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
Darlène Dubuisson and Mark Schuller
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. Read more.
Anti-Haitianism: A Hemispheric Rejection of Revolutionary Blackness
Bertin M. Louis, Jr.
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. Read more.
Dispatch from a Haitian Journalist in Springfield
Obed Lamy
In the wake of a firestorm of racist rumors, many members of a thriving Haitian community are considering relocating, pushed out of their communities by threats and hate. Read more.
In a Climate of Slander and Hate, Haitian Immigrants Organize Across Borders
Gabrielle Apollon
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. Read more.
The Haitian Community Needs Another March on Brooklyn Bridge
François Pierre-Louis
Renewed attacks on Haitian immigrants in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election have created fertile ground for mass mobilization. Read more.
