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The Roots of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers
- WalterGR 4y agoThis NYT article is being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457072 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457072
- mytailorisrich 4y agoHaiti has been an independent country for 218 years. While it's true that after independence neighbouring countries, including the US, did not want them to succeed, the reality of that Haiti's current situation is down to Haitians and therefore the future is also down to them.
- jfengel 4y agoThey were paying off a foreign debt until 1947. That's not the only reason for Haiti's problems, but it's a big red flag. They were always poor, and what little money they did make got sent to France to pay off that centuries-old "debt". It does no good to tell them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. A lot of harm was done to them, and the poverty left them open to more dictatorial abuse. They're not just going to wake up tomorrow and fix centuries of abuse.