GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 9 | Page 138

Their act of appro-

priating a word loaded
with unfavorable
sentiments by altering
its meaning in a playful
way is in itself an act of
inspiration. This undertaking of the Haitians
made me realize that it
lies only within us to
assign value or
judgment towards a
tangible or intangible
thing, which creates
a positive or negative
emotion.