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Why Black Americans should care about what’s happening in Haiti & Cuba
OPINION: The ongoing conflicts in the island nations have repercussions in America where punishment is meted out for any threat to white supremacy
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A lot of people have been blowing me up over the last two weeks asking me to speak up about what’s happening in Cuba and normally I would, as it’s always been my way to lend a voice in these times.
But as a woman of Haitian and Cuban lineage living in the United States, this subject hits home in a very personal way. And so I took some time to reflect and ask myself,