Readings, Videos, and Information on Haitians in the DR
Readings
The Causes and Consequences of Undocumented Haitian Immigration in the Dominican Republic - a senior essay by Yale University student Cynthia So
The Haitian Migration. Want to help the hundreds of thousands of Haitians still suffering from the 2010 earthquake? Let some of them into the United States. Foreign Policy, January 9, 2012
As Refugees From Haiti Linger, Dominicans’ Good Will Fades - NY TImes, August 31, 2011
Haitian Women Cross Border to Give Birth - Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, August 22, 2011
Dominican Republic deports illegal Haitian migrants - Washington Times, February 21, 2011
Enemies: A Love Story. Haiti and the Dominican Republic may share a tiny Caribbean isle, but they have always despised each other. The earthquake may have changed that. - Newsweek, April 14, 2010
Haitians in Dominican Republic face racism, discrimination - World Focus, June 2009
Sugar Cane Slavery: Bateyes in the Dominican Republic - Ethical Sugar, 2004
"Illegal People": Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic - Human Rights Watch, April 2002
Online Videos
The Price of Sugar (full movie online) - narrated by Paul Newman
An island divided: Haitian immigrants deported from the Dominican Republic - PBS, April 2011
Haiti and The Dominican Republic- The Roots of Division - YouTube, June 2011
A Day in the Bateyes - Vimeo, January 2011
Bananas Don't Grow on Trees: Making money in a Dominican banana batey - YouTube, December 2011