haitians in Texas, says this dates back to the early 1800s, when Haitian slaves revolted and gained independence from France, and has continued through decades of U.S. intervention and occupation in the small island nation.

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1 posted on 09/24/2021 5:36:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So swim back to your island.

Au revoir, amis.


2 posted on 09/24/2021 5:39:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Haitians see?

Haiti - the country infamous for genocide against whites two centuries ago.

3 posted on 09/24/2021 5:39:33 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
AP's evil propaganda tries to make you think they're victims when in reality they're hijacking cbp buses.

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/haitian-invaders-have-hijacked-multiple-buses/

4 posted on 09/24/2021 5:41:20 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then why on earth do they want to be in the most racist hell-hole on earth, if that’s what they believe?


5 posted on 09/24/2021 5:41:52 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The one place where there is no discrimination against blacks is Africa, why aren’t they going there?


6 posted on 09/24/2021 5:45:53 AM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a joke. They face more “structural barriers” trying to cross over to the Dominican Republic, e.g. the country on the eastern half of the island they share. This is another example of the AP using vetted and one sided sources to push their own narrative. This isn’t news, it’s propaganda.


7 posted on 09/24/2021 5:46:53 AM PDT by LuxAerterna
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To: T.B. Yoits

The one and the same.
Enjoy your AIDS retards.


8 posted on 09/24/2021 5:51:18 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yes, we’re all horrible racists here. You absolutely do not want to come here and should try to go back to Haiti as quickly as possible.


9 posted on 09/24/2021 5:51:41 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

F’em


10 posted on 09/24/2021 5:54:17 AM PDT by dkGba (God Bless America dkGba)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, Haiti and Haitians had a profound effect on American race policy, all right.

You might even say that their great victory in 1804 was one of the principal causes of the Civil War.

How many schoolchildren today know of the Bois Caïman ceremony? How many know the Creole phrase koupe tet boule caille?

What goes around, comes around.

11 posted on 09/24/2021 6:00:47 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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“appearing to use reins as whips”

The people who wrote this (Aaron and Astrid) are part of the problem.


12 posted on 09/24/2021 6:08:43 AM PDT by cdcdawg (The vaccines don't work)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What defines the mistreatment they got from their Haitian leaders? Monochrome racism?


13 posted on 09/24/2021 6:12:30 AM PDT by Pollard (Some people like to argue just to argue.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thus sayeth the citizens of a country who began their independence by hunting down and murdering white people, mixed race people and invading their neighbor with whom they share an island.


14 posted on 09/24/2021 6:16:04 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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So why would ANY person of color wish to come to this eevil, nasty, racist, prejudiced, mean-spirited, degrading, vile, abominable, deplorable, vicious, awful place?

Better to stay home and try to fix your own country, which could be a paradise with a little wisdom and proper management.

Spread the word!

/S


15 posted on 09/24/2021 6:45:00 AM PDT by left that other site (Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I still can’t understand why any black people would want to come to a country that is systemically racist.


16 posted on 09/24/2021 6:46:05 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

IIRC, we were once bringing blacks over here by the shipload which has now caused blacks to be anti America but they’re not going back home.

No one invited the Haitians.


17 posted on 09/24/2021 7:34:42 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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History tells us that 5% of African slaves were sold to the US colonies. The vast majority went to Brazil and the Caribbean. Including Haiti.


18 posted on 09/24/2021 8:38:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The AP is on a gaslighting roll today.


19 posted on 09/24/2021 8:38:57 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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“ So why would ANY person of color wish to come to this eevil, nasty, racist, prejudiced, mean-spirited, degrading, vile, abominable, deplorable, vicious, awful place?”

To conquer it, and to degrade and eventually eliminate the indigenous population, of course.


20 posted on 09/24/2021 11:54:38 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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