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#45 Focus of Black Consumers
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MJ Fievre, an Haitian writer, author, and publisher who currently resides in the United States, shared the Black experience in Haiti and her objections to anti-whiteness. She emphasized the need for community introspection, communal dialogue without passion, and the social and personal responsibilities of Black people.
"The Black experience in Haiti has a lot to do with colorism. So it's the idea that if you're lighter skinned, you are more beautiful, you are probably more educated, or you have more money. Which used to be true in not so very distant past because when you think about the ramifications of slavery and occupation, even in the United States, people who were considered mixed - maybe the colonizer was one of the parent..." - MJ Fievre
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