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Haitian Chefs Introduce Americans to Haitian Culture Through Their Food | Eater

"Wesly Jean Simon, chef-owner, describes the immediate business fallout after false, demeaning rumors: “You walk in here and you only see one table [occupied].” He reports that sales at his restaurant dropped by 50 percent and that “Even Haitians don’t feel like going out and eating. They don’t get excited about hitting the streets and going to the restaurants and having a good time anymore.” Simon pushes back on recurring racist tropes, saying, “All these things they’re saying about us, that we eat cats, we eat dogs, it is not new to us,” and adds, “Back in the ’90s, it was, ‘Oh we give every American AIDS.’ And we’re still standing. We don’t have time for your rhetoric.”" - Annie Harrigan