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Racial politics are central to the article because they are central to Haiti's history and development. Discussing racial politics in a wilfully blindered manne
by deepdriver 4y ago
Racial politics are central to the article because they are central to Haiti's history and development. Discussing racial politics in a wilfully blindered manner has serious harmful side-effects.
- gumby 4y agoCentral? Can you point to an example, apart from one of imagery wrt refugees crossing the US border?
- Apocryphon 4y agoYou are bringing up the racial in a way that is irrelevant to the political. The Kingdom of Dahomey did not profit from the Republic of Haiti via reparations post-independence. They do not have any relation to the continued immiseration of Haiti, unlike France did.
- D13Fd 4y agoIt sounds like you didn’t read the article. The discussion of slavery is just brief context for the majority of the article, which is about the post-slavery period.