the reason why the black kids in Miami and throughout the United States aren’t aware of Haiti’s history is because they were not taught it. They were not taught the strength of Haitian people Haiti was the first black republic to free itself from slavery. Haitians ships used to come into the United States with black captains black sailors black crew and enslaved Africans would see them and be inspired to be free and independent. Of course their ships were banned because of this. They look different to African-Americans because they are different from African Americans. I’m not Haitian but have always admired them as a people and country.
I grew up in the neighborhood with a lot of Haitian children and I was raised we are all the same so I never mistreated or bully them I stood up for them I fought with them some of my Haitian sisters are so close to me and dear to me I was taught at an early age we are all God's people we all bleed the same color. And I grew up in Florida where there was a lot of hatred for Haitians but in my mother's household we loved everybody and that's God's way
If it wasn't for Haiti the US would not be..we never had a navy At the time of seeking independence. Thank you Haiti!!! Never had an issue with Hatians love all my west indian peoples.
Proud Haitian here-I was bullied to the point where I changed the way I spoke...to the point I lost my natural accent. A piece of me -my culture -I can never get back. Children can be so cruel. 🇭🇹
Madi Zamor wow... I thought I was alone as crazy as this sound. I probably have one home video where I can here what I used to sound like... I hope that this experience isn't shared with new kids coming up. We are special people and should stand proud and it needs to be pushed by our family and community.
As a Louisiana native, I will never disrespect the Haitian community because without them New Orleans & south Louisiana culture would be NOTHING!!! Not a thing! SAK PASSÉ!
Phoenix G yes and we learned French & Creole since kindergarten. I can honestly say I have never heard these types of comments about Haitian people in my life until I lived in Florida in 2013. I had no idea they were so disrespected.
Watching this breaks my heart and brings back terrible memories of growing up Haitian in South Florida. Yes we dressed differently but it was because our parents cared more about working their butts off to feed and take care of us over buying the coolest threads. We were beat up, cursed at, and demeaned by African Americans daily; forcing us to band together for survival. People say being black in America is the worst thing to be but the reality is that being Haitian often felt like the ultimate curse.
Hi sis, I'm sorry about this. You're beautiful and your culture is a treasure for us. Thanks to your ancestors who are responsible for our freedom. 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
Kristmaz808 tell me about it I was embarrassed my mom was west African when I was in Elementary school because the black kids made me think being African was horrible because of picking on the other African kids but now I am proud of my west African heritage from Sierra Leone but it’s sad kids still do this 😑😑
I grew up in Pompano Beach, Florida in the 90's & i remember the stereo types about Haitians it was a very sad how Haitian people were treated in that time, but baby it's a new day, Haitians are living they're best lives, they're very intelligent & hard workers, great video Dineva
420 Burner All Day me to born n raised u remember parkway east right by Ely High School.....i remember the Yankees had Haitian Day at pompano beach middle school in the early 90s but came middle 90s n late 90s that Haitian Day bcame the Yankees Haitian wanna be in 360 so fast
420 Burner All Day I grew up in pompano right now im in my forties and all these statements are true . I actually hung out with my hatian friends in parkway east apartments way before they knock them down . Going to parties with and the hatian mommies had no issue with feeding you
Haitians came here with no money. No English. But with a very positive attitude. Worked 2 jobs went to school learned English and Spanish. Today they have passed american black people on all levels .it takes the whole racism narrative away
I can definitely relate. Growing up African was ROUGH. I was constantly picked on because of my African name and having parents who had accents. Not to mention the African booty scratcher jokes. I remember other African kids would deny their heritage. They'd say, "My parents are African but I'm American." The sad part about it is that it always came from Black Americans. Now that we live in a time where Black people are embracing their African roots, adjusting to that is somewhat bittersweet. I'm glad that it's happening, but I can't help but to be reminded of how being African was the worst thing someone could be growing up.
African Americans are always cutting jokes, but when you really look at it, they are the misfits! Most of the successful blacks come from other countries. It's weird. I just don't understand it
LM we used to say the African Booty Scratcher joke but we was just joning/joking/ragging on each other for fun as sport at lunch time. The worst thing you could be in DC was the child of a crack head 😩😬😅 child they would get leaned on so bad smdh we was just bad ass kids but we all got along in DC I had friends of all backgrounds
I've had a lot of Haitian friends. Used to party and go to their houses. Never once did I feel that they were different nor was their house funky. My favorite was the rice and beans. Shoot, used to have two helpings. Stop playing. Haitian moms were always over protective of their children. Worked 3-4 jobs to make sure they had a good lifestyle and their families was fed. I look back at it now, it was a cultural difference but I accepted their friendship unconditionally. Point. Blank. Period.
it all depends on how u we're raised,im guessing , I never even knew this issue exsisted i was born southside chicago, I treat an treated everybody the same always
I agree.. many of the Haitians I've come across are very neat and orderly. And can throw down on some Rice and Beans(and everything else).. I've Always dressed in every color of the rainbow myself so when I first saw any haitian, Africa , or Caribbean dressed in their cultural attire I'm like, "Yasss! I'm here for it. I love!" Every race and group of people has their bad seeds so it's never fair to condemn a whole group based off a portion .
As a Haitian from South Florida, my dad still can't stand African Americans to this day because he came when they would randomly ride around and beat up Haitians. I dealt with it too but it wasn't as bad in my time and by the end of middle school, it became cool to be Haitian. I think ironic that the same people they were making fun of in the 90s were flipping money at that time, in the drug business and low key got money BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. My mom came on a boat in the early 80s and in now the owner of several properties and makes 80k a year by herself.
I am from South Florida, am not Haitian but many of my friends are. This saddens me because in the end we're all black and probably originated in the same place from the beginning. My mother is an Islander who hid that from people for years because of the reasons you've mentioned.
and THIS is what I'm saying. As an AA, it burned me up to see so much ignorant divide & conquer... and the ones making fun ain't have a pot to piss in themselves! And where TF are they now? Meanwhile many of the Haitians they dissed are doing VERY well because they came to this country to handle BUSINESS, like many immigrants --i have a lot of Haitian friends & they be on their GRIND!
Yes that is exactly true and I remember when Wyclef came to my school at Edison Sr High that known as HAITIAN HIGH in Miami on hatian flag day and we turned that school upside down and we never looked back that’s when we was like we ain’t taking no more shit from them Yaya’s aka Yanks aka Black Americans. And plus that’s when Zoe pound was out and beating and even killing Americans that disrespected Haitians!!!!!!!!
MissPosh305 Just so you know... being called a Yankee is really not derigatory term though. I dont know nan Black American that got mad at being called a Yankee. In fact, its cute.
It's Noël it’s not Yankee though there are no E’s at the end and they absolutely don’t like being called yanks or yaya’s. I still live in Miami I should know!
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Were so conditioned to hate each other and it's not our fault but it's pathetic. Our oppressors instilled this shit in us hundreds of years ago, the good old conquer and divide because they knew as long as we were separate they could keep us in line..
To me? It’s jealousy. I am an American black person and I can admit feeling envious of people who look like me knowing where they come from and have a language to speak specifically amongst themselves. They have a part of themselves that is a solid foundation. They have culture and tradition. We do too, don’t get me wrong, but its very different. A lot of us are lost and have missing pieces. Us being robbed of that is hurtful and it causes some to lash out and spew hatred because we don’t know any better. Yes, ignorance plays a part, but jealousy and envy does as well. They
Totally agree!! Married to a Haitian and I tell him this all the time. If someone asks where he's from, he can say Haiti. If they ask me, I awkwardly say, "Georgia/Florida". I'd rather be able to say and know where I'm really from, not some percentage/probability from an ancestry test...
Agreed. And I can admit I’ve gone through the same thing. I remember having Ethiopian, Nigerian and ghana friends in high school and was envious that they looked like me and spoke other languages, ate different foods, had traditions. Good point.
kemartini I just said the same thing. We keep going in circles talking about how we’ve hurt one another and we’ve gotten absolutely nowhere. It’s counterproductive.
5 years later and this is still a relevant topic. My people let’s get it together! Like damn! @kemartini I hope all is well with you and ur world! Much love❤❤❤
When I moved to Florida with my daughter who was 12 at the time African American kids teased and bullied her to the point where she threatened to commit suicide and was baker acted this has affected us to this day and im from Jamaica not Haiti!!! I stay away from Americans because I have felt prejudice from them telling us to go back home on the banana boat. Im a nurse and so is my daughter who is now 23 and this bullying just sickens me
Right!!!!! But most people are not educated when it comes to that. Like when I use to be called Haitian not black. Some people still say this to me. Typically black Americans
You it the nail, I bullied a Haitian named Anderson,in 4th Grade.Also, living in Miami as a Cuban imigrantes.I want to apologize, because they are some of the most humble & hard working people.Catch train. & busses to make living
I was raised in South Florida and always heard the running joke of Haitians being dirty or dressing funny or smelling bad. I even made friends with a Haitian at 12 years old but I didn’t know the difference. It went through middle school to high school “You look Haitian you dress Haitian, you eat cat” and some of it came from my parents But it was not until I was 34 I made friends with someone who is Haitian and he educated me on how he was treated as a Haitian and how they used to deny their culture Bc of the jokes ..it just opened my eyes tremendously and you forget these are people and when he taught me about that Haitian history .. my respect came 10 times now I’m over here trying to learn Haitian Creole ...
Unfortunately Dineva this is the story of A LOT of foreign blacks in this country & when it is said that Caribbeans & Africans don't like AA or think they are better than them it's really just pain from being rejected by those that look like them & share similar experiences it happened to me too as a child as well
I think the other thing as well is that some Haitians don’t seem to understand why many black Americans are not doing much with American opportunity and making something of themselves. Priorities are in different place I guess. This is just a thought. many of my relatives (I’m Haitian) say this.
