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The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

Jan 22
8 min

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde (1979) In the 1970s, women of color and lesbians in the United States called on feminist scholars to recognize their own discriminatory practices and to analyze the intersections of racial, sexual, and gender hierarchies. At an academic feminist conference commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, the lesbian poet and literature professor Audre Lorde art

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Recognition of Freedom

Jan 21
9 min

Recognition of Freedom

Over the past two hundred years, the United States has played an important role in the economic and political activity of Haiti, its close neighbor to the south. The United States’ refusal to recognize Haiti as a country for sixty years, trade policies, military occupations, and role in Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s removal from Haiti are little known by Americans, but significant for the development, or rather, lack of development in Haiti. Haiti is the poorest nation in the West

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January 12, 2010 - Today We Remember

Jan 12
2 min

January 12, 2010 - Today We Remember

Today we remember the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who lost their lives and the millions gravely affected by the devastating earthquake that struck their country eleven years ago, The 2010 earthquake hit Haiti on January 12 Time: 4:53pm Magnitude- 7.0 220,000-300,000: Estimates of the death toll vary 300,000: Number of injured 1.5 million: People initially displaced 32,788: Displaced people who remained as of January 2020 3,978: Number of schools damaged or destroyed by

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LESSONS ON LOVE & PRIDE

Jan 9
4 min

LESSONS ON LOVE & PRIDE

By Corneille Nyungura A NOTE FROM JOLENE: This article was written by Corneille for Oprah. When he speaks about African children needing their pride preserved so that love is kept alive within that child vs western children who need love to keep their pride alive is a deep and profound observation and how youths exposed to western thought, style and trends leaves children across a perceived gaping divide causing them to consider that they may never attain their dreams. The

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KING OF H'AYTI AND THE WAKANDA OF THE WESTERN -HEMISPHERE?

Jan 6
2 min

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KING OF H'AYTI AND THE WAKANDA OF THE WESTERN -HEMISPHERE?

Marlene Daut focuses on the history of Haiti, including Henry Christophe, the first and last king of the new country in the early 19th century. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Marlene Daut’s research led her to the story of how a man enslaved at birth rose to become king of Haiti. For a brief period in the early 19th century after the Haitian revolution, the new country divided into two parts, with the northern leader creating a constitutional monarchy. Amer

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2020 Trafficking in Persons Report: Haiti

Jan 5
10 min

2020 Trafficking in Persons Report: Haiti

Human trafficking happens in every country and could happen to anyone. HAITI: Tier 2 The Government of Haiti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Haiti remained on Tier 2. These efforts included investigating more traffickers, establishing an executive secretariat to improve monitoring a

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