As the Trump administration strips away the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the US, the LMC speak with Bertin Louis Jr., Professor of Anthropology and African American & Africana Studies (AAAS) and the Director of Graduate Studies (Anthropology) at the University of Kentucky, about the origins and modern-day uses of Anti-Haitianism worldwide.
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February 6th, 2026: ICE & the Tonton Macoute
Francois Pierre-Louis, Professor of Political Science at Queens College City University of New York, joins the LMC for an intense conversation on the parallels between ICE and the dark legacy of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti.
November 29th, 2024: Haitians Fighting Back
After a horrendous election cycle filled with racist attacks against the Haitian diaspora, the LMC spends the hour with Francois Pierre-Louis, a professor of political science at Queens College City University of New York, about the history of Haitian-American resistance against institutional racism.
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