I hate this damn perception that all haitians are dark we come in all different shades ......It's a privilege to be Haitian historically what we've done blacks should look at us as heros, and its sad black people look down on us
Laurie Jean Baptiste *"I hate this damn perception that all haitians are dark we come in all different shades ..."* True, but most of you are dark skinned.
I’m not Haitian, but I’m so glad you apologized for that behavior when you were young. That may help heal someone who was still feeling hurt by the childhood teasing.
Thank you for bringing this to life, when i came to America in 2001 at 11. I was bullied in every way possible just for being Haitian and i didn’t understand why, i was like they look like but why do they hate me? That shit hurt my self esteem till i was i got in high school. I thank God i had a strong mama, that told me every day that i was pretty and to embrace my dark skin. Cause i just had refused to look in the mirror, my confidence was low. Ugh a mess. But you’re right i had ppl that were haitian but denied it because they were American enough to pass, and was part of the bullying too.
They’re mad because they had to get their independence from Haiti and they think they’re better than us. DR is very anti-black. Not all of the people but a majority. They actually celebrate their Independence Day from Haiti not Spain 😂😂😂
Even in the Caribbean, Haitians are not always treated fairly. I come from the island of Guadeloupe and people my parents' generation were always making disparaging comments about them. Hell, when I was growing up, there was even a tv show on a private channel with a guy verbally attacking their community every day. Things have only started to change recently.
@Jon Marley Aren't you still owned by the Queen of England?? According to Ancestry DNA a lot of my ancestors ended up in Jamaica and Haiti from Africa. After Haiti being freed, a lot of slaves in Jamaica traveled to Haiti and other places in the Caribbean to find work and better conditions. Black Caribbeans are a lot more intertwined than you think. Our ancestors were on the same boats unwillingly sailing away from West Africa.
@Jon Marley You can say whatever you feel, but it still does not take away from *Haiti being the first freed black republic*. This is a fact that cannot succumb to your opinions. Always remember that what has fallen, has the ability to rise again someday. Now go and thank your queen for the commonwealth she has bestowed to you and your country.
@Jon Marley and how many innocent black people have France killed? For freedom, blood will be shed. It goes both ways. Also, I don't think your Queen Elizabeth would appreciate your filthy mouth.
And sadly, the Dominicans right next door to Haiti, treat them the same way. The reason goes back to the fact that they revolted and overthrew their “masters”. They have been paying for it every since. I think those thoughts were given to us and we ran with it. They are STRONG HEARTED AND I LOVE THEM. No one is perfect but, hey.
I always thought Haitian women were beautiful. Most Haitian women I knew were pretty with nice shapes. Garcelle Beauvais was one of the hottest women on TV in the 90's.....
Thanks so much for your honesty, Funky Dineva! As an African American who grew up in NYC, I knew many West Indians, but not necessarily Haitians. As an adult, I have many Haitian American friends and am currently engaged to one! This makes me even more aware of what our future daughter (I'm expecting 😍) will need to know about her two cultures, because I sure do want her to love everything about who she is!!
I've heard some backhanded compliments. People told me they didn't believe I was Haitian because I wasn't ugly. I was like 🙃🙃🙃🙃😡😡😡. I never took those comments as a compliment. I'm proud of being Haitian. I will ALWAYS be proud.
I went to Myrtle Grove about 12 years prior to you. I’m Jamaican, and in my time, every black “Non American” was called Haitian. Talk about ignorance and bullying! The parents were just as ignorant. However, when it became “Cool” to be Jamaican, the treatment changed. Then years later, Haitian pride was finally on the rise. Too much to discuss, but I must say, it’s great to see “Black Pride” today.
I'm from The Bahamas where aside from the D.R, anti-Haitian sentiments are at an all time high.How Americans treat Mexicans is nowhere near what Haitians go through in The Bahamas. Calling someone a Haitian is pretty much the most offensive thing in school and probably our society to be called. My brother was dating a pretty light-skinned half-Hatian girl and upon my grandmother hearing this, she told him to break up with her on the grounds of her being half-Haitian. They are discriminated against very harshly, even the half-Haitians. We even made up a different pronunciation of Haitian just to make fun of them. Now that I'm older, it saddens me.
UGH!! I was so ready to be mad at you! LOL! The things you said in the beginning, about what Haitian kids were called back in the day.... I really went back to the days of the things kids used to say to me and my friends when we were kids. At the end of the day, I’m happy that my parents raised me to always be proud of being Haitian. I’m a Gen X’er so I remember living through most of the racism pointed towards us. By the looks at some of the comments so far and frankly the inspiration of your video, some of those sour thoughts still persist to this day! Now I grew up 1st generation Haitian-American in New York, so I never heard the cat thing. Now that I’m older, all those jokes were so tired and through but as a kid, anytime you were a butt of a joke, it hurt. I’m happy to see your growth Dineva, and I found this convo to be ratchet, funny, thought-provoking, healing and full-circle. I hope this video helps to change hearts and minds. 💅🏽😍😘🌈🙌🏽💖💗💞
When you said "Haitian people are badass" I had to agree because this made me think about the Haitian family who moved to my small hick town in NC when I was in high school. They were picked on as well. The girls were teased for their hair. The boys had nappy beads. One day they teased the girl so bad she ran off the bus in tears. I felt so bad. Fast forward to my senior year of college at UNC Chapel Hill, all three of these Haitian kids are there on track to become PhDs and MDs while their bullies are back home with arrest records, babies all over the place or dead.
For some reason, Haitians look and appear *a lot* more like Continental Africans to me than African Americans do. I don’t think it’s a coincidence therefore, that they seem to be the butt of everyone’s jokes. Because the Haitian experience sounds awfully similar to growing up as a first generation West African in England- for instance, being mocked by Caribbeans. Everybody would lie & claim to be Jamaican but completely deny Nigeria and Ghana. Now however, it’s cool to be African🤷🏾♀️ Perhaps Black Americans project what they receive from White America/society in general, onto Haitians🤔. Just a thought.
But how long do we as Black Americans keep attributing our ridicule of black features onto whites, especially when it comes mostly from other black people at this point? In high school i was constantly picked on by this one kid who kept calling me "African!" in a taunting way. When i went off & got him together, it was because he said it like it was supposed to be an insult -- and for me, African was always a sense of pride.
West Africans like to disrespect and bully Liberians because they sound Carribean and Liberia is underrated, so your people are taunting other african people
I never understood why Haitians were seen as the worst black. Even today I still know people here who find it offensive if you accidentally think they are Haitian.. it’s like a curse word. I really hope it changed in the school system because that’s stuff is really a learned behavior that people I know from high school still act like this (I graduated in 2014)
I always wait for videos like this from you because they're always on point and I don't watch any reality shows. I'm from DR and is no secret that Haitians are treated very badly over there, I didn't know they also experience this treatment here as well, that's so awful
Im West African and get very upset,and hurt when i hear Things Like this,i Like everybody and We are alle African descents...Like with or Not ...as they say :"hurted people Hurt people.This new DARK ,skin ligth Shit make me sick and ITS the most ridiculouse Thing i ever hear...
I wish other Africans thought as you do. I tried to befriend the many African students in college and they were not only rude but straight prejudice. But they stayed in white peoples faces.
busylady1920 You can befriend me If you want ,i was Born in Africa (Guinea-Bissau ,grow Up in Portugal,I travel alot ,Speak 5 languages,been with people from all Color and races...Im anapologetical black...DARK skin ...I know History (DNA say Woopie Goldenberg have same Guine Bissau blood (Pepel Tribe?...).I knew IT the First time i See her ...so was Tracy Chapman(many people told me i Look Like her) ,Wesley Snippes,There is Same blood "Feeling "that never die ( even afther 500 years latter)...Believe me many Blacks Here in Europe are very aware of the struggles ,History ,Pain of other Blacks of The African Diaspora...Im a elementare school Teacher and allways Tell the Rudy Bridges Storie to my Studants...I encourage you to befriend Blacks from other speaking languages Like Portuguese...Please expand you Horizon ,travel,be Open minded...dont restrict yourself or think everybody think or the Same .I encourage every black American to please Came to Africa one in a Life Time...Please write me Back
Haiti 🇭🇹 Cherie!!!! Thank You for doing this video and your honesty! I am a Carol City native and this was absolutely how Haitian people were treated. Growing up was very hard and it made many of us deny our culture, out of fear of being mistreated or shamed!!! So glad times have changed and once again Haitians have triumphed & overcome!!! Proud Beautiful Haitian Women🇭🇹❤️ #zoe #haiti
I was born in Miami and lived there for a few years of my childhood. Because my family are Miamians, we visited home every year. My Miami family dogged Haitians. "Them Haitians" was what they were called. It's very sad that Haitian people had to endure those conditions.
Sorry to say it's two years later and I'm still laughing at this s*** and don't get offended cuz I'm Haitian but yes I was high as well and I'm in tears I can't stop rewinding that part about them damn cats 🤣🤣🤦♀️9:28
True shit. I'm from SE DC and I noticed how MOCO always had a lot of Haitians & French-Colonized Africans. I have always wondered how they got so deep up there and not so much in DC proper.
I'm Afro Honduran but grew up in Miami my whole life, we lived in the same house Lemon City aka Little Haiti since '78, went to Toussaint Louverture Elementary, Little River, Central etc. I remember vividly Haitian Day and being called an "oye" for speaking Spanish in school and getting my behind kicked right alongside my Haitian brothers and sisters because I looked like an immigrant. We were pelted with rotten eggs and made fun of for not having name brand clothes. I'm the same age as you and the It sounds stupid but I was afraid to click on this video. Glad to hear someone talk about it though. Hindsight is feeling remorseful for partaking in the bullying. I remember my best friend's _granmè_ treating me like her own granddaughter and showing me love, I ate with their family and the food was delicious. Forever grateful.
