Publication Year: 2000 / Subject Term: Caribbean area / Language: English / Journal Title: Chicago Defender

Start Over Publication Year 2000 Subject Term Caribbean area Language English Journal Title Chicago Defender

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Format:: Newspaper Article
Publication Date:: 2000-05-25
Published:: Chicago, IL
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: Chicago Defender
Journal Title Details:: p. 9
Notes:: An editorial states that Americans could learn from Haitian voters, who may be risking their lives by voting in the Caribbean island's next election.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Strausberg,Chinta (Author)
Format:: Newspaper Article
Publication Date:: 2000-04-24
Published:: Chicago, IL
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: Chicago Defender
Journal Title Details:: 252 : 1
Notes:: "In our Cold War fight with Castro, (we were) willing to subsidize Cubans to leave to come here and at the same time lock Haitians out. That is not fair, and we deserve a different policy," [Jesse L. Jackson Sr.] said. He said the U.S. pays to bring Cubans here, subsidizes them, but pays to send Haitians back to Haiti. "That's not fair," he stated. "Haiti fought for our freedom." "The Cubans are political refugees looking for political freedom, and they're given money to come, but, the Haitians are economic refugees so they must go back. There are more Haitians who've died... than Cubans," Jackson said calling for an end to the double standard of refugees between Cuba and Haitians seeking to come to America.

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