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Columnist Carl Fombrun
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.
RENE MICHAEL PELISSIER
Michael Pelissier, through Moet/Hennessy, has
donated $10,000 dollars to the HAITI HOPE FOUNDATION.
Moet Hennessy has for mission to represent quality, excellence and they demonstrate their solidarity with humanitarian and social causes (culture, youth, education and health issues) and they support many organizations.
Michael Pelissier and his wife Ginou are Haitian-Americans who have succeeded, through hard work, in American society.
Rene Michael Pelissier is Vice-President
of the Southeast region of Moet/Hennessey
U.S.A.
Michael is an humble man, and he will be the first one surprised to hear that his name is mentioned on “Carl’s Corner.”
But like the French says: “ Donnons à César ce qui est à César.” « Let’s give to Cesar what belongs to Cesar. » And that’s what “Carl’s Corner” is here for…
Thank you, Michael, and we are proud of you !
GUESTS AT HTN ON
“ MUSICALLY FOMBRUN.”
(Photos courtesy “Nolu” HTN)
(L to R) Lucky Pierre, Jude Nandy Pierre-Louis, Carl, Jan Sebon, Lucky Pierre, Ednold Noel “Norlu” HTN, Lucky Pierre, Jan Sebon.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Lucky Pierre and Jude “Nandy” Pierre Louis (son of Maestro Hulrick Pierre-Louis of the Haitian orchestra Septentrional). Lucky, in collaboration with Jude “Nandy,” has released a Contemporary Jazz CD.
The CD party will be held on Saturday May 6, 2006 at Jakmel
Art Gallery, 147 NW 36th Street in Miami at 8.00 p.m. For more details call 305.829.8867.
I also had the pleasure of interviewing Jan Sebon of Mundo Vibe and 7th Circuit Productions and he will present Haitian
Cultural Month in Little Haiti “SANMELE,” Saturday May 6th 2006.
RARA Lakay, Strong Rhythm, Rednèt, Erico Schulz World Band,
Kazak International.
This event will take place on 228 NE 59th Street at 8.00 p.m. For
additionnal information call 305.805.7962.
RECEIVED FROM
SHIRLEY BELOTTE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Carl,
Toussaint Louverture, leaning on a bust of Raynal, is on the cover of the May-June 2006 Calendar from the Metropolitan Museum of Art....It made me smile this morning when I saw it in the office.
Shirley Belotte
CARL’S GUEST
EDITORIAL CHOICE
Louis Farrakhan
(Regardless of the Black Muslim’s leader’s extreme positions in race’s
relations some of his opinions make good reading for Haitians and Black
Americans alike. That’s what true democracy is all about. Carl)
Ideology and Aspirations for Self-Government
By Ezrah Aharone
A profound clash of viewpoints recently occurred at the 2006 State of Black America forum when Minister Louis Farrakhan posed a “prophetic” challenge to the timing and historical relevance
of Tavis Smiley’s“Covenant With Black America.” After calling it “impotent” he impugned the U.S. government’s honor and trustworthiness.
He then quoted Dr. Martin Luther King’s metaphor that Black America might be “integrating into a burning house,” and went on to say that if God set America ablaze because of endemic injustices, then who are we to try to “be firemen” to extinguish the flames– as advocated by Dr. King.
The atmosphere was never the same thereafter as subsequent panelists had little space for middle-ground, since defending the “Covenant” on one hand meant (to a degree) rationalizing
America’s flagrance on the other. I say that the cause of the “burning house” is the Machiavellian nature of Euro-Americans, and therefore the flames can only be extinguished through their volition to change – Not through our increased participation or commitment to Americanization.
But beyond the “Covenant” and all the verbal sparring, a greater message was cloaked and conveyed through the split applause of audience members on both sides of the argument. This
duality points to a dormant political aspiration within a segment of Blacks that has long been in search of crystalizing and ascending to its rightful place among the world’s respected ideologies.
But having descended from a culture of enslavement, Black America has never been in the business of defining or instituting ideology. That’s been a role reserved for Euro-Americans.
