As with the devastation wrought by Katrina, I hope that our thoughts of Haiti turn to the inconvenient fact that natural disasters are often anything but. Haitians are dying in disproportionate numbers right now because they are poor and oppressed. The oppression came first, then the poverty, then more oppression. It's a positive feedback loop. Poor people are not only easy to oppress (keep up the good work Iraq and Afghanistan), they seem to literally beg for it. So in Haiti's time of need, know that they need more than the world's temporary relief efforts. They need the world -- namely us -- to finally leave them the hell alone.
update: There are more Haitian history sources at the end of this wonderful post at Reclusive Leftist.
update 2: The folks at Credo, the progressive phone company, sent me an email with two ways to help Haiti: give to Doctors Without Borders, and tell Obama to grant temporary protected status to Haitians living in the U.S.
The Government Denies People Access to Asylum Because of Language Barriers.
We're Fighting Back.
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Every year, thousands of asylum seekers from diverse corners of the world
seek refuge in the United States. Many — like Indigenous people from Latin
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