With more than one million people displaced after the 2010 earthquake, the U.S. poured aid money into Haiti, but years later, investigations have found that very little moneyactually reached Haitian citizensHaitians still lack shelter that was promisedby the American Red Cross policy. Under the emergency grading system, studentswill not receive As a Haitian immigrant, I am tired of always asking for apologies, so I’m not personally interested in one from Trump. I’m interested in active and constructive repairs to our dignity in the American media, demonstrating an intent to rebrand and respect Haiti, rather than baiting audiences into buying into images of poverty and misery, because one narrative does not define us. Apologies, to me, are futile unless they are backed up by action and determination for change. Until then, we are planting our feet in the ground and waiting for the next insult to fly.Related: The actress added, “Mentally, it was a crazy time. I was 27 when I left the show, I was ready to do something different. I wanted to prove everyone wrong who said I would play this one role my whole life or be stuck playing younger roles.” There’s totally no harm, no foul in wanting to try new things, especially when there are career opportunities to be had that would have challenged Nina in new ways — like in her new film,FlatlinersNina’s reasoning for leavingTVD