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Using bully tactics to scare the poor guy huh! :hurt: OUCH!!!!!
I guess I am being threatened to walk a fine line or else, I may wear out my welcome in this place. Well, I am never been one to back down from a fight, not a legitimate one at that. Whenever I meet adversity I look it right in the eyes with no fear. However touchy this issue may be, I will not back down from it, because I believe it is a worthy one. And I will do it in the most respectable manners, my parents didn't raise me to be otherwise.
fear no man but the Almighty..................if I have to turn the other cheek, I will, but I will not back down from my principle beliefs. I will never compromise my beliefs, the rest is history.
Make a field slave a house slave and there's no end to his madness.
Actually, I will try to disappoint you my friend. I am not out to call anyone on here names. I am only standing up for principles and humane conditions. I am only trying to bring the issues of the voiceless to the table. I am in no way trying to disregard or lessen the plight of poor Dominican children all the while over exposing the plight of Haitians in the DR. Given the choice I am sure these poor Dominicans would rather die than be in the situation that my Haitian compadres are in the DR.
With that said, I never pointed any fingers at the Dominican government alone, no no no no both governments got involved to create this fine mess for the voiceless batey workers and they ought to held accountable for coming up with a solution.
And since when was I basing Haiti, as a nation since when was I basing our shortcomings on the Dominican government. The issue with the sugarcane workers was and is the only issue that I am trying to raise in this thread. And unless one's eyes are fooling them, my points were not that only Haitians have contributed to the advancements of the DR, little there is. I only mention that Haitians have contributed somewhat to the DR and very many aspects.
Unless one is an allusionist, the DR although not in a fine mess as Haiti is, the DR is not that better off either. I don't think any other country in the caribbean, besides cuba has produced more professionals at home and abroad than us. Our contributions to very many countries around the world, and mainly in Latin America has bypassed that of any in the caribbean.
I wouldn't be sitting here behind a computer trying to justify, the plight of my people if we as a people had done similarly in our country. Unfortunately, due to interference by outside forces, dividing us we haven't yet been able to solve such dilemmas. If and when we're able to bypass our differences and unite under our country, many in the caribbean will be biting their nails.
We were once declared the pearl of the caribbean and believe you and me, we can rise once again to such prominence, many are afraid of us rising to such feats. In the US, Haitians are far becoming a professional force to be reckoned with. As example, those of you who frequent the medical facilities in New York, Florida, Virginia, New Jersey to name a few I am sure have witnessed the tremendous amount of Haitian Doctors/Nurses not to mention other fields such as law, business etc.... We've yet to organized ourselves abroad as at home, wait til we learn to organize ourselves like others have.
I applaud the Dominicans living in the US, specifically in New York for the great job that they've done becoming a force politically, you ought to be commanded for it. As a Haitian-Dominican I feel proud of both of my heritage. By the way if you're wondering about my ancestry. My Grandparents from my mother's side were Dominican citizens who migrated to Haiti back in the early 1900's and settled there. Currently, I am trying to find my roots back in the DR, San Francisco De Macoris by the way, but that's another story.
The moral of the story is, both nations are to blamed for the plight of these workers because both set out and recruited them. If these workers are messed up, both nations are to be held accountable for it. And I am no way basing the plight of the sugarcane workers as the whole reason why Haiti has fell off the latter. Sooner much rather than later, this country will be a force to be reckoned with in the caribbean as it once was. Many of the Caricom nations deep down are afraid of that.
In the meantime for the sake of humanity stop this DOminican/Haitian madness. With that I would like to leave you guys with this ............................................... Be nice to the people you meet on your way up, because you might just meet them on your way down, a powerful phrase to live by. :smoke:
