Wet Foot/Dry Foot
Cubanita Says...
You are more wrong than you know. Cuba has more than mere African "influences".We ARE African, we are the Yoruba of Nigeria, and we honor those roots in the same manner that we honor our Gallic ones. The fact that the Spaniard brought the Yoruba to Cuba as slaves bares does not mean weare not, for all intents and purposes, of black desent. As a Cuban, I am thankful for Wet foot/Dryfoot, and I am here to tell you that a arge percentage of us in the US join in solidarity w/ our Haitian brothers and sisters in seeking that for them as well. The reason Haiti does not get that goes beyond black sensibilities, as you have tried to state. Unfortunantly, Cuba is a communist nation. Our people are governed by one of the worst dictators in human history. To flee and defect from that in many cases, has been our only hope. Often in the very same Florida Straits where our Haitian brothers risk their lives as well. Given Haiti's history and it's economic situation, I am a firm believer that they too should have Wet foot/Dry foot rights. I guess my primariy point here is to ask you to understand that the situation isn't born out of Haiti's sovereignity (which is to be applauded, we cubans wanta sovereign land too), but because of the rulers of our nations. If Haiti delared itself communist (and I am not saying it should, communism is NEVER good), you'd see Haitans granted the same policy. Please knowwe are on the same side here.
The topic is: Wet Feet Dry Feet Policy
Reply to Msg 53 posted 12/19/07 5:35 PM
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