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a1016: Re: a974: Side with Haiti on principle, not skin color (fwd)
From: Karioka9@cs.com
Although well intended, Ray Killick's article errs in more ways than one:
> He [Toussaint] rose against the slave trade carried out by former slaves
> against their own kinship.
Please, sir, verify your sources. The slave trade was hardly the work of
former slaves.
> Yesterday called Tonton Macoutes or Chimeres today, those thugs
> are a disgrace to the black race.
Ah, the black race! When whites routinely massacre black people -- or
incidentally other white folks like in Germany, Yugoslavia or Russia -- is
that ever considered a disgrace to the "white race?" Won't these gentle
Southern conventions ever go away?
> Illiteracy, subhuman living conditions and senseless killings have crept up
> to buttress neo-slavery, characterized by domination by way of terror of a
> population of blacks by a handful of black masters.
Blackness, like sex, should be upgraded to an Original Sin. Otherwise, why
should events in Haiti reflect on the entire "Race."
> POWELL IS RIGHT
I cringe!
> Colin Powell ... the one ... to reflect concern for the Haitian people.
Help! Killick's dream is killing me. Colin Powell the hope of Haiti, what a
nightmare!
> L'Ouverture fell by high treason at the hands of enemies disguised as
> allies.
Just who is Monsieur Killick referring to here? In my recollection, Papa
Toussaint alienated the black masses with his feudal, i.e. ,slave-like
"règlements de culture," and thus felt obliged to surrender to Papa
Leclerc. His capture was a matter of personal naivete and French ignominy.
> Ray Killick, a software engineer in Atlanta ...
A 101 Introduction to Haitian History should be required reading for every
Haitian techie eager to discuss political leadership and Haitian democracy.
Daniel Simidor