This was a "bad" example for U.S. slaves. Haiti was subjected to an embargo from the United States, which, along with many… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The justification - the idea that we have a right to invade another country and determine another people's destiny - is frightening.… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Medicare rewards doctors far better for doing procedures than for assessing whether they should be done at all.” — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up.… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Instead I dreamt of walking out of the world, of spending all my time inside with no one to talk to, and no one… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“From her experience working with the weak and the sick, she'd learned that the disease you ignore is the one that kills you, so… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I'm not saying Cubans don't deserve asylum, but if it is a national security issue, there are people who are coming from Cuba on… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
