We’ve Been Hating on Haiti Long Before Trump Called Them a Shithole Country
It isn’t shocking that Donald Trump began attacking Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, by spreading false claims of Haitians stealing pets and eating them. Trump didn’t start the rumor but had done more to advance it, claiming in the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris before an estimated television audience of 65 million people. In 2018, Trump called Haiti, along with African and Central American nations, “shithole countries” that he wanted to exclude from our immigration policies. Trump wanted more people from countries like Norway.
“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” — Donald Trump
It would be easy to have a negative impression of Haiti when all that is presented in the media is negative depictions. All of my life, I’ve only seen the devastation after earthquakes and reports of gangs and violence. Never the tourist destinations and beautiful beaches.
