The Haitians From Haiti And The Myth Of Community

The Haitians that I am speaking on the Haitians who are from Haiti, also known as The Haitian Republic. Haiti is a Caribbean country that takes up one third of the island of Hispaniola), and it resides near the Dominican Republic (Central Intelligence Agency, 2014). Haiti is linguistically affiliated with France as its official language is French (Every Culture, 2014). Haitians are also known to speak Creole and Patwa, and some Haitians are able to speak English as well. There is a lot of diversity within the community of Haiti, which consists of nearly 10 million people (Central Intelligence Agency, 2014). Everyone is unique and individual and has their own style.

The families in Haiti are predominately patrilineal, and the women have gone through cultural hegemony to accept this way of life. Despite this, however, the Myth of Community is easily opposed with Haiti as the community isn’t as homogenous unit. You couldn’t just go out and choose a home in Haiti and ask them questions, and expect the results to represent Haiti as a whole. Instead, you would only be informed on that household in particular. Surveys to account for the ways that each household member’s experience is shaped differently according the social positioning of each household member.

The socio-historical context of Haiti provides the unique social and historical circumstances that have shaped, and continue to shape, the experiences of the Haitian community. Significant events that have impacted the Haitian community are colonization and the environment, and a natural disaster.

Haiti has been greatly impacted by its colonization and its resourceful environment. In 1804, Haiti became the second nation to become independent from the Americas (HISTORY, 2014)...

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...s and artistic contributions. They express themselves through their distinctive artworks, and festive handicrafts. The Haitian community is often stereotyped as all poverty and broken down shacks, but this is a truly false representation of the beautiful island residence of Haiti.

Although the Haitian community has gone through a lot of distress and tribulations, they exert agency and have initiated change locally and globally. Despite the hardships that Haitians have dealt with, as a result of their socio-historical contexts, and contemporary hardships, they have shown immense adaptation in order to cope with the traumatic events that have befallen their community. The strength and persistence of Haitians is what makes the Haitian community so dynamic. The Haitian community is truly like no other community, and it has diversity all throughout the community itself.