In the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, vitriol and violence against Haitian communities has escalated. This series offers context about Haitian community organizing, TPS and humanitarian parole, the hemispheric routes of Haitian migration, and immigrant experiences and anti-Haitianism in general. As the United States increasingly externalizes its borders and Haitian migration winds transnational paths across the hemisphere, confronting and organizing against this rise of anti-Haitianism requires a hemispheric approach.
Organizing Against Anti-Haitianism Beyond Borders
As anti-Haitianism surges in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, confronting the rise in xenophobia and hate requires a hemispheric approach to U.S. imperialism.
Anti-Haitianism: A Hemispheric Rejection of Revolutionary Blackness
From the United States to the Dominican Republic to the Bahamas, the collective scapegoating and mass deportation of Haitians for political gain lays bare a particular kind of anti-Blackness.
In a Climate of Slander and Hate, Haitian Immigrants Organize Across Borders
In the face of mounting attacks on Haitian diaspora communities from Springfield to Santo Domingo, immigrants across the hemisphere are coming together to demand protection.
The Haitian Community Needs Another March on Brooklyn Bridge
Renewed attacks on Haitian immigrants in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election have created fertile ground for mass mobilization.
“If we Fall, Others Will Follow”: Organizing to Combat Anti-Haitianism Tomorrow and Beyond
The quest for white dominance has required undermining Haiti’s freedom and demonizing its people. A transnational response is necessary to foster solidarity and challenge the notion of U.S. exceptionalism.