It Is The Calm And Silent Waters

More And More People Are Able To Access Information - Thank Goodness We Have The Internet And If You Are Interested You Can Find Things. Which Is Different Than Even 20 Years Ago.

When People Think About This Religion, They'll Say "voodoo" This And "voodoo" That In The Way The Hollywood Movies Show It: The Sticking Of Pins In Dolls. It's Very Different Than Vodou - Which Is A Religion That Comes To Haiti From Our Ancestors In Africa. I Want To Differentiate It From The Stereotypical, Sensationalized View That We See Of The Religion.

Often When You're An Immigrant Writing In English, People Think It's Primarily A Commercial Choice. But For Many Of Us, It's A Choice That Rises Out Of The Circumstances Of Our Lives. These Are The Tools I Have At My Disposal, Based On My Experiences. It's A Constant Debate, Not Just In My Community But In Other Communities As Well. Where Do You Belong? You're Kind Of One Of Us, But You Now Write In A Different Language.

Life Was Neither Something You Defended By Hiding Nor Surrendered Calmly On Other People's Terms, But Something You Lived Bravely, Out In The Open, And That If You Had To Lose It, You Should Lose It On Your Own Terms.

I'm Not Saying Cubans Don't Deserve Asylum, But If It Is A National Security Issue, There Are People Who Are Coming From Cuba On Hijacked Airplanes. Why Isn't That A National Security Issue?