When you put more than a million kids in school, you take a plane today and go to Haiti, you cannot see… — Michel Martelly Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Haitian culture. Everything we did was from the Haitian culture. — Sony Michel Copy Share Image
There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when… — Sam Trammell Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to get any movies done about Black heroes - Haitian or American - in Hollywood. The argument in Hollywood… — Jimmy Jean-Louis Copy Share Image
The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
The lessons are, unfortunately, that a small weak country that is facing an extremely hostile and very violent superpower will not make… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
The Africans were oftentimes allied with the antagonist of the Republic. Now, you may want to step back and ask yourself why… — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area,… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide Copy Share Image
This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy,… — Kendrick Meek Copy Share Image
Sometimes we mask ourselves to further reveal ourselves, and it's always been connected to me with being a writer: We tell lies… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I think it's hard for an outsider to capture the flavor of a community and all its nuances, so ultimately Haitian-Americans need… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“All my life, used the best lotions, finest soaps, nicest oils, and fanciest perfumes to keep my skin nice, only to find… — Liz Faublas-Wallace Copy Share Image
We all have a tendency to over generalize our individual experiences. After I've published something, I'll meet someone who says, "I'm Haitian,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction. — Jean-Claude Duvalier Copy Share Image
If a Cuban refugee is escaping, we're saying they're a political refugee, but why isn't a Haitian refugee a political refugee? They're… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