Growing up as Haitian young girl I only remember negative comments from black American kids. I didn't even know or understand racism until I came to the US. This country is full of labels. I was always proud to be Haitian and still am. We all need to love one another as a collective group. Blacks need to treat each other better period.
1 of the Lyft drivers I had, in Miami, the father of the driver's kid(s) was Haitian. She said he had a temper, but always made sure she & the kids never went without. She said a Haitian man will take care of you.
Dear African people - whether you're from Haiti, USA, Jamaica, Mexico, UK, the Netherlands, Brazil or the Motherland herself. African People I love you. Imagine how strong we could be if we united and stood together for our liberation.
Reading through these comments is just plain sad. Can we ALL AS A PEOPLE admit that we have ALL hurt one another in some shape or form? We hold on to hate and hurt for one another, however, we are more forgiving to the enemy that caused all over this.
I met my first Hatians at FAMU because my friend's roommate was Haitian and had a lot of (hot) male Haitian friends who hung together I remember they were always like, "Sak pasé? N'ap boule!" Good times. 😊 Also, I was a big fan of Wyclef.
I wasn't aware or experienced Haitian until I got on the Hill. I guess it's good we weren't conditioned to believe them to be those stupid stereotypes. I respect their culture.
I’m from Miami and i guess i had a slightly different experience. I went to private school and honestly it was mostly Haitian, Spanish, and Caribbean. So i personally never actually saw Haitians get bullied cuz it was majority them there, I’ve always known them to be a very proud group of ppl. Of course i would hear ppl make comments here and there outside of school but that was it. And bth some of my best friends to this day are Haitian and Caribbean ppl. But the stories i would hear from other ppls experience is crazyyyyy no one deserves to be treated like. Also if anything i stood out cuz i wasn’t Haitian lol but it was never to the point where i was bullied i would just get called a yank once in a while. 🤷🏽♀️
Shonika Randolph Yesss she's probably on her 3rd wardrobe change & Jennifer Hudson is still bellowing out Amazing Grace, cuz u know we can make a gospel song long as hell. But nuthin but the best for the Queen👑. Lol!
I grew up in Illinois so I didn’t even meet a Haitian until like my junior/senior year in high school. I remember talking to him after class one day and when he walked away someone came to me and said “ew why you talking to that dirty Haitian”. I didn’t even know wtf a Haiti was. In my innocent head I’m like “I mean he smelled nice...he looked clean...that must be a lie”
The way black American talked and belittle Haitians in Miami is the same way black American belittle Africans in the north east. It’s unfortunate and sad, but Americans in general turn their noses up to anything foreign. That American cocky mentality.
Not here for the ignorance. I’m Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican) and I don’t give passes to the adult foolery. Afro-Caribbean’s are closer to what Black Americans are trying to find. And yet,,,,,,,, some ridicule... #foh
I’m African American living in the “undiversed” Midwest. I surely wish I had some sort of cultural heritage that I could identify with. This is so heartbreaking to hear about the Haitian experiences. Sadly I feel that Africans look down on us. All want is a real cultural learning experience bc mine was stolen.
Nicole Nerkerle same! I’m from Chicago so my point of reference is just black folk. I was called a African booty scratcher for being chocolate. I’ve had an affinity for the African diaspora. Moving to Brooklyn gave me my first true experience of diversity with the black community and I loved it.
The sad part is we're all Black...the only difference is where the ship from Africa dropped you off into bondage and who owned the country which dictated/influenced the culture and language (Spain, France, England, the Dutch).
Bottom line is Black ppl are ignorant of each other. It doesn't matter where you are from in the world. Every place in the South has a different accent, tradition and culture. Only a Black person from America would know that. We can tell where each other are from by how we talk. It's a uniqueness in the culture. Ppl need to travel and get out more and stop being afraid to learn each other. We all speak a European native tongue so no one's better than the other. Just because we put a little twist on it to make it ours it's still not our true native tongue. We are divided by invisible lines made up by each other.
Fact: All immigrants to the U.S. are actually taught (in the naturalization process) negative stereotypes of Black Americans. Talk to 1st and 2nd gen Americans, you'll learn this. Being raised in Miami as a Haitian-American was exhausting...thankfully, Zoe Pound & Haitian Pride begin to surface the year I was born. My older siblings went through hell. I just got a lot of derrogatory/discriminated against bad but at least I was never jumped like they were. 😢 I hate xenophobia. We were racial, ethnic, linguistic, and sometimes religious minorities. Now living in Texas, the negative beliefs of Haitians are still present, especially in the Church.
I’m Haitian and I grew up in the 90s in Miami and I remember Haitians being bullied a lot. I remember being bullied in kindergarten and first grade because my mom dressed me in big church dresses to school but after that my mom didn’t dress me like that so I wasn’t bullied much anymore. Also my mom didnt really dress in loud colors and or what they called “Haitian style” back then.
@@Blackmalechrissie I did lol I had too fight everyday it was like I was in jail I couldn’t even learn so I just say fuck it but I got my high school diploma still
My Haitian boyfriend time told me about how it was growing up in Miami and all this is true, ... being Jamaican myself i was shocked to learn about this all
The reason why Haitians are treated as they are is because it is a reflection of how the world treated the country. The reason why Haitian history and its impact on the African Diaspora is because they were denied by the world. After the rebellion when they gained their independence the world denied them as a country because they wouldn't recognize a Black run country. To this day Haiti is still paying France back for that rebellion which is a part of the reason why Haiti is where it is economically.
I went to a High School that was majority Haitians and Dominicans...boy oh boy, the insults, the fight. Ironically the Jamaicans, Nigerians and Ghanians stuck together...our little clique...
Shameless Budget bruh that’s ironic .in the uk Jamaicans were known to bully west Africans so much to the extent Africans used to lie and claim being Jamaican
Every Friday was beat up a Haitian day when I was growing up. Its when Haitian's started forming gangs n started fighting back it stopped. I heard it all growing up from HBO Haitian body odor to we eat cat. Not all Haitian people do voodoo. There are all walks of faith in Haiti. Voodoo is practice by evey culture some call it black magic some santa maria, etc. ( not that I Condone it. )I would hear things like Haitian people come here on boats. Mind u my mom came to the US on a Pan Am (telling my age) n had me in the US years later. People would tell me u don't look Haitian. What do Haitians look like.😏 We come in every shade from dark skin to White skin with blue n green eyes. I even heard u don't have a accent. I was born here. My mom came to my school wearing all here colors speaking with her thick accent with her broken English. I was never ashamed. I was never ashamed of being of Haitian descent or speaking creole. A majority of my friends were Haitian but I had friends of every nationality. Now everyone loves r food. Especially Groit with piklez. I will say Wyclef helped the Haitian image back then. I just believe were r ALL from the motherland. It's just the ship dropped us off at different stops. Black Love. 🙏❤ Thank u for talking about this. Much respect to u. 👏
I'm not Haitian but I can relate to their experience. Was born in Tanzania but my family immigrated to the U.S. when I was in the 4th grade. A lot of the same shit that Haitian kids experienced growing up in South Florida, I experienced growing up in DC. Only when I was in my late teens did the bullying stop. I'm grateful because I went to an HBCU and majored in History. A lot of my interactions with professors and other students helped me to heal from my childhood trauma. But unfortunately not everybody that went through my situation gets to heal. Thus, the African vs. BA's hate and vice versa continues to perpetuate itself. Hurt people say hurtful things to those that may represent their unaddressed trauma.
My parents are from Ghana and I was born here in DC but always lived in PG county MD. I was called ugly, dark, Chico African booty scratcher etc only a few times but checked, confronted, fist fought & flipped out on whomever disrespected me so that is the only reason why not too many ppl messed with me from 5 til I moved 1/2 an hr away to another city & a new middle school...and boy oh bwoy I've never been called ugly & black so much in my life ( daily) til I moved. For so bad I started to believe it & started to not fight back no more or talk back...I mean NOTHING! They damaged my self esteem so bad that although I moved back to my old apt complex It gotten worsttttt that it damaged my self esteem tremendously morrrre! In HS they would let me know that being African was the worst thing u can be, I was told by an older Haitian guy " dont call here no more African!" Cuz I called to speak to his young cousin I used to like. Was even told by some guy " but their African!!!", tryna insinuate that me n my sis can't go to a party. My own " friends" who had a Jamaican mom would call me an African booty scratcher as well n black, Everything would just be a *problem* to folks due to my ethnicity smh. Told by my JA *friend* boyfriend he ain't gonna EFF w/ me cuz he just found out I'm African, will only say hi & leave. Even at my former job A Colombian gay man yelled out to a prejudice blk american how " only Africans that r ugly r from west Africa" as he turns to look at me w/ a smirk smdh. Can't lie I was so ashamed of my nationality.. Still somewhat am...( sorry reply is so long lol)
Buttersctoch19841 Yo, I am so sorry you went through that. Your story sounds way worse than mine tbh. I lived in DC from the age of 9 up until 16 when our family moved to Upper Marlboro. The bullying stopped once I moved to PG County and I've been in this county ever since. I've never worked with ignorant people on the job. I never had to deal with that bullshit as an adult. It seems like you're still going through the disrespect you endured as a child in adulthood. I am so sorry man. I also wanna be all the way honest and just say that I had a certain level of privilege because of my caramel-tone complexion. It could have been worse but ironically colorism saved me whereas you got the full force of Anti-African and Anti-dark skin hate all in one! For me it was always "he's an african booty scratcher but at least he ain't dark." It sounds crazy but I heard it often. I can relate to how the self-esteem can go so low that you no longer fight back. It was the same with me. I was super anti-social as a teenager and for good reason. Only when I went to college did I develop my social skills. The fact that Jamaicans and Haitians even contributed to your trauma is really heartbreaking to me. Thanks for sharing your story man. Keep your head up.
