Marc Brianvil on affection not existing in Haitian families (Part 10)
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Marc Brianvil, comedian, admits that it took work for him to learn how to show affection to his family and friends. It is a think piece he is working on: an attempt at unpacking how people receive love in Ayiti and, most importantly, how they give it.
Good interview
Haitians aren't too busy to be nice and say "I love you." Haitians are like the ancient Spartans. Haitian culture is very brutal and aggressive. It is so brutal, that many Haitians don't want to deal with each other. The only reasons, Haitians in the United States work together.
1. Those select few Haitians learned and know how to work together. Especially if they received higher education outside of Haiti.
2. Haitians were being discriminated against and just banded together to fight against the discrimination. When the battle ends, Haitians go back to back stabbing each other.
It's quite normal for any member of an ethnic/racial group to stab eachother in the back. This is human.
@@ancientfuture9690 , that is very true that many ethnic groups will screw a member their group over and that it is human. However, I find with many Haitians, as soon as they know you're Haitian they will find a reason why to hate you.
You work a better job then they do. You're from the metropolitan parts of Haiti, they're from the country side. This person is Catholic, another person is Baptist, that person is Seven Day Adventist. Someone is fluent in Creole, French, and English, another person speaks Creole and English. Someone doesn't like that person's Haitian accent. Some people's family were from the bourgeoisie in Haiti, that person was from the slums of Haiti. This person was a Duvalier supporter, that person was Aristide supporter. It's always something.
But I seen even transferred down to Haitian Americans warring against other Haitian Americans. I was born in NYC, and moved to Rockland County, NY during my adolescent. When I would go spend my summers with family in Queens and Brooklyn. There would be Haitian Americans who made of me for living in the suburbs, even though I'm originally from NYC. In my younger years when I worked in retail, my Haitian and Haitian American coworkers were the worst compared to anybody else. Lied on me, tried to get me fired, try to give me the toughest jobs, snitched on me, tried to humiliate me. What's funny when they thought I was Puerto Rican, Lebanese, Iranian, or Indian, they didn't bother me. When they saw my super French last name and knew I lived a Haitian area, that's when they found out. I got put on a list of Haitians to fuck with. It was the Haitian American females that were the worst too, always starting shit with people.
If a Haitian family manages to become financially comfortable (and therefore not 'busy living') do you think affection will then emerge in the home?
I had to leave home to get affection from my parents. Now it’s nothing for us to exchange I love you’s. I don’t think it’s a matter of being too busy, however. I feel it’s cultural. Niggas just too chen manje chen sometimes lmao.