Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home. Edwidge Danticat backcomplicatedifficult Change image and share on social
And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934. Edwidge Danticat facthaitioccupy Change image and share on social
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles. Edwidge Danticat amazedreamextraordinary Change image and share on social
You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need a birth certificate or some official paper from the government, you have to travel to the city. Edwidge Danticat birthcentralizecertificate share on social
More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago. Edwidge Danticat accessagofind Change image and share on social
Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy. Edwidge Danticat friendinterestnation Change image and share on social
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States. Edwidge Danticat duvalierhaitistate Change image and share on social
Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua. Or in Columbia right now. Edwidge Danticat awarecolumbiahaiti Change image and share on social
I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when It's at its extreme. And that's what they end up knowing about it. Edwidge Danticat endextremehaiti Change image and share on social
Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force - people not realizing that they were always there but doing different things than what we see them doing at the moment. Edwidge Danticat administrationcleancreate share on social
