29781: Kathleen (reply) Re: 29747: Durban (comment): (Way) BeyondBourgeosie Bashing... (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Kathleen Burke <kathleenmb@adelphia.net>


> It makes me mad, how professional white leftists and some Haitians always 
> blame the U.S., Europe.  It's THE HAITIANS, Stupid.  Jamaica has had its 
> independence for less than 50 years, thriving tourist industry, etc.
> The Haitians I worked with, Jean-Baptiste brothers in Papay, especially 
> Bazelais in economic development, were brought to ruin (and the young Haitian 
> employees in banking industry among them) BY OTHER HAITIANS, especially but 
> not limited to those in the Palace and bureaucracy.
It has
> been ever thus in Haiti.
Seems like the Jamaicans and others have been able to transend tribal rivalries 
and family first for the good of their country.

Kathleen