Can we call this apartheid? Of course we can. The dictionary definition: “a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race”. What’s more, Haitians of African heritage are generally where they are in the Caribbean because of slavery – in fact, ‘Hispaniola’ was the first place in the Western hemisphere where Africans arrived. The ancestors of Haitian Dominicans were taken forcefully from their lands in Africa, transported halfway across the world, and now their descendants have their legal rights and citizenship stripped from them.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:55:15 +0000
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