For those who actually want to help Haiti
(10/20/16 5:10am)
“Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere.” Chances are you’ve read this cliché recently if you have followed even slightly Haiti’s recovery efforts in the wake of the destruction brought by category-4 Hurricane Matthew on Oct. 4. According to these media sources Haiti is little more than an unfortunate country that for centuries has known nothing other than disaster and suffering. How would your interpretation change if they started instead with “Haiti, the first post-colonial independent black nation in the world and the only nation whose independence was gained through a successful slave rebellion”? Both of these facts are true, but the Western media only wants you to focus on one. I’ll tell you why.