29361: lyall (comment) on deportees (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Jd Lyall <postmaster@lyalls.net>

On the deportees. There is a good Woody Guthrie song called Deportee. It's 
about Juan e Maria, but I sing it as Pierre et Rosali.

I know a number of young men in Haiti who are deportees. They got involved in 
Miami life and got busted. Teenagers. They struggle to get by in Hayti. My 
Sister in Laws ex is one. He spoke hardly any kreyol when he arrived. He isn't 
a criminal now.

Not all of the deportees turn to crime when they arrive in Haiti. It's pretty 
tough for them. No family in Hayti, most of them. Being adopted by a crime 
family of english speaking rapping gangsters is probably an easy way out. Lots 
of cheap crack too. That'll drive you crazy.