'Here is what my #shithole looks like': African countries and Haiti react to Trump's remark
Source: The Washington Post
By Paul Schemm and Eli Rosenberg January 12 at 7:10 AM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Trump’s dismissal of Haiti, El Salvador and all of Africa as “shithole countries” whose inhabitants are not desirable for U.S. immigration shocked people around the world and provoked swift condemnation.
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“The African Union Commission is frankly alarmed at statements by the president of the United States when referring to migrants of African countries and others in such contemptuous terms,” said Ebba Kalondo, the spokeswoman for the African Union. “Considering the historical reality of how many Africans arrived in the U.S. during the Atlantic slave trade, this flies in the face of all accepted behavior and practice.”
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The reaction from the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, was uncharacteristically blunt, describing the remarks as “racist.”
In Haiti, people took to Twitter to share pictures of their country — verdant green hills, palm trees in the sunset, and sparkling turquoise water.
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