[News] I am H.A.I.T.I.

[Anti-Imperialist News]

I am H.A.I.T.I.
by Teddy Fikre

http://wellandgoood.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-am-haiti.html


Unbowed and unconquered since the time when my 
son François-Dominique Toussaint L’ouverture 
defeated a French colonial power. I was Adwa 
before Adwa. I gave hope to millions of enslaved 
brothers and sisters from Africa. I am 
H.A.I.T.I., I have been punished ever since by 
the Western world. Exploited for my raw 
resources, corruption tolerated and in most 
instances perpetuated by outside influences so 
that I can always be destabilized.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

I have been deemed a third world country. 
Tourists come from the west to appreciate my 
natural beauty, while disregarding the abject 
poverty as they drive from the airport to their 
luxury hotels as quickly as possible. My neighbor 
and I (Dominican Republic) are popular 
destination for would be bachelors. They come and 
stay in my villas, and I being so poor I 
prostitute my daughters to quench the loins of 
these soon to be married men. My sons are their 
porters, carrying their bags and speaking broken 
English and tap dancing to their desires so that they can feed their seed.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

My natural resources are taken from me, forced to 
sell my sugar, concrete, timber,and flaxseed oil 
for a penny on the dollar. I am H.A.I.T.I., my 
net export last year was $498 million dollars, 
mega tons of my resources shipped off to the 
western world. Those raw resources translate into 
billions of dollars once they are turned into 
finished goods. I am H.A.I.T.I, see I am still colonized.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

No one pays attention to me. Everyday, the 
equivalent of Katrina happens on the streets of 
Port au Prince. My sons and daughters die by the 
thousands on a monthly basis, the byproduct of 
desperation, drugs, and violence turned against 
me by my sons and daughters. I am H.A.I.T.I., my 
children die from the scourge of malnutrition as 
I watch my kids drink from infested pools of dirty water.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

The only time the world cares about me is when I 
rise up and bury my own children, when I 
eviscerate my offspring. I am H.A.I.T.I., you pay 
attention to me when my children are entombed by 
the shoddy concrete that is left over for me to 
house my family while the grade concrete is 
shipped off to Western cities and suburbs. I am 
H.A.I.T.I., you now cry for me, when usually you don’t give a shit about me.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

I don’t want your fucking pity. Thank you for the 
$5.00 you send me through your cell phone. But 
really, how about you give me a fair price on my 
natural resources. I am H.A.I.T.I., I don’t want 
your charity, I just want the dignity to provide 
for my own sons and daughters. I am H.A.I.T.I., 
keep your IMF and World Bank money, money you 
give me with strings attached that keep me in 
bondage. I am H.A.I.T.I., I don’t need prayers 
from DEVILS like Pat Robertson. I am H.A.I.T.I., 
you see me crying black tears of oppression and dejection on your HD TV.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

All I ask is that you stop raping my natural 
resources. I am H.A.I.T.I, I don’t want the 
crumbs you provide, give me the ability to make 
my own pie. I am H.A.I.T.I., thanks for the rice 
you drop from the sky for me, but really, instead 
of $498 million you give me for my natural 
resources, how about you pay a fair price and 
instead offer me $5 billion for my exports. That 
way, I can build my own rice fields, I can have 
my own emergency services, I can build my own 
houses and schools with grade A concrete so when 
there is another earthquake, my children won’t perish in the process.

I am H.A.I.T.I.

I guess I should be grateful for the millions you 
just gave me in AID, while you profited from me 
by the billions last year alone. I am H.A.I.T.I., 
thank you for your charity, but really, how about 
you just give me my dignity so that I can care for my own sons and daughters.




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