The prosperity of a nation depends wholly on the
ability of its people to come together and join forces to work and build an
appreciated environment for all. Such an environment is based on the common
interest of the inhabitants, according to law and order and mutual respect.
Haiti needs to come together. Haitians need to come together. The nation must
begin to act as one, as an entity in order to prosper in the world of nation
states.
Haiti is a very minute place. The entire island of
Hispaniola is only 29,530 square miles (76,480 km2). The Dominican Republic
occupies much of it, 18,705 square miles, and Haiti 10,714 square miles, just
enough to raise a couple millions of animals. Over 10 million Haitians are
huddled on this little piece of land, and the population is increasing. And,
like it or not, we are condemned to live together there.
If we are condemned to live together, we must live
together. The problem is. Haiti remains too shattered. We don’t feel that we
are one. We don’t feel that we belong together. We don’t feel that we share one
cause. We don’t feel we belong to our nation and must take position to build it
and make it something for all of us. We all want to leave. But, sadly, only a
few would leave. And, many of those would return after much nostalgia; and, not
forgetting those who would be deported. Generally, the other nations do not
want us.
Author, Thomas Madiou said, when he told his father
of his intention to write a history book of Haiti, his father asked him what
about the “division.” His father was worried that he may render the situation
worse by telling the truth. I have a similar problem with my friends. They want
to know if I believe that Haitians could really come together. I said to one of
them, “They have to; or, else…” He adds. “If we don’t do it, nobody is going to
do it for us.” The point is. We are condemned to live together. And, we have a
responsibility to work together to make our lives better. Other than that,
Haiti is going to remain that poor, old, dirty, nasty, trashy, contaminated,
desolated nation that no one respects; and, Haitians would remain the restavec
people, a subject of repugnance to the world society.
What do we do then to change our course of history?
We must take a stand to put an end to the divisive nature of the Haitian. We
have to stop the tearing and come together. We must come to agreement: All Haitians Together For A Better Haiti.
All on board: (Black, Mulatto, and White, rich and poor, literate and
illiterate, urbanites and peasants, no one is left behind).
I mean, we are all belonged, as members of the
group. We only need to find a way to come together to help, share, promote, and
live with each other. The bourgeoisie does not have to be an enemy of the poor.
They need each other to have a prosperous country. The rich people need to
invest their money in the country to create work, to create a fair environment
for all. The poor men need to appreciate the generous investments and work
productively to contribute to the successfulness of the nation. Everybody wins.
It is when the rich take their wealth abroad; it is when the poor break and
tear down everything; that’s when everybody loses.
We could collaborate and live together productively.
The other nations do it, even the small nations around us. Haitians go to the
Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and all the smaller islands out there, looking for
scraps. The people in these smaller nations are working collaboratively to
better themselves. We could do the same. We simply need to start seeing our
Haitian brothers and sisters as members of our entity and not just isolated
beings. We simply need to start embracing each other and work collaboratively. The
bourgeois could bring investments. The poor could provide labor. The urbanites
could produce skilled workers. The peasants could work the fields. Everybody
has a function.
The next time you see another Haitian, don’t think
of him as an adversary or something strange and isolated; think of him as
somebody to collaborate and work with - if our people should ever cease to be
the laughing stock of the world. Join the
call for Haitian national unity. Join our Facebook
group: MKNA – All Haitians Together For A Better Haiti. Or email, granmoun@hotmail.com. Join the conversation
By E.C. GRANMOUN
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