Wet foot, dry foot....Is this policy geared to treat Haitians unfairly.?

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stingjam

There is is some racism involved, because of the political history of the two countries. Not just within the last 50 years either.

Remember that haiti was ONE OF if not THE FIRST country to gain independence from colonial rule. They were freed slaves pretty early in the world. The fact is that haiti, as a country of free minded black people, was SHUNNED by the white societies that ruled the caribbean and the americas.

Haiti was literally STARVED of economic development almost as a racist punishment for its rebellion.

Cuba, on the other hand, remained a HUGE puppet of the dominant western governments, up until thier fairly recent rebellion.

So basically Cuba is the troublesome young child of the americas trapped in a teenaged rebellion and Haiti is the bastard child borne of raped slave. Today Haitians are shunned and Cubans are 'welcomed home'.

Trickle***

Well to me...it could be racism or an even BIGGER set-up. I believe that either the coast guard just ignores the boats filled with Cubans or our government has a "deal" with the Cuban government, allowing them to have their nationals make it to American land, for the trade of drug trafficking. All I know is that if the shores off Florida were really that wide open...this country would've been under attack by terrorist along time ago.

Come on, you think they really dont see those boats. If that was the case and that shoreline was so unpatroled why wouldn't Al Queda come over here on boat too? No our government ALLOWS this wetfoot dry foot thing. I wrote a whole disertation on it. My mother and her fam are Haitian and many Haitians make it too land...only to get turned back. SO where's the wet foot dry foot for them?

I think it has to have something to do with the U.S. governments hatred of the Cuban communist government and Castro. Letting them reach shore is a away to "stick it " to Castro. You did bring up a really good point that Cubans reach the shores of the U.S. quite frequently while Haitians seem to always get caught. The United States always has some underground agenda.............

AG Ford

Like di person be4 me. I tired of the racist **** too. Is jus no point to judge someone by dem skin colour, it dont make any sense if yu askin me.

mixedcurlyfriesz

I'm getting so tired and fed up of the bumboclat racist people ! They need fi go si dun one side !

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lucÃa Rodriguez

hmm could be both sounds like the coast guard wasn't paying attention are we talking about black or Hispanic Cubans? as a Cuban living in the U.K I'm not familiar with the Haitian race could you explain a little Gracia's

EDIT: what race is Haitians is that like native Americans? ( sorry just trying to sum up my answer lol)

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