Haitian American
Hispaniola diaspora member
A Haitian American is a person of Haitian descent living in the United States, or an American citizen born in Haiti.
The term functions as both noun and adjective: Haitian American communities in Miami and New York, She's Haitian American.
The hyphenated form Haitian-American appears in formal writing, particularly before nouns.
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
- code switchingMixing tongues mid-conversation
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- first generationEarliest in a line
- double consciousnessAwareness of conflicting identities
Miami · Brooklyn · voodoo · immigrant · boat people · Caribbean · Port-au-Prince · plantain · rice and beans · griot · patois · remittance · earthquake · refugee · independence · flag · pride · community
- American EthnicityPuerto Rican, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Chicana
Haitian AmericanJapanese American
Person of Japanese ancestry
Russian American · Chinese American · Korean American · Polish American · Irish American
Haitian AmericanWhite American
US citizen of European descent
WASP · Anglo-American · European American · Native American · Japanese American