So, up until now, there is no properly developed intellectual or political framework to transform such aspirations into a functional ideology, moreover self-government.
If you notice, it’s becoming common in literature and documentaries to call slaves “African Americans” … It’s like adding sugar to poison to disguise the effect. Historically however, there were countless, nameless, faceless
Africans who had no aspirations whatsoever
to embrace the ideology or be politically married to Americanization “til death do us part” …
Nat Turner wasn’t an “American” as Webster’s states, and he wasn’t lynched because he wanted to integrate or drink “white water.” He was lynched because he fought and aspired to be free
from Americanization. Joseph Cinque did not mutiny aboard the Amistad because he wanted to vote or become the first Black governor of Connecticut. He fought and aspired to be free to return to Africa. Harriett Tubman ended the Underground Railroad in the North because railroads can’t cross the Atlantic.
The question was also rhetorically posed, whether any panelists were prepared to “die” for the “Covenant.” I seriously doubt so. But what’s interesting is when you politically calculate the sum
we’ve received in return for the untold millions who have died. Look around the world and you’ll find that people don’t fight and die to integrate with those who abuse them. They do so for
sovereignty to govern themselves.
No other people in contemporary times have died in numbers
comparable to Africans in America. Yet we are far from being a “sovereign people,” as verified by the keloid scars we bear from the backlashes of pseudo-integration.
Nevertheless, the aspirations of Blacks who prefer self-government do not necessarily conflict with those who prefer Americanization. Both can theoretically coexist in principle alliance and support of the other. In fact, that should a shared goal and mutual commitment – Just like the British and Euro-Americans who likewise are one people with two distinct national identities.
Together they represent two of the world’s closest and strongest so-called democracies.
The notion of self-government being a “pipedream” for Blacks, as expressed by panelist Cornel West, underscores a primary difference in the psyches and political outlooks between
Blacks and Euro-Americans. They have a much clearer vision and far greater ambition to amass and exert power, along with an uncompromisable resolve to lead, not follow. Unlike us, they
cannot be politically appeased by anything less than self-government. And they don’t check with anyone or apologize for any means they employ (slavery included) to achieve their aspirations.
I therefore contend that the notion of equality is a “pipedream.” Why? Because the Euro-American establishment purposely subjects us to conditions and sub-standards that history
confirms they would never tolerate themselves, that’s why. Say for example, roles and conditions were hypothetically reversed, (complete with centuries of inhumanities from slavery
to Katrina) you can bet they would not submit a “Covenant” to a Black government to appeal for their upliftment. In the enduring spirit of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty (Sovereignty) or Give Me Death,” they would have bombed us a long time ago …
And we all know it too!
But a major psychological spillover from slavery is our distorted “sense of self-identity” of who we are, and our distorted “sense of relevance” regarding our relationship to Euro-Americans. This is typified in the example of the slavemaster who coughs and the
house-slave who asks, “What’s the matter master, ‘we’ sick?”
Today this same “we” distortion exists in the flawed notion that we share some kind of special democratic bond of sameness
that permanently connects us to Euro-Americans … No such bond exists, which is why even Euro-Americans themselves know that their days of “democratic dictatorship” over all Blacks are numbered.
There’s nothing odd or illegitimate about Black aspirations for self-government. We have just as much right and reason to govern ourselves as any of the near-200 sovereign nations in the world. What we lack is the “strategic intellect” to institute the proper ideological and political framework necessary to transform our aspirations into self-government.
In the finalanalysis of world politics, people without the vision, courage, and intellect to actualize that sovereign aspirations are guaranteed to be perpetual political sharecroppers of those who do.
RECEIVED FROM
NANCY GUIRAND, MBA
PRO HEALTH MAGAZINE
Dear Carl,
It was nice seeing you at Dr. Jules Cadet's Tennis Tournament.
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My dear Carl, I could tell that you are taking good care of yourself. So keep up the good work because your health is the vital force of your life.
Kind regards,
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Haitian-American Center for Economic and Public Affairs, Inc.
