This is just a sample of the essay responses to Trump's latest racist comments about Haiti. Please feel free to add any that we may have missed by replying to this post....Thank you to all doing the necessary work of rebuttal and re-education.
Trump’s Insults Pour Salt in Wounds of Haitians Healing After Succession of Disasters
By Erica Caple James
http://www.theglobepost.com/2018/01/12/trump-insults-haiti/
I am part of the Haitian diaspora—here’s why I wasn’t surprised by Trump’s comments
By Régine Michelle Jean-Charles
Trump’s Fixation on Haiti, and the Abiding Fear of Black Self-Determination
By Doreen St. Félix
Local Haitian-American To Trump: 'Stop Talking. Stop Tweeting.'
Interview with Régine Michelle Jean-Charles
https://news.wgbh.org/2018/01/12/local-news/local-haitian-american-trump-stop-talking-stop-tweeting
This is how ignorant you have to be to call Haiti a 'shithole'
By Jonathan M. Katz
Le gouvernement haïtien condamne les propos de Trump, convoque le chargé d'affaires américain, selon Paul Altidor
Le Nouvelliste
Haitians are used to insults. Friday, we mourned. Today, we fight.
By Edwidge Danticat
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article194492199.html
7 Replies
Marlene Daut
Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole
By Amy Wilentz
https://www.thenation.com/article/without-haiti-the-united-states-would-in-fact-be-a-shithole/
Marlene Daut
The Counter to Trump’s Xenophobic Racism Is Not Exceptionalist Immigrant Narratives
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/the-counter-to-trumps-xenophobic-racism-is-not-exceptio-1822027032
By Shamira Ibrahim
Marlene Daut
A Response to 45, January 12, 2018
by Fabienne Doucet
https://wp.nyu.edu/scholarmother/2018/01/13/a-response-to-45-january-12-2018/
Marlene Daut
IJDH Statement of Solidarity With the Haitian People and Condemnation of President’s White Supremacist Remarks
http://www.ijdh.org/2018/01/topics/politics-democracy/for-immediate-release-ijdh-statement-of-solidarity-with-the-haitian-people-and-condemnation-of-presidents-white-supremacist-remarks/
Marlene Daut
US-BASED HAITIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION RESPONDS TO DONALD TRUMP
https://networks.h-net.org/node/116721/discussions/1252301/official-statement-hsa-board-us-based-haitian-studies-association
Haiti’s Resilience as Seen Through Literature
By Concepción De León
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/books/haiti-donald-trump.html?referer=https://t.co/TLC3Bcc6az?amp=1#click=https://t.co/TLC3Bcc6az
What is a “shithole country,” and why is Trump obsessed with Haiti?
By Mark Schuller
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-is-a-shithole-country-and-why-is-trump-obsessed_us_5a5a6837e4b01ccdd48b5ce5
Marlene Daut
STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON COMMENT MADE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
http://today.caricom.org/2018/01/13/statement-by-the-caribbean-community-caricom-on-comment-made-by-the-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/
Scholar, Cécile Accilien, urges Trump to study Haiti’s history
https://news.ku.edu/2018/01/12/scholar-urges-trump-study-haitis-history
Marlene Daut
Donald Trump doesn’t understand Haiti, immigration or American history
By Chantalle Verna
http://theconversation.com/donald-trump-doesnt-understand-haiti-immigration-or-american-history-87982
Racism has always driven U.S. policy toward Haiti
By Brandon Byrd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/01/14/racism-has-always-driven-u-s-policy-toward-haiti/?__twitter_impression=true