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Ive been running into Haitians quite a bit this year, 2008. First, in February I met Elie, who is a young

Haitian-Amerian woman !2",2#$. %he grew u& in 'ew (ersey an) now lives in Fre)eri*sburg an) is a

+rien) o+ one o+ my best +rien)s, an)y ithell. hih *in) o+ ma*es her my +rien) as well. /hen aou&le o+ wee*s later, I met Abema, who is a +ellow 1 stu)ent. He has a thi* Haitian aent. He

stutters, but he is ool. /hen in arh while in 'orthern irginia, I met Alie (ose&h, who ha) 3ust ome

into our 'orth %&ring+iel) ongregation a+ter having move) +rom 4eorgia. %he is a very attrative womanin her late "0s or early #0s. %hes *in) o+ tall, hair )ye) brown. %he has a beauti+ul voie as well, along

with a beauti+ul aent. /hen I ran into (ohn 5ierre on Fri)ay, %e&tember 67, who is a seurity guar) at

ahovia. aybe, sometime soon I might get &itures o+ these &eo&le.ut +or now I will 3ust &ut u&

&itures o+ ran)om Haitians. Ive met a number o+ Haitians in &ast years as well. /here is one girl name)/aneesha outier, who I atten)e) elementary, mi))le, an) high shool with. I remember her )a) as well.

9uring my s&ring brea* in 2006, as we were oming ba* +rom a tri& to ethel an) 5atterson, we sto&&e)

at a big mall in 'ew (ersey in a 19 store I ran into a guy who saw me with a ob arley 19. He sai) that

ob arley was A+rian! whih I )ont quite get why he sai) that$, I 3ust stare) at him +or a ou&le o+seon)s, an) then he sai) something something about Haiti. I as*e) where he was +rom, an) he sai) Haiti.

/he year be+ore in the summer o+ 2000, while visiting 'ew :or* with my brother, we went an) got our

hairuts at a Haitian barbersho&. (anuary 2060; I reently +oun) out that a guy name) 1hris thgra)e with, is o+ Haitian ba*groun). I +oun) him on +aeboo*.

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Beautiful Haitian woman

Haitian girls standing here just posing I guess

Haitian woman that lives in the .%. .

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Woman in Gonaives, waiting to receive aid distribution. (July 6, 2009)

Migrant workers sitting outside their communal residences. A lot of hard physical labor and dirty

work they have to perform, but hey, someone has to do it.

oliceman doing his duty of protecting the citi!ens and keeping order. "an be a formidable job attimes. But, again, someone has to do it. And they are glad to do it.

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Mother and daughter

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Young mother with her child.

Waitress at Haitian restaurant in South Beach, Miami,

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Woman at pool hall

El)erly gentleman

Beautiful-looking family. This is one of the results that came up when typed in !Haitian". #ow, either they li$e

in the %.S. or &urope, or they are li$ing really well in Haiti.

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Another beauti+ul +amily.

Another +amily

Women co$er their noses from smell of after-effects of earth'uake.

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Haitian woman $oting in early ())*.

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This is the actual Haitian president right here. Mr. +ene re$al.

anuary ())/ Haiti has 0een hit 0y a de$astating 1.)magnitude earth'uake. The 0iggest that has e$er hit it in()) years. 2,))) people were killed. Happily, Haiti hasrecei$ed so much aid and help from countries around theworld. eople are still 0eing found that had 0een trappedunder 0uildings. 3 lot of food and material aid is 0eingtransferred around.

Wow, this is 'uite different. 4ellphone charging.

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Tent camps where people are staying.

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Haitians lining up at money transfer store to collect financial help from family a0road.

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Man(only see his hand at right side of picture) flirting with a young woman

3id workers waiting at airport to go 0ack to their homes.

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5f course, not to mention, Wyclef ean6 3n incredi0le artist and musician, that was mostly raised in the %.S. Hewas gonna run for president of Haiti 0ut it didn7t pan out.

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