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8258: Re: 8251: 20 years later, AIDS-Haiti, a painful anniversary , (fwd)
From: haiti@ixks.com
20
>years, might seen a long time, for me, it was
>yesterday.
Not a long time at all. As recently as last year someone who had just found
out I worked in Haiti and was preparing another trip back gasped and said,
"Oh my -- be careful!" When I asked why, they responded, "AIDS." And how
long has it been since the movie, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" was
boycotted? 20 years *is* just yesterday. And yes, the scars of slavery are
not only still taking their toll on African people's everywhere, but its not
even really over -- its just called 'neo-colonialism' now. Perhaps the best
way to begin restitution is to stop doing the things that make it necessary
in the first place.
C. Henrius