My mother is from Miami and her family is in the Zoe Pound. She said that’s how the Zoe pound was started .Haitians were tired of being talked about beat up on and teased just from being Haitian and different. What’s crazy now everybody wanna be a Zoe.
I had no idea anyone treated or talked about Haitians this way, probably because I did not grow up around any of them.. It's also very sad for me to hear that my fellow black Americans were the main ones perpetuating the bullying. On the other side of the coin, I'm disappointed, but not at all surprised that so many people jumped to use this video as a platform to unapologetically degrade, discredit, and demonize black Americans as a whole. On a black American's channel, no less.
Wow that is so sad! I grew up thinking Haitians were the shit because they defeated Napoleon’s army. My dads family is from Louisiana so I didn’t grow up thinking negatively about Haitians. I never understood why Haitians disliked Black Americans in some areas, but I totally understand now. I grew up in the south, but not Florida so I never had this context.
THANK YOU for making this video. Haitians are treated like crap by the same people who look EXACTLY like us . We are proud people and I will ROOTS on anyone who has slander against us!!! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
I’m a first generation Sierra Leonean that grew up around Haitians in NJ. I remember being in the 4th grade and I walked to school with all Haitians. We all were cool and shared a common ground of being first generation. Anywhoo, I was actually jumped by some African American girls who thought I was Haitian. It took for one of the girls to say that’s not _____” Needless to say, my African older cousins found those girls. It’s really sad that we are all black but growing up, African Americans criticized everything foreign and won’t blink an eye doing it. My child’s father is AA and his family looked down on my family and it’s like ....really? So now it’s “trendy” to be foreign and a lot of immigrant and first generation people pay AA dust and they don’t understand why.
Someone ask me was I Haitian cause of my name (Finola) (Which im not). Me personally, I don’t know to much about Haitian ppl or there culture. Something I need to look up on 🇭🇹
I fxd a Haitian man in college and he was SO FINE SO CHOCOLATE SO INTELLIGENT SO HARDWORKING. I aint gonna say anymore about his endeavors because I might give myself away LOL. But that man (and other Haitian people) is the reason why I have traveling to Haiti on my bucketlist.
Black American kids made my life miserable never the white kids. I'm so proud of my upbringing cause it steered me clear from a lot of bad decisions. Proud Haitian
my father is Haitian my grandfather is Haitian he's from Florida and I currently live in Michigan my boyfriend always telling somebody about my Haitian heritage and I get praised for it. I know this is kind of off the subject but I always attract light-skinned men even though I prefer the tallest blackest man I'm currently with a tall light skinned man which I love dearly might I add and he always compliments me on my skin. But either way.....Haitian and all I'm blessed
I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fl.. Me being a African America. I saw this and it hurt me. I remember being in high school, a fight broke out. It was so bad. I remember on Haitian day my people (African Americans) our people our people would get mad and starts fights. I remember when Haitians would deny their heritage and say that they were Bahamians. I can honesty say us as a black people could be so ignorant. The History Haitians have. They have paved the way for us. We were taught to hate but I never did. I will always love and have respect for them.
This video brought up bad memories. Growing up as a nigerian we used to get teased as an african booty scratcher. Now i feel some type of way Because everyone wants to be pro black and wakanda this and that. Where is the cry for cultural apporpration
As an Haitian i have never been bullied, because physically i looks strong (I was track & field star) so nobody fuck with me. A white girl did tried me once she quickly became my Butler by the end of the year she desperately wanted to be my best friend.
i was born in Canada and in the 80's we had it rough but i love my culture an i am happy to be a proud haitian woman Merci and also thank you for this funky
I’m African and Haitians to me are like Africans that never lost their culture. The rest of America and Caribbean either lost theirs or were integrated with others
My father is Haitian & my momma from the South. In NYC there was a big push for Haitians to assimilate to American society , but language & culture made the difference obvious. AA who are UNEDUCATED about the history of Haiti would clique up and disrespect Haitians for having accents, dressing differently and the like. But let's not act like other CARIBBEANS embraced Haitians too, especially Jamaicans. They didn't and VOUDOU was one of the reasons other Caribbeans would try to ostracize and demean Haitians. They'd say Haitians eat cat & are DEVIL worshipers. Colonialism is a bitch child. I'm happy to see Haitian ppl sticking to their ROOTS and not denying themselves or their culture for anybody. The tide has shifted and now as ppl learn about Haitian Revolution history we can use it as inspiration as we fight for Black Liberation present day. L'Union Fait La Force
My best of friends who I consider my family are Haitian. People are people. I don’t know about you but baby Y’all ever been to a Haitian party.... child you don’t know what you are missing... the music is fire 🔥 and the one dance move they do I’m here for it!!!!💃🏾it’s like you making love on the dance floor. A Haitian man will talk you out of the one piece a common sense you have left. Bottom line they are loving people💕again people are people.
the reason why the black kids in Miami and throughout the United States aren’t aware of Haiti’s history is because they were not taught it. They were not taught the strength of Haitian people Haiti was the first black republic to free itself from slavery. Haitians ships used to come into the United States with black captains black sailors black crew and enslaved Africans would see them and be inspired to be free and independent. Of course their ships were banned because of this. They look different to African-Americans because they are different from African Americans. I’m not Haitian but have always admired them as a people and country.
i agree. in the caribbean in secondary school we learn caribbean, european and us history.
Facts! ✊🏾
I grew up in the neighborhood with a lot of Haitian children and I was raised we are all the same so I never mistreated or bully them I stood up for them I fought with them some of my Haitian sisters are so close to me and dear to me I was taught at an early age we are all God's people we all bleed the same color. And I grew up in Florida where there was a lot of hatred for Haitians but in my mother's household we loved everybody and that's God's way
Yes! Their culture is extremely rich and still consist of some of the African mannerisms and spirituality.
If it wasn't for Haiti the US would not be..we never had a navy At the time of seeking independence. Thank you Haiti!!! Never had an issue with Hatians love all my west indian peoples.
Proud Haitian here-I was bullied to the point where I changed the way I spoke...to the point I lost my natural accent. A piece of me -my culture -I can never get back. Children can be so cruel. 🇭🇹
Oh my God😢😢😢😢
Omg same here
That makes me sad. Wow
Madi Zamor wow... I thought I was alone as crazy as this sound. I probably have one home video where I can here what I used to sound like... I hope that this experience isn't shared with new kids coming up. We are special people and should stand proud and it needs to be pushed by our family and community.
JuMzism it sucks... I'm sorry to hear that it happened to you too.
As a Louisiana native, I will never disrespect the Haitian community because without them New Orleans & south Louisiana culture would be NOTHING!!! Not a thing! SAK PASSÉ!
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Same... my mom is from Louisiana & the family is still there! 👌
Phoenix G yes and we learned French & Creole since kindergarten. I can honestly say I have never heard these types of comments about Haitian people in my life until I lived in Florida in 2013. I had no idea they were so disrespected.
I'm from Louisiana and you are right. But I never heard any negative sayings that he talks about of Haitians.
😳😳😳 wow...
Watching this breaks my heart and brings back terrible memories of growing up Haitian in South Florida.
Yes we dressed differently but it was because our parents cared more about working their butts off to feed and take care of us over buying the coolest threads.
We were beat up, cursed at, and demeaned by African Americans daily; forcing us to band together for survival.
People say being black in America is the worst thing to be but the reality is that being Haitian often felt like the ultimate curse.
wow!!! I apologize for everybody that ever mistreated you ....I was always raised to treat everybody the same with respect sorry for your experience 💚
Ronegeline Francois try being African growing up in the hood the stress of it all 😂😂😂
Ronegeline Francois I’m sorry that happened to you and I love you. God bless you.
Hi sis, I'm sorry about this. You're beautiful and your culture is a treasure for us. Thanks to your ancestors who are responsible for our freedom. 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
Kristmaz808 tell me about it I was embarrassed my mom was west African when I was in Elementary school because the black kids made me think being African was horrible because of picking on the other African kids but now I am proud of my west African heritage from Sierra Leone but it’s sad kids still do this 😑😑
I grew up in Pompano Beach, Florida in the 90's & i remember the stereo types about Haitians it was a very sad how Haitian people were treated in that time, but baby it's a new day, Haitians are living they're best lives, they're very intelligent & hard workers, great video Dineva
420 Burner All Day me to born n raised u remember parkway east right by Ely High School.....i remember the Yankees had Haitian Day at pompano beach middle school in the early 90s but came middle 90s n late 90s that Haitian Day bcame the Yankees Haitian wanna be in 360 so fast
420 Burner All Day what about kg n cypress n westside
420 Burner All Day I grew up in pompano right now im in my forties and all these statements are true . I actually hung out with my hatian friends in parkway east apartments way before they knock them down . Going to parties with and the hatian mommies had no issue with feeding you
Haitians came here with no money. No English. But with a very positive attitude. Worked 2 jobs went to school learned English and Spanish. Today they have passed american black people on all levels .it takes the whole racism narrative away
I can definitely relate. Growing up African was ROUGH. I was constantly picked on because of my African name and having parents who had accents. Not to mention the African booty scratcher jokes. I remember other African kids would deny their heritage. They'd say, "My parents are African but I'm American." The sad part about it is that it always came from Black Americans. Now that we live in a time where Black people are embracing their African roots, adjusting to that is somewhat bittersweet. I'm glad that it's happening, but I can't help but to be reminded of how being African was the worst thing someone could be growing up.
