Phrase by 'Edwidge Danticat'
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On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What happened recently in Spain affects us here and brings questions up. It is too bad that people have to be shaken up in that way.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorSometimes , People , World , Way
Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorPeople , Money , America , Fighting
More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorInternet , You , People , Information
In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorYou , People , Reading , Way
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorYou , Well , Years , Very
In fact that is the struggle that most Americans - As rich as this country is, most Americans are very limited in their interaction with the world, unless the world comes to us in a very shocking way.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorWorld , Way , Struggle , Rich
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorPeople , Dreams , Amazing , Obstacles
I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when It's at its extreme. And that's what they end up knowing about it.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorPeople , Think , End , Place
I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorWind , Think , Future , Daily
Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home.
Author: Edwidge Danticat - Haitian AuthorMe , Family , Home , I Am
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