Dear Carl,
As part of ABICC World Business Week, HACEPA invites you to our
Fifth Annual Conference
Entitled
Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela
Opened Windows of Opportunities in the New Partnership with Haiti
Keynote Speaker: Invited
Panelists
Honorable Ralph Latortue, Consul General of Haiti (Invited)
Honorable Gregorio Dupont, Consul General of Argentina (Invited)
Honorable João Almino Consul General of Brazil (invited)
Honorable Jorge Dupouy, Consul General of Chile (Invited)
Honorable Antonio Hernandez Borgo, Consul General of Venezuela (Invited)
Moderator (Invited)
Date: Friday, May 26, 2006
Time: 6:30 PM To 9:30 PM
Place: Chapman Center, Room 3208-3209
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 NE 2nd Avenue
Downtown Miami
Donation: $35.00
For reservation mail your check to P. O. Box 380327, Miami Florida 33238
For Additional Information
Contact Vanessa René at (305) 759-4795
Or
J.C. Cantave at (305) 623-0708
MWM &
Associates
Cordially invites you to PRE-SUMMIT MINGLER.
Join us for networking with colleagues from
New York, Chicago, Montreal, D,C., Atlanta,
Boston and Haiti.
Dancing with Top Vice
(no entrance fee)
FRIDAY APRIL 28 2006
9.00 p.m. TO 1.00 a.m.
NEW MILLENIUM BALLROOM
1484 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd.
Hallandale, Florida
954 457-7538
FRENCH SECTION
La pensée du jour
Les grands esprits ont toujours
rencontré l’opposition violente
des esprits médiocres.
LES GENS HEUREUX…
Les gens heureux n’ont pas d’histoires…Les gens
heureux ils font l’histoire. La ballade des gens heureux sur
LE COIN DE CARL parlant de tout et de rien
continue.
Le temps poursuit sa marche et avec lui avance le monde,
espérons aussi Haiti.
Bonjour Miami, ses alentours et les "internôtres" qui écoutent
et
nous lisent à travers le monde. CHAQUE JOUR EST À LUI SEUL
UNE VIE. Dieu, le travail et la liberté. Et bonjour, bonjour la vie,
bonjour l’amour, moi’j vais bien et’j m’habitue.
RECU DE
JANINE
DU QUÉBEC
Carl,
Je félicite madame Odette Roy Fombrun pour sa prise de position et son appel au ralliement de tous les Haïtiens autour de "LA FONDATION L'ESPOIR POUR HAÏTI". Je me suis fait un plaisir d'envoyer cet article à tous mes amis, car je pense que madame Roy Fombrun a le prestige et la crédilbilité qu'il faut pour que cet appel soit entendu de tous.
L'heure est à l'union et à la solidarité, à un vrai "konbite", pour employer le terme de madame Roy Fombrun. Un "konbite" des idées, des volontés et des forces de tous et chacun.
Bonne continuité et amitié.
Janine de Québec
RECU D’UNE PERSONNE QUI DÉSIRE GARDER
L’ANONYMAT
Carl,
Je te propose le “JDC”, le “Journal de Carl.” Qu’en penses-tu ?
Ton « COIN DE CARL » est un trésor. Pense à le transformer, l’escalader, le publier et encore le commercialiser d’une facon régulière. Alors tu aurais des abonnés. N’en prends pas offense ; je ne fais que te lancer des idées à moins que tu veuilles le laisser au stage de « God given gift to humanity ? » Tu n’as qu’a y penser et veuille excuser ma « grammaire. »
Ci-inclus ma contribution et comme bien d’autres, je veux garder l’anonymat.
Sincèrement.
MA RÉPONSE
Chère généreuse contribuable en pensées et en espèces,
Comme c’est doux de te lire et je te remercie pour tes largesses. J’aime bien aussi l’idée du « Journal de Carl » comme titre, sugérée par toi, et ce sera à considérer.
Je ne me souviens plus si c’était Voltaire qui eut à dire : « Si avant de mourir je peux compter mes amis sur cinq doigts, je serai comblé. »
Toi et la vaste majorité de ceux qui lisent et écoutent le « CDC » m’ont octroyé ce privilège de me retirer de cette vallée de larmes avec un sourire sur les lèvres.