LM girl... I know what you mean. Been in your same shoes unfortunately.
African Americans are always cutting jokes, but when you really look at it, they are the misfits! Most of the successful blacks come from other countries. It's weird. I just don't understand it
Same I have to give Americans the side eye when I see the same one who picked on me or others for being Haitian are so pro black and woke now 👀
LM we used to say the African Booty Scratcher joke but we was just joning/joking/ragging on each other for fun as sport at lunch time. The worst thing you could be in DC was the child of a crack head 😩😬😅 child they would get leaned on so bad smdh we was just bad ass kids but we all got along in DC I had friends of all backgrounds
LUVLI 218 misfits tho that’s pretty harsh damn
I've had a lot of Haitian friends. Used to party and go to their houses. Never once did I feel that they were different nor was their house funky. My favorite was the rice and beans. Shoot, used to have two helpings. Stop playing. Haitian moms were always over protective of their children. Worked 3-4 jobs to make sure they had a good lifestyle and their families was fed.
I look back at it now, it was a cultural difference but I accepted their friendship unconditionally. Point. Blank. Period.
miss shopaholic preAch 💯👏🏽 i have a alot of hatian friends and i love them all . shout out to my zoes ! 🇭🇹
it all depends on how u we're raised,im guessing , I never even knew this issue exsisted i was born southside chicago, I treat an treated everybody the same always
I've seen dead cats hanging from their back porch in philly. My girlfriends kitchen faces their back porch.
@@Sexychoclte215 omg
I agree.. many of the Haitians I've come across are very neat and orderly. And can throw down on some Rice and Beans(and everything else).. I've Always dressed in every color of the rainbow myself so when I first saw any haitian, Africa , or Caribbean dressed in their cultural attire I'm like, "Yasss! I'm here for it. I love!" Every race and group of people has their bad seeds so it's never fair to condemn a whole group based off a portion .
This new camera, and the quality as well as the thumbnail updates are serving real professional fish and I live!
As a Haitian from South Florida, my dad still can't stand African Americans to this day because he came when they would randomly ride around and beat up Haitians. I dealt with it too but it wasn't as bad in my time and by the end of middle school, it became cool to be Haitian. I think ironic that the same people they were making fun of in the 90s were flipping money at that time, in the drug business and low key got money BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. My mom came on a boat in the early 80s and in now the owner of several properties and makes 80k a year by herself.
I dont blame your dad. We owe to each other to do better!!! Not to be bias to each other
I am from South Florida, am not Haitian but many of my friends are. This saddens me because in the end we're all black and probably originated in the same place from the beginning. My mother is an Islander who hid that from people for years because of the reasons you've mentioned.
That is terrible! I hate that your dad had to deal with such ignorance.
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Alright Mom✋!
and THIS is what I'm saying. As an AA, it burned me up to see so much ignorant divide & conquer... and the ones making fun ain't have a pot to piss in themselves! And where TF are they now? Meanwhile many of the Haitians they dissed are doing VERY well because they came to this country to handle BUSINESS, like many immigrants --i have a lot of Haitian friends & they be on their GRIND!
I’m Haitian and I legit think I’ll have to do a response video to this one!
iamSebastien I’ll definitely tune in. I think it’s important to hear things from a Haitian’s point of view.
Yes please.
The school doors are open
Please do
I'll definitely watch.
I live in NJ and it wasnt cool to be Haitian until the Fugees came out & Wyclef repped Haiti hard.
It's Noël Agree!!! I used to call the Fugees the Haitian saviors. And Wyclef was Jesus Christ for Haitians.
wyclef? nobody cares about wyclef we was paying attention to lauryn hill and she is not haitian
Yes that is exactly true and I remember when Wyclef came to my school at Edison Sr High that known as HAITIAN HIGH in Miami on hatian flag day and we turned that school upside down and we never looked back that’s when we was like we ain’t taking no more shit from them Yaya’s aka Yanks aka Black Americans. And plus that’s when Zoe pound was out and beating and even killing Americans that disrespected Haitians!!!!!!!!
MissPosh305 Just so you know... being called a Yankee is really not derigatory term though. I dont know nan Black American that got mad at being called a Yankee. In fact, its cute.
It's Noël it’s not Yankee though there are no E’s at the end and they absolutely don’t like being called yanks or yaya’s. I still live in Miami I should know!
I'm Haitian like this and not like this. We ain't one to mess with!
Factssssss!
Chef Jude Pierre Damberville OKAYYY CHEF JUDE!!! Two of my favorites at one time!!! Heyyyy 👋👋👋. I use your Griot recipe/video on the REGULAR!!! We need more videos petit!!! 😍😍😘😘
@@HaitianPrincess4Real oh I love you more! I'll makr more videos soon.
I know that's right we don't play that. 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
Yessss
Were so conditioned to hate each other and it's not our fault but it's pathetic. Our oppressors instilled this shit in us hundreds of years ago, the good old conquer and divide because they knew as long as we were separate they could keep us in line..
#FACTS!
Yess this is the truth and it’s so sad.
Yep, a house divided cannot stand.
BINGO
It is definitely our fault.
To me? It’s jealousy. I am an American black person and I can admit feeling envious of people who look like me knowing where they come from and have a language to speak specifically amongst themselves. They have a part of themselves that is a solid foundation. They have culture and tradition. We do too, don’t get me wrong, but its very different. A lot of us are lost and have missing pieces. Us being robbed of that is hurtful and it causes some to lash out and spew hatred because we don’t know any better. Yes, ignorance plays a part, but jealousy and envy does as well. They
Totally agree!! Married to a Haitian and I tell him this all the time. If someone asks where he's from, he can say Haiti. If they ask me, I awkwardly say, "Georgia/Florida". I'd rather be able to say and know where I'm really from, not some percentage/probability from an ancestry test...
Agreed. And I can admit I’ve gone through the same thing. I remember having Ethiopian, Nigerian and ghana friends in high school and was envious that they looked like me and spoke other languages, ate different foods, had traditions. Good point.
I completely agree!!!
Bree Respress THIS! 💯💯
Bree Respress I was told "how come you're smarter than me"
All black people need to come together, the discrimination between us is utterly ridiculous.
kemartini I just said the same thing. We keep going in circles talking about how we’ve hurt one another and we’ve gotten absolutely nowhere. It’s counterproductive.
5 years later and this is still a relevant topic. My people let’s get it together! Like damn! @kemartini I hope all is well with you and ur world! Much love❤❤❤
I’m Haitian and I’ve never eaten a cat and I don’t know any other Haitians that have🤷🏾♀️... we had a pet cat but never ate them
Golden Glam95 exactly. I don’t know how, where, or why that originated.
Haha I didn’t know that this was so big until I got here. Most Haitians probably have never eaten a damn cat.
Yah it’s a big thing where I live especially in the capital….
When I moved to Florida with my daughter who was 12 at the time African American kids teased and bullied her to the point where she threatened to commit suicide and was baker acted this has affected us to this day and im from Jamaica not Haiti!!! I stay away from Americans because I have felt prejudice from them telling us to go back home on the banana boat. Im a nurse and so is my daughter who is now 23 and this bullying just sickens me
I’m Haitian and I used to get mad at people for thinking that I wasn’t. Their favorite thing to say was you don’t look Haitian 🤦🏽♀️
Fatal Attraction girllll. Or be like “I thought you were Jamaican”
Damn you fine!
Colonialism and global racism have adversely affected how Black Americans are viewed.
Its real big of you to appoligize for your past behavior back in your growing up days it really shows your growth and maturity, good video deneva
Haitans come in all colors
blue purple black. you have a point
Ruth Quetant thank you
Right!!!!! But most people are not educated when it comes to that. Like when I use to be called Haitian not black. Some people still say this to me. Typically black Americans
Before race gender etc we are human beings and we all need to remember that
You it the nail, I bullied a Haitian named Anderson,in 4th Grade.Also, living in Miami as a Cuban imigrantes.I want to apologize, because they are some of the most humble & hard working people.Catch train. & busses to make living
I was raised in South Florida and always heard the running joke of Haitians being dirty or dressing funny or smelling bad. I even made friends with a Haitian at 12 years old but I didn’t know the difference. It went through middle school to high school “You look Haitian you dress Haitian, you eat cat” and some of it came from my parents But it was not until I was 34 I made friends with someone who is Haitian and he educated me on how he was treated as a Haitian and how they used to deny their culture Bc of the jokes ..it just opened my eyes tremendously and you forget these are people and when he taught me about that Haitian history .. my respect came 10 times now I’m over here trying to learn Haitian Creole ...
Unfortunately Dineva this is the story of A LOT of foreign blacks in this country & when it is said that Caribbeans & Africans don't like AA or think they are better than them it's really just pain from being rejected by those that look like them & share similar experiences it happened to me too as a child as well
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I think the other thing as well is that some Haitians don’t seem to understand why many black Americans are not doing much with American opportunity and making something of themselves. Priorities are in different place I guess. This is just a thought. many of my relatives (I’m Haitian) say this.
iamjuju17 Caribbeans in general say this I find no matter where they come from
I'm loving all these videos! A nice break from the reality show topics. I'm a fan!
I like these videos so much better than the reality show breakdown. I gives me a better insight to Q.
What girl & this man very articulate! So much about him makes him suitable to take on these heavier subjects & I live for it!
I hate this damn perception that all haitians are dark we come in all different shades ......It's a privilege to be Haitian historically what we've done blacks should look at us as heros, and its sad black people look down on us
Laurie Jean Baptiste *"I hate this damn perception that all haitians are dark we come in all different shades ..."* True, but most of you are dark skinned.
Nothing wrong with being dark.
