Edwidge Danticat: recommendation

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…If you were minister of education in Haiti and had a fair amount of latitude, what would you do? I would give the job to a woman I know who runs an organization called Anseye pou Ayiti, and her name is Nedgine [Paul]. Nedgine works with schools. Actually, she works with educators. If I were minister, first of all, I would make sure people who are better qualified than me were minister of education. But one thing I think would be important, to actually make sure every single child is educated and to make sure that Creole is part of the education because often, children just jump into school in French, and there’s a lot of rote memorization. That would be an important thing, I think, to make sure every child has access to education because in Haiti, something like 40 percent of a parent’s income is spent on education. And often, the children are not getting the best education because it’s rote memorization. What I know is, there’s such a love for education in Haiti that parents really, really sacrifice a great deal to have their children educated, that every child, of course, deserves an education. I would love for every child to have that opportunity. I think that would be the most important thing to have, a good education that could serve them and help them to function and grow in their country. As a Haitian American, how do you feel your perspective on Black Lives Matter might be different from that of many Black Americans?…

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