What's up, guys?
Natasha Martinez here for Complex News.
By now, you're well aware that racist gasbag Donald Trump fired the shit heard 'round
the world in a meeting on immigration on Thursday.
The Washington Post broke the story that Trump said, "Why do we need more Haitians?"
and, when talking about immigrants from there, El Salvador, and African countries, responded,
"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?"
Despite Trump's non-denial denials, his comments were confirmed publicly by Senator
Dick Durbin of Illinois, who proved to the world that Shithole-Gate is a real thing.
So we wanted to take a minute to highlight people born in these so-called shithole countries
who have contributed a hell of a lot more to the U.S. and to the world than any mobbed-up,
bankrupt, perpetually lying, woman-abusing, Nazi-loving racist.
And a note before we get started: Trump insulting these countries has everything to do with
his fear and hatred of people who don't look like him, and nothing to do with the
countries themselves.
Botswana was one of the few nations to give an official response to Trump, mockingly asking
for clarification on whether they are one of the "shithole" countries the KKK's
favorite president was referring to.
Shouts to Botswana for whoever is writing their press releases these days, and also
shouts for bringing us Professor Sheila Tlou [note: pron. as one syllable, like "t'low"].
Tlou grew up in Botswana, but came to the U.S. for college.
She studied nursing, and continued on to get a doctorate in nursing sciences and several
post-graduate degrees.
Beginning in 1985, she got heavily involved in HIV prevention.
She has been a leading voice in the field for decades now.
Professor Tlou was the founder and president of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa,
Botswana chapter, which educates volunteers on home care and informs people about HIV
and AIDS.
She was a Professor of Nursing and Director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating
Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Primary Health Care for Anglophone Africa
at the University of Botswana.
She's a former Member of Parliament and was Minister of Health of Botswana from 2004
to 2009.
She is currently Director of Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa for UN
AIDS.
Oh, and did I mention she's also one hell of an actress?
She starred in the BBC Movie The Number One Ladies Detective Agency.
Kenyan political cartoonist Victor Ndula drew a sad but on-point cartoon about Trump's
remarks for his country's Star newspaper.
But there's no cartoon that could tell us how sad we would feel if Trump's remarks
meant Americans wouldn't see any more of Lupita Nyong'o.
Nyong'o was born in Mexico but moved to her parents' native Kenya when she was just
a baby.
In addition to starring in movies, plays, and even fighting bad guys all across the
galaxy, Nyong'o has promoted women's issues and the arts in Kenya, fought against poaching,
and is even trying to save the elephants.
Plus, she helped take down Harvey Weinstein.
Jessie Duarte, the deputy secretary general of South Africa's African National Congress,
clapped back at Trump by saying, "Ours is not a shithole country.
Neither is Haiti or any other country in distress."
We're grateful for that statement, and we're grateful to the ANC's opposition, the Democratic
Alliance, without whom we wouldn't have Lindiwe Mazibuko [note: pron. here at 0:17
mark].
Mazibuko, born in Swaziland but raised in South Africa, is only 37, but has already
gathered a lifetime of experience in politics—a lot more than some people twice her age.
After school, she began as a researcher for the DA.
She quickly moved up to national media liaison, then member of Parliament, then the DA's
national spokesperson and a key player in their Shadow Cabinet.
In 2011, she was elected DA Parliamentary Leader and became South Africa's official
leader of the opposition.
In 2014, Mazibuko decided to take a break from politics.
Shortly thereafter, she blessed our shores with a fellowship at the Institute of Politics
at Harvard's Kennedy School, and got a Masters there as well.
And even though she's not in electoral politics right now, she's still not afraid to speak
out, even publicly accusing her old party of having a "brain trust" of almost all
white men.
If South Africa's game, we're more than willing to trade one of our politicians—or,
hell, most of them—for her.
Donald Trump wants to kick 200,000 Salvadorans out of the country who came following a devastating
2001 earthquake.
We want to kick him out, especially if it means we can keep Julio Torres.
Torres, who is Salvadoran, is a relatively new addition to the Saturday Night Live writing
staff.
He has become a breakout star with his absurd sense of humor.
You've probably seen his imagining of the life of the Donald's wife or the Avatar-spoofing
"Papyrus" skit.
It's safe to say that we'd much rather have another "Wells for Boys" than whatever
the hell Trump has planned for the next three years.
The comedian responded, in his own inimitable way, to Trump's comments via Twitter.
[QUOTE CARD: Julio Torres via Twitter - "Sry i snuck in here from a shit hole country only
to become part of the como se dice, liberal media elite.
Also sry to like be a Salvadoran criminal or whatever (my lawyer says I'm so cute
it's actually a CRIME!!)"]
There are no shortage of Haitian-Americans who have made a huge impact on the rap game.
From UTFO's Kangol Kid to DJ Whoo Kid to Rich the Kid, every generation of hip-hop
has had people of Haitian descent play a crucial role.
But two people in particular, both born in Haiti, stand out.
Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor discovered Salt N' Pepa and Kid N' Play, and wrote and produced
more Golden Age classic songs than we have time to list in this video.
And, of course, there's Wyclef Jean.
Clef moved to the U.S. when he was nine, but during his massive success both with the Fugees
and on his own, the multi-talented rapper and musician consistently repped for his home
country.
He even tried to run for the presidency, though that didn't quite work out.
But what's brought more joy to people—"Fu-gee-la" and "Gone 'Til November," or Trump's
greatest hits like "They're rapists" and "Grab 'em by the pussy"?
No contest.
If you have more ideas of people from countries our President hates who have more impressive
accomplishments than him—I know, it's a very long list—leave them in the comments.
For Complex News, I'm Natasha Martinez.
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