Bahamas: Haitians are our Brothers  · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

One of the most dastardly parts of the Atlantic slave trade was how fellow human beings were treated as as if they less than men and women.  And it seems that many of us feel the same way about illegal Haitians here in The Bahamas.
Weblog Bahamas’ Rick Lowe adds, “I agree they are illegal and we must deal with it, but do we have to pretend these people are not human beings?”