Most of our website’s information deals with human rights in Haiti, or the policies of the international community towards Haiti. But the March 16 abuse of Haitian children at PS 34, a public school in New York City, is so outrageous and so indicative of the ill-informed and racist perceptions that underlie both the treatment of Haitians in the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy towards Haiti that it deserves a mention on our website.

 

School Official Faces Firing Over Mistreatment of
Haitians
- April 26, 2005

The Abuse of Haitian Kids at PS 34
- rapper J.G., Common Dreams, April 13, 2005

Newsday: Irate Haitian parents plan a protest
- Ellen Yan, staff writer, April 12, 2005

Queens School Disgrace
- New York Daily News, April 12, 2005

School honcho in Haitian flap reassigned
- Friday, April 15th, 2005