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The anti-Haitian panic is not a persuasion problem

The best response to Trump's new rhetoric would probably be a good round of exposure therapy.

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Carl Beijer
Sep 15, 2024
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Haitian cooking. PHOTO CREDIT: Cristian Borquez. Licensed under Creative Commons 2.0.

When I first heard the narrative of Haitians in Ohio eating cats, the first thing I did was instinctively sniff. There were no cooking cats in the vicinity of course, but I couldn’t help wonder what such a thing smells like. Do cats smell delicious when you cook them, l…

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