@@awesomeasever8370 Most Haitians are not dark skinned.
@Moise Picard Yes they are.
@@awesomeasever8370 U right but at the same time there's a lot of light skin Haitian My Mom is Haitian and She's lightskin
I’m not Haitian, but I’m so glad you apologized for that behavior when you were young. That may help heal someone who was still feeling hurt by the childhood teasing.
Being Jamaican myself I hung wit the Haitians. They were like distance cousins.
Tamara Jones we all are distant cousins. If people realizes that thing would be a little better
Because they are
Yall are crazy. Im jamaican i dont fuck with them
@@giovannanicolas8299 And that's what I always heard: that Jamaicans don't like Haitians....
We all family divided and dysfunctional
Thank you for bringing this to life, when i came to America in 2001 at 11. I was bullied in every way possible just for being Haitian and i didn’t understand why, i was like they look like but why do they hate me? That shit hurt my self esteem till i was i got in high school. I thank God i had a strong mama, that told me every day that i was pretty and to embrace my dark skin. Cause i just had refused to look in the mirror, my confidence was low. Ugh a mess. But you’re right i had ppl that were haitian but denied it because they were American enough to pass, and was part of the bullying too.
Xenophobia in the black community is REAL and I’m glad you can shed a light on it from an AA perspective.
It also trips me out how some people from DR really have negative things to say about Haitians but Haiti and Dominican Republic used to be one place.
Dominican Republic and Hatai are on the same island. They're just split in two.
They’re mad because they had to get their independence from Haiti and they think they’re better than us. DR is very anti-black. Not all of the people but a majority. They actually celebrate their Independence Day from Haiti not Spain 😂😂😂
♥Haitian Sensation♥ Hispaniola!
Haiti and DR were never one place
yep teller LMAO I see reading isn’t your strong suit, idiot 😂😂😂
Even in the Caribbean, Haitians are not always treated fairly. I come from the island of Guadeloupe and people my parents' generation were always making disparaging comments about them. Hell, when I was growing up, there was even a tv show on a private channel with a guy verbally attacking their community every day. Things have only started to change recently.
Yes in the Caribbean Haiti is not really included/embraced. I was a told they did certain practices and to stay away from the them.
Sad thing Quentin, had someone told me you were Haitian, I would have believed them.
Why is that sad, though? Just curious.
Because he could've just as easily been the victim of the same treatment that he and his peers subjected Haitians to. It's ironic.
First freed black republic ✊🏾✊🏿🇭🇹🇭🇹
@Jon Marley Aren't you still owned by the Queen of England?? According to Ancestry DNA a lot of my ancestors ended up in Jamaica and Haiti from Africa. After Haiti being freed, a lot of slaves in Jamaica traveled to Haiti and other places in the Caribbean to find work and better conditions. Black Caribbeans are a lot more intertwined than you think. Our ancestors were on the same boats unwillingly sailing away from West Africa.
@Jon Marley You can say whatever you feel, but it still does not take away from *Haiti being the first freed black republic*. This is a fact that cannot succumb to your opinions. Always remember that what has fallen, has the ability to rise again someday. Now go and thank your queen for the commonwealth she has bestowed to you and your country.
@Jon Marley and how many innocent black people have France killed? For freedom, blood will be shed. It goes both ways. Also, I don't think your Queen Elizabeth would appreciate your filthy mouth.
Thank you
And sadly, the Dominicans right next door to Haiti, treat them the same way. The reason goes back to the fact that they revolted and overthrew their “masters”. They have been paying for it every since. I think those thoughts were given to us and we ran with it. They are STRONG HEARTED AND I LOVE THEM. No one is perfect but, hey.
I always thought Haitian women were beautiful. Most Haitian women I knew were pretty with nice shapes. Garcelle Beauvais was one of the hottest women on TV in the 90's.....
BixbyLBC yup! Remember Lela Rochon from Waiting To Exhale? She’s Haitian too
I didn’t know she was Haitian
@@nikkibadio9539 No wonder.
Thanks so much for your honesty, Funky Dineva! As an African American who grew up in NYC, I knew many West Indians, but not necessarily Haitians. As an adult, I have many Haitian American friends and am currently engaged to one! This makes me even more aware of what our future daughter (I'm expecting 😍) will need to know about her two cultures, because I sure do want her to love everything about who she is!!
catluva2285 good luck with the birth girl!!! 🤗
I've heard some backhanded compliments. People told me they didn't believe I was Haitian because I wasn't ugly. I was like 🙃🙃🙃🙃😡😡😡. I never took those comments as a compliment. I'm proud of being Haitian. I will ALWAYS be proud.
I know that right!!! set by say
I went to Myrtle Grove about 12 years prior to you. I’m Jamaican, and in my time, every black “Non American” was called Haitian. Talk about ignorance and bullying! The parents were just as ignorant. However, when it became “Cool” to be Jamaican, the treatment changed. Then years later, Haitian pride was finally on the rise. Too much to discuss, but I must say, it’s great to see “Black Pride” today.
I'm from The Bahamas where aside from the D.R, anti-Haitian sentiments are at an all time high.How Americans treat Mexicans is nowhere near what Haitians go through in The Bahamas. Calling someone a Haitian is pretty much the most offensive thing in school and probably our society to be called. My brother was dating a pretty light-skinned half-Hatian girl and upon my grandmother hearing this, she told him to break up with her on the grounds of her being half-Haitian. They are discriminated against very harshly, even the half-Haitians. We even made up a different pronunciation of Haitian just to make fun of them. Now that I'm older, it saddens me.
UGH!! I was so ready to be mad at you! LOL! The things you said in the beginning, about what Haitian kids were called back in the day....
I really went back to the days of the things kids used to say to me and my friends when we were kids. At the end of the day, I’m happy that my parents raised me to always be proud of being Haitian. I’m a Gen X’er so I remember living through most of the racism pointed towards us. By the looks at some of the comments so far and frankly the inspiration of your video, some of those sour thoughts still persist to this day!
Now I grew up 1st generation Haitian-American in New York, so I never heard the cat thing. Now that I’m older, all those jokes were so tired and through but as a kid, anytime you were a butt of a joke, it hurt. I’m happy to see your growth Dineva, and I found this convo to be ratchet, funny, thought-provoking, healing and full-circle. I hope this video helps to change hearts and minds. 💅🏽😍😘🌈🙌🏽💖💗💞
When you said "Haitian people are badass" I had to agree because this made me think about the Haitian family who moved to my small hick town in NC when I was in high school.
They were picked on as well. The girls were teased for their hair. The boys had nappy beads. One day they teased the girl so bad she ran off the bus in tears. I felt so bad.
Fast forward to my senior year of college at UNC Chapel Hill, all three of these Haitian kids are there on track to become PhDs and MDs while their bullies are back home with arrest records, babies all over the place or dead.
Yep
For some reason, Haitians look and appear *a lot* more like Continental Africans to me than African Americans do. I don’t think it’s a coincidence therefore, that they seem to be the butt of everyone’s jokes. Because the Haitian experience sounds awfully similar to growing up as a first generation West African in England- for instance, being mocked by Caribbeans. Everybody would lie & claim to be Jamaican but completely deny Nigeria and Ghana. Now however, it’s cool to be African🤷🏾♀️
Perhaps Black Americans project what they receive from White America/society in general, onto Haitians🤔. Just a thought.
But how long do we as Black Americans keep attributing our ridicule of black features onto whites, especially when it comes mostly from other black people at this point? In high school i was constantly picked on by this one kid who kept calling me "African!" in a taunting way. When i went off & got him together, it was because he said it like it was supposed to be an insult -- and for me, African was always a sense of pride.
West Africans like to disrespect and bully Liberians because they sound Carribean and Liberia is underrated, so your people are taunting other african people
@@allisonmcinnis5929 true sadly
I never understood why Haitians were seen as the worst black. Even today I still know people here who find it offensive if you accidentally think they are Haitian.. it’s like a curse word.
I really hope it changed in the school system because that’s stuff is really a learned behavior that people I know from high school still act like this (I graduated in 2014)
I always wait for videos like this from you because they're always on point and I don't watch any reality shows. I'm from DR and is no secret that Haitians are treated very badly over there, I didn't know they also experience this treatment here as well, that's so awful
Im West African and get very upset,and hurt when i hear Things Like this,i Like everybody and We are alle African descents...Like with or Not ...as they say :"hurted people Hurt people.This new DARK ,skin ligth Shit make me sick and ITS the most ridiculouse Thing i ever hear...
Maria Seidi same :( I cannot WAIT until the day black people get it together uuuuuuuugh we'll be so strong and some of us dont even know it
I wish other Africans thought as you do. I tried to befriend the many African students in college and they were not only rude but straight prejudice. But they stayed in white peoples faces.
busylady1920 You can befriend me If you want ,i was Born in Africa (Guinea-Bissau ,grow Up in Portugal,I travel alot ,Speak 5 languages,been with people from all Color and races...Im anapologetical black...DARK skin ...I know History (DNA say Woopie Goldenberg have same Guine Bissau blood (Pepel Tribe?...).I knew IT the First time i See her ...so was Tracy Chapman(many people told me i Look Like her) ,Wesley Snippes,There is Same blood "Feeling "that never die ( even afther 500 years latter)...Believe me many Blacks Here in Europe are very aware of the struggles ,History ,Pain of other Blacks of The African Diaspora...Im a elementare school Teacher and allways Tell the Rudy Bridges Storie to my Studants...I encourage you to befriend Blacks from other speaking languages Like Portuguese...Please expand you Horizon ,travel,be Open minded...dont restrict yourself or think everybody think or the Same .I encourage every black American to please Came to Africa one in a Life Time...Please write me Back
Haiti 🇭🇹 Cherie!!!! Thank You for doing this video and your honesty! I am a Carol City native and this was absolutely how Haitian people were treated. Growing up was very hard and it made many of us deny our culture, out of fear of being mistreated or shamed!!! So glad times have changed and once again Haitians have triumphed & overcome!!! Proud Beautiful Haitian Women🇭🇹❤️ #zoe #haiti
I was born in Miami and lived there for a few years of my childhood. Because my family are Miamians, we visited home every year. My Miami family dogged Haitians. "Them Haitians" was what they were called. It's very sad that Haitian people had to endure those conditions.
