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Posted by streetcarman1 on Mon Jan 18 15:40:24 2010, in response to Re: Robertson: Hate and Haiti, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jan 18 11:53:26 2010. From today's NYTIMES.COM:Update | 1:49 p.m. A review of French press coverage of the disaster on the English-language Web site of Radio France Internationale notes: Le Monde’s front page is given over to an interview with the Haitian novelist, Dany Laferrière, who was in Port-au-Prince at the moment of the earthquake. He wants people to stop talking about Haiti as if it was cursed, suggesting that the island’s population was, in some sense, being punished for a past crime. And he wonders about the identification of those who took food from destroyed shops as “looters”, saying that, when people risk their lives, crawling through ruins in search of something to eat and drink, they are motivated by need, not by greed. The Guardian’s Lizzy Davis points out that the writer said the use of the term “cursed” was unfair: “This is an insulting word which implies that Haiti has done something wrong and it’s paying for it.” According to a translation by Ms. Davis, he added: It would be better to talk about this incredible energy that I’ve seen, these men and women who are helping each other with courage and dignity. Although the city has been partially destroyed and the state has been decapitated, the people are staying, working and living. So please, stop using the word curse. Haiti has done nothing… This is a catastrophe which could happen anywhere. French-speakers — or those willing to trust Google Translate for a rough idea of what was said — can read the complete interview with Mr. Laferrière on Le Monde’s Web site. On Friday, Mr. Laferrière told Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper: “It felt unreal. Because it was too much. This time it felt like something that surpassed all the misfortune that has stricken Haiti until now.” He added, “This time, we hit the bottom.” |
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