Haiti, characterized by President Trump as a “sh*&hole nation,” seems as accurate a description as can be given. When Trump characterized Haiti disparagingly, no shortage of celebrity outrage ensued, qualifying his description as RAciSt. But, it appears accurate when looking at the data. Haiti leads the world in homicide per capita, rape per capita, and other kinds of violent crime per capita, and it has the distinction as the 127th most dangerous nation (out of 163 nations) by the Global Peace Index. According to the International Rescue Committee, girls and women suffer the brunt of the violence, as gangs use rape of their foes’ female family members as retribution for perceived wrongs. And although the term shi&*hole appears crass, the description is apropos, as only 43% of the nation has access to running water according to the World Bank, and 31% practice “open defecation,” opting to not so much as dig a trench to hold their feces. Just as celebrities were winding down their criticism of President Trump, Haiti was thrown into civil unrest as a warlord named “Barbecue” took over and people began to cannibalize one another.

If America’s politicians cared about Americans, importing a potentially unlimited number of Haitians into the United States would not be on the list of priorities, but the Biden Administration has extended refugee status to all Haitians (without any kind of meaningful vetting) until February of 2026.

When Haitians do in America what they have done in Haiti, many “evangelical leaders” claim that patriotic Americans are guilty of “slander” and “hate” and “perpetuating smears” for doing little but reporting actual facts. For example, despite there being video evidence of rampant cannibalism in Haiti from 2019, 2021, and 2024 (at the very least), such claims are given the title of “rumor” and “systemic racism.” When American citizens report eye-witness testimony of Haitians capturing and butchering ducks from the local park, or cats and dogs from neighboring homes, a simple statement from government officials promoting settler colonialism saying “they’ve received no credible complaints” (only because they do not believe the citizens of their community are credible) is enough for the “fact-checkers” to play interference with the American public. […]

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“I wonder how Jesus might have told parables in our time. Who are the maligned in our society threatening to bring change that those in power are resisting? How would Jesus flip their understanding of the kingdom of God on its head in a way that unsettles them and empowers the ones they malign?

She has a few ideas..

The empire of God is like the queer youth who challenged the confines of binary thinking and tore down the rigid parameters of masculine and feminine, diffusing the toxicity that had plagued communities of faith for generations until the spectrum of gender diversity was lived into and celebrated as far as the eye could see. […]

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