I’m hella high af. And when he got to talking about them cats and his reaction all the while trying to be empathic. Instant tears 🤣😂
love youfirst 😂🤣
Im dying also
Sorry to say it's two years later and I'm still laughing at this s*** and don't get offended cuz I'm Haitian but yes I was high as well and I'm in tears I can't stop rewinding that part about them damn cats 🤣🤣🤦♀️9:28
We have a lot of Haitian and Dominicans in the DMV but we all show each other love
Yeah but where I grew up in the dmv Africans got it bad here..
joanne jones I’m telling you even most of the white people cool as hell too we all just vibe up here that just must be a down south thing
True shit. I'm from SE DC and I noticed how MOCO always had a lot of Haitians & French-Colonized Africans. I have always wondered how they got so deep up there and not so much in DC proper.
Geo Cyo yea I’m from NE but moved to MD when I was in high school in PG we had a little bit to everything but we all got along tho
I'm Afro Honduran but grew up in Miami my whole life, we lived in the same house Lemon City aka Little Haiti since '78, went to Toussaint Louverture Elementary, Little River, Central etc. I remember vividly Haitian Day and being called an "oye" for speaking Spanish in school and getting my behind kicked right alongside my Haitian brothers and sisters because I looked like an immigrant. We were pelted with rotten eggs and made fun of for not having name brand clothes. I'm the same age as you and the It sounds stupid but I was afraid to click on this video. Glad to hear someone talk about it though. Hindsight is feeling remorseful for partaking in the bullying. I remember my best friend's _granmè_ treating me like her own granddaughter and showing me love, I ate with their family and the food was delicious. Forever grateful.
Growing up as Haitian young girl I only remember negative comments from black American kids. I didn't even know or understand racism until I came to the US. This country is full of labels. I was always proud to be Haitian and still am. We all need to love one another as a collective group. Blacks need to treat each other better period.
1 of the Lyft drivers I had, in Miami, the father of the driver's kid(s) was Haitian. She said he had a temper, but always made sure she & the kids never went without. She said a Haitian man will take care of you.
that's her isolated experience honey. cause that ain't true.
@@sulalubin Ijs what she said.
D call back. We gotta talk about ARETHA funeral. There's a lot to unpack. That's if you watched it. It was only 5hrs long
8 hours chile
Over 9 hours
Over 9 hours. And then they didn't get to the cemetery until almost 9pm cause yeah I was still watching online. #Detroit
Dear African people - whether you're from Haiti, USA, Jamaica, Mexico, UK, the Netherlands, Brazil or the Motherland herself. African People I love you. Imagine how strong we could be if we united and stood together for our liberation.
Amen ❤🎉
Reading through these comments is just plain sad. Can we ALL AS A PEOPLE admit that we have ALL hurt one another in some shape or form? We hold on to hate and hurt for one another, however, we are more forgiving to the enemy that caused all over this.
I met my first Hatians at FAMU because my friend's roommate was Haitian and had a lot of (hot) male Haitian friends who hung together I remember they were always like, "Sak pasé? N'ap boule!" Good times. 😊 Also, I was a big fan of Wyclef.
Same! Ended up marrying one😄 #FAMULove
I wasn't aware or experienced Haitian until I got on the Hill. I guess it's good we weren't conditioned to believe them to be those stupid stereotypes. I respect their culture.
If all the cats in front of de house, wouldnt there be no cats if they was eating them
saeeda hunter 😂😂😂 Right lol
saeeda hunter lol 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂 that shit makes a whole lot sense.
I fell out 🤣🤣🤣
Lol I know right 😂😂😂
I know one thing, Haitians are a very proud pack of people!
I’m from Miami and i guess i had a slightly different experience. I went to private school and honestly it was mostly Haitian, Spanish, and Caribbean. So i personally never actually saw Haitians get bullied cuz it was majority them there, I’ve always known them to be a very proud group of ppl. Of course i would hear ppl make comments here and there outside of school but that was it. And bth some of my best friends to this day are Haitian and Caribbean ppl. But the stories i would hear from other ppls experience is crazyyyyy no one deserves to be treated like. Also if anything i stood out cuz i wasn’t Haitian lol but it was never to the point where i was bullied i would just get called a yank once in a while. 🤷🏽♀️
Osha Parham 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey Dineva!!! Are you gonna do a review about Aretha’s Fune
Shonika Randolph I swear that's all I been waiting for!
Isn't it a 4 day extravagaaanza? It's probably still going on as we speak.😁
Black Girl Magic BGM 4 DAYS!?!?? Lawd, Aretha be done thawed out by then!!!! Geezus!!!
Black Girl Magic BGM the reviews are rolling in for the past 17 minutes, the fune itself was "only" 8 hours
Shonika Randolph Yesss she's probably on her 3rd wardrobe change & Jennifer Hudson is still bellowing out Amazing Grace, cuz u know we can make a gospel song long as hell.
But nuthin but the best for the Queen👑. Lol!
I grew up in Illinois so I didn’t even meet a Haitian until like my junior/senior year in high school. I remember talking to him after class one day and when he walked away someone came to me and said “ew why you talking to that dirty Haitian”. I didn’t even know wtf a Haiti was. In my innocent head I’m like “I mean he smelled nice...he looked clean...that must be a lie”
The way black American talked and belittle Haitians in Miami is the same way black American belittle Africans in the north east. It’s unfortunate and sad, but Americans in general turn their noses up to anything foreign. That American cocky mentality.
Not here for the ignorance. I’m Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican) and I don’t give passes to the adult foolery. Afro-Caribbean’s are closer to what Black Americans are trying to find. And yet,,,,,,,, some ridicule... #foh
I’m African American living in the “undiversed” Midwest. I surely wish I had some sort of cultural heritage that I could identify with. This is so heartbreaking to hear about the Haitian experiences. Sadly I feel that Africans look down on us. All want is a real cultural learning experience bc mine was stolen.
Nicole Nerkerle same! I’m from Chicago so my point of reference is just black folk. I was called a African booty scratcher for being chocolate. I’ve had an affinity for the African diaspora. Moving to Brooklyn gave me my first true experience of diversity with the black community and I loved it.
Black Americans look down on anyone who is from a foreign country. This rift comes from all angles
I am in Kansas City MO. There is no diversity here. Zero. Very conservative and religious. I want to experience different people. Learn something new.
Twinklestar132 not all of us luv
Tl Williams STL so I totally agree
The sad part is we're all Black...the only difference is where the ship from Africa dropped you off into bondage and who owned the country which dictated/influenced the culture and language (Spain, France, England, the Dutch).
Truth. We need to unify under a common history
Bottom line is Black ppl are ignorant of each other. It doesn't matter where you are from in the world. Every place in the South has a different accent, tradition and culture. Only a Black person from America would know that. We can tell where each other are from by how we talk. It's a uniqueness in the culture. Ppl need to travel and get out more and stop being afraid to learn each other. We all speak a European native tongue so no one's better than the other. Just because we put a little twist on it to make it ours it's still not our true native tongue. We are divided by invisible lines made up by each other.
Fact: All immigrants to the U.S. are actually taught (in the naturalization process) negative stereotypes of Black Americans. Talk to 1st and 2nd gen Americans, you'll learn this.
Being raised in Miami as a Haitian-American was exhausting...thankfully, Zoe Pound & Haitian Pride begin to surface the year I was born. My older siblings went through hell. I just got a lot of derrogatory/discriminated against bad but at least I was never jumped like they were. 😢 I hate xenophobia. We were racial, ethnic, linguistic, and sometimes religious minorities. Now living in Texas, the negative beliefs of Haitians are still present, especially in the Church.
Just by the title alone I know its bought to get real! Miami native here🙋♀️
As a Haitian American I was skeptical to watch this but this is truthful, honest content. Thank you for your insight
Loise Haitian American??
I’m Haitian and I grew up in the 90s in Miami and I remember Haitians being bullied a lot. I remember being bullied in kindergarten and first grade because my mom dressed me in big church dresses to school but after that my mom didn’t dress me like that so I wasn’t bullied much anymore. Also my mom didnt really dress in loud colors and or what they called “Haitian style” back then.
I’m black American I been bully all my school year lol
@@Blackmalechrissie I did lol I had too fight everyday it was like I was in jail I couldn’t even learn so I just say fuck it but I got my high school diploma still
My Haitian boyfriend time told me about how it was growing up in Miami and all this is true, ... being Jamaican myself i was shocked to learn about this all
Ms Krissy Some Jamaicans was in on this too
The reason why Haitians are treated as they are is because it is a reflection of how the world treated the country. The reason why Haitian history and its impact on the African Diaspora is because they were denied by the world. After the rebellion when they gained their independence the world denied them as a country because they wouldn't recognize a Black run country. To this day Haiti is still paying France back for that rebellion which is a part of the reason why Haiti is where it is economically.
I went to a High School that was majority Haitians and Dominicans...boy oh boy, the insults, the fight. Ironically the Jamaicans, Nigerians and Ghanians stuck together...our little clique...
