Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided vol. Documentary Time

[dabottom305]

Originally Posted by Rolaholic

Originally Posted by DaBottom305

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Sad to say but I remember growing up I would not let it be known that I was Haitian

I wasn't aware of my history and what my ancestors accomplished. Now I'll rep it til the death

Fixed. 
Certain parts of the Miami made me feel this way. 

Little Haiti 

 
I went to elementary school at Morningside 

, middle school at Edison 

. My mom decided to take me out 8th grade and send me to South Miami Middle 

. The African American (some) would call each other "Haitian" as a put down. feltbadman.jpg

 

[daytona 5000]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

^ What did you say you were?

Every nationality under the sun EXCEPT Haitian. Only one I remember specifically though, was Cuban

Back then kids used to try and clown on Haitian kids by saying "you haitian creation, go back to your plantation"
I can

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but back then that used to have me feeling like

 

[rolaholic]

Originally Posted by DaBottom305

Originally Posted by Rolaholic

Originally Posted by DaBottom305

Fixed. 
Certain parts of the Miami made me feel this way. 

Little Haiti 

 
I went to elementary school at Morningside 

, middle school at Edison 

. My mom decided to take me out 8th grade and send me to South Miami Middle 

. The African American (some) would call each other "Haitian" as a put down. feltbadman.jpg

Never understood this 

. Proud of my heritage regardless,1st independent black nation 

. I'd be mad pissed about getting sent there 

 

[tim teufel]

Us Dominicans have treated Haitians so bad it's disgusting.

 

[mytmouse76]

Originally Posted by tim teufel

lived in dr for 6 years best time of my life. haiti and dr is literally separated by a little puddle of water lol i kept jumping from side to side 

seriously i find that so cool

 

[daytona 5000]

Originally Posted by DaBottom305

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by RavageBX

Yeah I'ma peep the others when I get a chance. And I agree that Haiti deserves more global respect than they receive. Even as a kid I remember Haitians always being looked upon in a negative light. I never really understood why. Africans, Haitians and Mexicans were bottom rung lol.

Sad to say but I remember growing up I would not let it be known that I was Haitian

I wasn't aware of my history and what my ancestors accomplished. Now I'll rep it til the death

Fixed. 
Certain parts of the Miami made me feel this way. 

That's crazy, because it wasn't until I moved to FL that I started to gain some pride about my heritage.
Seemed like everyone down there was Haitian and were proud of it. Even had some black people claiming they
were zoe

 

[skiptomylou]

interesting

 

[dabottom305]

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by DaBottom305

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Sad to say but I remember growing up I would not let it be known that I was Haitian

I wasn't aware of my history and what my ancestors accomplished. Now I'll rep it til the death

Fixed. 
Certain parts of the Miami made me feel this way. 

That's crazy, because it wasn't until I moved to FL that I started to gain some pride about my heritage.
Seemed like everyone down there was Haitian and were proud of it. Even had some black people claiming they
were zoe

lol.. yea, that was around Lil Haiti when Cash Money used to come around heavy, the 'Project Chick' days. In South Miami, that was a different story.

 

[acemaster193]

Saw this in class the other day. Have to catch the other specials.

 

[sreggie101]

thanks in adv. p4l watch.

 

[M. Fresh]

posting for later

 

[r33p04s]

the culture in miami like you guys said was not friendly to haitians...its only recently i can remember haitian pride as growing....especially after the quake

not haitian btw from another island but yea....haitian used to be the insult smh

 

[diirtyvandal]

I'm American with Haitian decent, but i have a crib in DR ... The island is really divided. They never believe im Haitian when im down there, because they treat Haitians like 3rd class citizens. Its a shame i decided to build a summer home in DR rather than Haiti, but i cant deal with those politics in Haiti. Business is much easier / better in DR. In ways they treat Haitians down there like we treat Central Americans in NY.