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Essays & Reflections

Essays & Reflections

Essays & Reflections

Haitians sharing personal convictions, experiences, and stories that weave analysis and perspective.

Haitians sharing personal convictions, experiences, and stories that weave analysis and perspective.

Defying Expectations Is a Haitian Specialty

World Cup Suite Part 3: A first World Cup game in 52 years was always going to come with nerves, and against a disciplined, experienced European side, we more than held our own. So no, the scoreline isn't what we wanted. But if you'd watched this team in the months leading up to the tournament the way I have, you'd understand why I'm still hopeful. Here's why.

Defying Expectations Is a Haitian Specialty

World Cup Suite Part 3: A first World Cup game in 52 years was always going to come with nerves, and against a disciplined, experienced European side, we more than held our own. So no, the scoreline isn't what we wanted. But if you'd watched this team in the months leading up to the tournament the way I have, you'd understand why I'm still hopeful. Here's why.

How Do You Enjoy the Beautiful Game When You Can’t Have Nice Things?

World Cup Suite Part 2: This World Cup and Haiti's qualification to it has been a study on the idea that "we can't have nice things."

How Do You Enjoy the Beautiful Game When You Can’t Have Nice Things?

World Cup Suite Part 2: This World Cup and Haiti's qualification to it has been a study on the idea that "we can't have nice things."

US Immigration Policy and the Resurrection of the Zonbi

Suspending thousands in liminal uncertainty, cruel and ambiguous immigration policy resembles a form of zombification, condemning Haitians to exist between belonging and expulsion, unable to move forward or go back.


US Immigration Policy and the Resurrection of the Zonbi

Suspending thousands in liminal uncertainty, cruel and ambiguous immigration policy resembles a form of zombification, condemning Haitians to exist between belonging and expulsion, unable to move forward or go back.


Hotel Oloffson, The Neverending Cycle of Forced Forgetting

Haiti enters its 222nd year of independence under conditions that echo a long history of repression. As we celebrate this January 1st, the events of 2025 come into sharper focus. 5 months ago, while fireworks consumed American skies during the weekend of July 4, a more menacing blaze lit up Haiti’s capital as flames reduced the famed Oloffson Hotel to ashes. Like many homes and businesses in Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country, the hotel was abandoned as elite-backed paramilitary forces escalated their violent tactics.

Hotel Oloffson, The Neverending Cycle of Forced Forgetting

Haiti enters its 222nd year of independence under conditions that echo a long history of repression. As we celebrate this January 1st, the events of 2025 come into sharper focus. 5 months ago, while fireworks consumed American skies during the weekend of July 4, a more menacing blaze lit up Haiti’s capital as flames reduced the famed Oloffson Hotel to ashes. Like many homes and businesses in Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country, the hotel was abandoned as elite-backed paramilitary forces escalated their violent tactics.

The American Roots of Anti-Haitianism

Recent headlines have been erupting out of Springfield, Ohio, where conservatives are waging attacks against Haitian émigrés is the most recent example of America’s long history of dehumanizing and vilifying anything remotely related to Haiti.

The American Roots of Anti-Haitianism

Recent headlines have been erupting out of Springfield, Ohio, where conservatives are waging attacks against Haitian émigrés is the most recent example of America’s long history of dehumanizing and vilifying anything remotely related to Haiti.

The Rise and Fall of Claudine Gay

An analysis on class, Palestine, and the continuous strides of white supremacy

The Rise and Fall of Claudine Gay

An analysis on class, Palestine, and the continuous strides of white supremacy