Shameless Budget bruh that’s ironic .in the uk Jamaicans were known to bully west Africans so much to the extent Africans used to lie and claim being Jamaican
Every Friday was beat up a Haitian day when I was growing up. Its when Haitian's started forming gangs n started fighting back it stopped. I heard it all growing up from HBO Haitian body odor to we eat cat. Not all Haitian people do voodoo. There are all walks of faith in Haiti. Voodoo is practice by evey culture some call it black magic some santa maria, etc. ( not that I Condone it. )I would hear things like Haitian people come here on boats. Mind u my mom came to the US on a Pan Am (telling my age) n had me in the US years later. People would tell me u don't look Haitian. What do Haitians look like.😏 We come in every shade from dark skin to White skin with blue n green eyes. I even heard u don't have a accent. I was born here. My mom came to my school wearing all here colors speaking with her thick accent with her broken English. I was never ashamed. I was never ashamed of being of Haitian descent or speaking creole. A majority of my friends were Haitian but I had friends of every nationality. Now everyone loves r food. Especially Groit with piklez. I will say Wyclef helped the Haitian image back then. I just believe were r ALL from the motherland. It's just the ship dropped us off at different stops. Black Love. 🙏❤ Thank u for talking about this. Much respect to u. 👏
I'm not Haitian but I can relate to their experience. Was born in Tanzania but my family immigrated to the U.S. when I was in the 4th grade. A lot of the same shit that Haitian kids experienced growing up in South Florida, I experienced growing up in DC. Only when I was in my late teens did the bullying stop. I'm grateful because I went to an HBCU and majored in History. A lot of my interactions with professors and other students helped me to heal from my childhood trauma. But unfortunately not everybody that went through my situation gets to heal. Thus, the African vs. BA's hate and vice versa continues to perpetuate itself. Hurt people say hurtful things to those that may represent their unaddressed trauma.
My parents are from Ghana and I was born here in DC but always lived in PG county MD. I was called ugly, dark, Chico African booty scratcher etc only a few times but checked, confronted, fist fought & flipped out on whomever disrespected me so that is the only reason why not too many ppl messed with me from 5 til I moved 1/2 an hr away to another city & a new middle school...and boy oh bwoy I've never been called ugly & black so much in my life ( daily) til I moved. For so bad I started to believe it & started to not fight back no more or talk back...I mean NOTHING! They damaged my self esteem so bad that although I moved back to my old apt complex It gotten worsttttt that it damaged my self esteem tremendously morrrre! In HS they would let me know that being African was the worst thing u can be, I was told by an older Haitian guy " dont call here no more African!" Cuz I called to speak to his young cousin I used to like. Was even told by some guy " but their African!!!", tryna insinuate that me n my sis can't go to a party. My own " friends" who had a Jamaican mom would call me an African booty scratcher as well n black, Everything would just be a *problem* to folks due to my ethnicity smh. Told by my JA *friend* boyfriend he ain't gonna EFF w/ me cuz he just found out I'm African, will only say hi & leave. Even at my former job A Colombian gay man yelled out to a prejudice blk american how " only Africans that r ugly r from west Africa" as he turns to look at me w/ a smirk smdh. Can't lie I was so ashamed of my nationality.. Still somewhat am...( sorry reply is so long lol)
Buttersctoch19841 Yo, I am so sorry you went through that. Your story sounds way worse than mine tbh. I lived in DC from the age of 9 up until 16 when our family moved to Upper Marlboro. The bullying stopped once I moved to PG County and I've been in this county ever since. I've never worked with ignorant people on the job. I never had to deal with that bullshit as an adult. It seems like you're still going through the disrespect you endured as a child in adulthood. I am so sorry man. I also wanna be all the way honest and just say that I had a certain level of privilege because of my caramel-tone complexion. It could have been worse but ironically colorism saved me whereas you got the full force of Anti-African and Anti-dark skin hate all in one! For me it was always "he's an african booty scratcher but at least he ain't dark." It sounds crazy but I heard it often. I can relate to how the self-esteem can go so low that you no longer fight back. It was the same with me. I was super anti-social as a teenager and for good reason. Only when I went to college did I develop my social skills. The fact that Jamaicans and Haitians even contributed to your trauma is really heartbreaking to me. Thanks for sharing your story man. Keep your head up.
My mother is from Miami and her family is in the Zoe Pound. She said that’s how the Zoe pound was started .Haitians were tired of being talked about beat up on and teased just from being Haitian and different. What’s crazy now everybody wanna be a Zoe.
I had no idea anyone treated or talked about Haitians this way, probably because I did not grow up around any of them.. It's also very sad for me to hear that my fellow black Americans were the main ones perpetuating the bullying. On the other side of the coin, I'm disappointed, but not at all surprised that so many people jumped to use this video as a platform to unapologetically degrade, discredit, and demonize black Americans as a whole. On a black American's channel, no less.
Wow that is so sad! I grew up thinking Haitians were the shit because they defeated Napoleon’s army. My dads family is from Louisiana so I didn’t grow up thinking negatively about Haitians. I never understood why Haitians disliked Black Americans in some areas, but I totally understand now. I grew up in the south, but not Florida so I never had this context.
Funky! You gonna do a review on the Queen's fune?
🙌🏾 Proud Haitian over here! Love your videos!
THANK YOU for making this video. Haitians are treated like crap by the same people who look EXACTLY like us . We are proud people and I will ROOTS on anyone who has slander against us!!! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
The transparency in this video ❤️❤️ -Signed, a badass 🇭🇹 Haitian Queen!!! (Born and raised in Miami)
I’m a first generation Sierra Leonean that grew up around Haitians in NJ. I remember being in the 4th grade and I walked to school with all Haitians. We all were cool and shared a common ground of being first generation. Anywhoo, I was actually jumped by some African American girls who thought I was Haitian. It took for one of the girls to say that’s not _____” Needless to say, my African older cousins found those girls. It’s really sad that we are all black but growing up, African Americans criticized everything foreign and won’t blink an eye doing it. My child’s father is AA and his family looked down on my family and it’s like ....really? So now it’s “trendy” to be foreign and a lot of immigrant and first generation people pay AA dust and they don’t understand why.
Someone ask me was I Haitian cause of my name (Finola) (Which im not). Me personally, I don’t know to much about Haitian ppl or there culture. Something I need to look up on 🇭🇹
Bitch stop lying u look haitian
I fxd a Haitian man in college and he was SO FINE SO CHOCOLATE SO INTELLIGENT SO HARDWORKING. I aint gonna say anymore about his endeavors because I might give myself away LOL. But that man (and other Haitian people) is the reason why I have traveling to Haiti on my bucketlist.
Black American kids made my life miserable never the white kids. I'm so proud of my upbringing cause it steered me clear from a lot of bad decisions. Proud Haitian
When I've visited the DR, I noticed that the Dominican staff at the resorts made fun of the Haitian staff.
Why did you went there? 🙄
Unlike the blacks in Florida right?
I remember they tried making fun of me about voodoo. I told them yes and I will cast a spell on them. I never got that ever again! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol I know the cat joke was coming from a warm place *grabs pearls ..😂😂😂😂 u silly!
my father is Haitian my grandfather is Haitian he's from Florida and I currently live in Michigan my boyfriend always telling somebody about my Haitian heritage and I get praised for it. I know this is kind of off the subject but I always attract light-skinned men even though I prefer the tallest blackest man I'm currently with a tall light skinned man which I love dearly might I add and he always compliments me on my skin. But either way.....Haitian and all I'm blessed
I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fl.. Me being a African America. I saw this and it hurt me. I remember being in high school, a fight broke out. It was so bad. I remember on Haitian day my people (African Americans) our people our people would get mad and starts fights. I remember when Haitians would deny their heritage and say that they were Bahamians. I can honesty say us as a black people could be so ignorant. The History Haitians have. They have paved the way for us. We were taught to hate but I never did. I will always love and have respect for them.
This video brought up bad memories. Growing up as a nigerian we used to get teased as an african booty scratcher. Now i feel some type of way Because everyone wants to be pro black and wakanda this and that. Where is the cry for cultural apporpration
As an Haitian i have never been bullied, because physically i looks strong (I was track & field star) so nobody fuck with me.
A white girl did tried me once she quickly became my Butler by the end of the year she desperately wanted to be my best friend.
I'm from Miami as well and back in the day that was how a lot people thought about Haitians especially in school.
Dineva video & audio is alwaysssss A1! Simple background! Awesome!
i was born in Canada and in the 80's we had it rough but i love my culture an i am happy to be a proud haitian woman Merci
and also thank you for this funky
I’m African and Haitians to me are like Africans that never lost their culture. The rest of America and Caribbean either lost theirs or were integrated with others
My father is Haitian & my momma from the South. In NYC there was a big push for Haitians to assimilate to American society , but language & culture made the difference obvious. AA who are UNEDUCATED about the history of Haiti would clique up and disrespect Haitians for having accents, dressing differently and the like. But let's not act like other CARIBBEANS embraced Haitians too, especially Jamaicans. They didn't and VOUDOU was one of the reasons other Caribbeans would try to ostracize and demean Haitians. They'd say Haitians eat cat & are DEVIL worshipers. Colonialism is a bitch child.
I'm happy to see Haitian ppl sticking to their ROOTS and not denying themselves or their culture for anybody. The tide has shifted and now as ppl learn about Haitian Revolution history we can use it as inspiration as we fight for Black Liberation present day.
L'Union Fait La Force
My best of friends who I consider my family are Haitian. People are people. I don’t know about you but baby Y’all ever been to a Haitian party.... child you don’t know what you are missing... the music is fire 🔥 and the one dance move they do I’m here for it!!!!💃🏾it’s like you making love on the dance floor. A Haitian man will talk you out of the one piece a common sense you have left. Bottom line they are loving people💕again people are people.