“Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, Me and the World” is a one-woman performance, in which Ulysse exposes the brutality of anti--Haitianism as anti-human. She explores the tensions of migration, racism, sexism and homophobia as she comes to terms with what it means to confront and speak truth to power and in the tradition of radical black feminists she seeks peace through self-definition.
A Book of Rememories, Rants and Recipes
“I can see the part about loving Haiti,” he said.
“But loving Vodou, I don’t know…”
He didn’t mean any harm. Most people often don’t.
That’s just the way we understand the order of things.
Africa. Black. Evil/Europe. White. Pure.
My tongue turned into sword.
“What do you really know about it except for what you’ve
seen in bad Hollywood movies?”
How would you respond to incessant assaults on the very
core of how you’ve come to love?