Toujours plus haut !
Carl
J’EUS LE PLAISIR DE PRATIQUER À LA HTN
la charmante
JENNY MEZILE
une compatriote habitant la Ville Lumière, Paris. Jenny est actuellement à Miami et présentera un spectacle de chants et de danse ce Dimanche 30 Avril 2006 à 8 heures du soir au :
ASH AUDITORIUM
HOTEL HYATT 4ième étage
400 SE 2nd Avenue
EN PLEIN CENTRE DE LA VILLE DE MIAMI.
TOUS EN FOULE
JENNY
VAUT LA PEINE !
Pour tous renseignements 561 688.2737 ou 305.807.5183.
Claire Renée
Coles:
HAITI
EN HISTOIRE
Rachel Moscoso Denis
et
l’Alliance
Francaise
de Miami ont le plaisir
de vous inviter à une réception
en l’honneur de l’artiste
Claire Renée Coles
qui présente sa collection
« Haiti en Histoire »
le Vendredi 19 Mai 2006
à partir de 19 heures
1411 Coral Way, Miami.
Une impressionante collection de 60
portraits des présidents d’Haiti au
fusain, contant l’Histoire de cette
république, en commencant avec le
règne de la Reine Anacaona avant
la découverte de l’ile par
Christophe Colomb jusqu'à nos jours.
L’artiste Claire Renée Coles sera
introduite à l’assistance par
Carl Fombrun,
Membre de l’Alliance Francaise,
Chroniqueur à la radio, à la
télévision et à travers le monde
sur l’internet avec le « Coin de Carl. »
(D À G) Claire Renée Coles, Carl Fombrun, David Coles Dodard, fils de Claire Renée.
HAITI EN HISTOIRE
Pour tous renseignements :
Rachel !
Rachel Moscoso Denis : 786-290-9718
L’Alliance Francaise: 305 859-8760
SPANISH
Como dejar de amarte mi cielo
Como dejar de amarte Si desde que te conocí Me has dado de ti un amor sin igual Hemos hecho de nuestro amor Un amor para siempre
Los mejores momentos de mi vida Contigo yo los he vivido Ya la soledad de ti ,de mi se olvido Me necesitas en tu vida Como yo te necesito en la mía por igual Me das de ti todo, tu ternura, tu comprensión Eres un ser lleno de paciencia Con un corazón lleno de pasión Amo como me tocas con delicadeza Al abrazarme, al acariciarme El como me miras cuando me besas
Eres canción en mi silencio Nos amamos con el alma En nuestro amor no hay maldad Se que nadie podrá quitarnos Lo que hoy Dios nos da Entre tú y yo con nuestro amor Realizamos las cosas más imposibles Somos como el cielo y el mar Difíciles quizás de poder juntar Pero para los dos nada es imposible Por que sabemos con el corazón amar Eres tantas cosas lindas en mí ser Que dejar de amarte nunca lo haré
¡Misterios del Amor!
HAITIAN CREOLE
PAWOL LA POU JODI A:
Pòl Tilse
Mwen te konnen yon bèl ti papiyon
Ki vole byen nan soèy
Chak dizè dimaten
Kou mwa d jen rive
L abiye l ak bèl ti wòb bwode
Koulè jòn koulè woz
Koulè lanati
Si ou kontre yon bèl ti papiyon
Ki poze pou anbrase flè
W a sonje mwa d jen rive
Pou tout timoun al an vakans
Si ou travèse yon bèl sous dlò
Kote timoun ka rasanble
Si w tande zwezo chante
Van ap vante
Tanpri pwòpte plas la
Pou timoun yo kab vin jwe
Si ou travèse yon bèl ti plas
Kot papiyon vole
W a va sonje pou pa detwi l
L a bon pou ou
L a bon pou pitit ou
MÈSI PÒL TILSE. Mezanmi se la map rete pou jodi a. Na pale demen si Granmèt la vle.
