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The Dominican Republic is on the same damn island, also had a colonial history, had the same GDP per capita as Haiti until 1970, but now has 10x the GDP per cap
by cm2012 3y ago
The Dominican Republic is on the same damn island, also had a colonial history, had the same GDP per capita as Haiti until 1970, but now has 10x the GDP per capita as Haiti.
- sgjohnson 3y agoThe Dominicans had it even worse, as they also had to fight for their independence from... Haiti. But yeah, sure, let’s blame everything on the former colonial powers.
- pastacacioepepe 3y agoThe USA are still meddling in Haiti[0], so don't discount their role into Haiti's current situation. > The Dominican Republic is on the same damn island, also had a colonial history Not just any colonial history: the USA invaded the Dominican Republic as well. Crazy how they can't refrain themselves from doing it over and over. Now, comparing Haiti and Dominican Republic solely on the basis that both are on the same island and had a colonial history is too much of a simplification to mean anything, and to be fair verges on racist conclusions. Almost like you're implying that Haitians are inherently worse than Dominicans. - 0: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-the-greatest-heist-in-history-how-haiti-was-forced-to-pay-reparations-for-freed https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-th...