Throughout the article, “Haiti Should Relinquish its Sovereignty,” Richard Albert talks about how Haiti has failed to build the democracy that they once dreamed about for their new era of constitutionalism. Albert, also mentions that it is only because of the “military ruling, a legacy of colonial devastation, natural disasters and two coups—one engineered by the United States,” that Haiti has not been able to accomplish their goals. Based on the world’s history, Albert’s article, mentions several impactful points and arguments. Richard Albert argues that all the problems that Haiti faces is not in the fault of the people, but in the fault of their leaders. More specifically, he suggests that the new Haitian government should renounce the
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For instance, in 1929, there was a terrible disaster that happened known as the Cayes Massacre. This massacre “took place during a demonstration, that was a part of a nationwide strike and an ongoing rebellion.” It was here, that the U.S. Marines opened fire on 1,500 people, wounding twenty-three, and killing twelve. All of who, were completely unarmed. This instance was not the only time that the United States caused more harm than good to Haitians. During their nine-teen year span of occupation, there were approximately 19,000 people killed. The amount of negative impact and harm that the United States had caused Haiti is absurd, but a point that Albert makes is that, although military ruling had come into play, it certainly did not help at all. The things that they did, not only affected the society, but the people within it. Even today, with Haiti being under the occupation by the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH) since 2004, “the current reconstruction has corrupted the political process and kept ordinary Haitians away from the bargaining table, with their primary resource, as in October 2014, being protests in the streets.” It has been because of Haiti’s constant military and governmental control that the human beings living within this country have not been able to adapt in their …show more content…
Instead, it seems as if Haitian’s were shielded from any outside news coming in, and people in other countries, were shielded from news regarding Haiti in its entirety. Although, this has a connection with the media and the way that they amp up stories, and shape them how they think the reader will be interested. It also has a connection regarding how the government of Haiti itself, portrays the situation that they are in. For instance, the Secretary of State said that, “Haitians were not capable of self-government [simply] because they were still primitive Africans,” and it is because of this, that people thought that just because they were Africans, they were incapable of having any civilized country, government, community, etc. To anyone that isn’t naïve, or biased, they can blatantly tell that this is obvious racism. Albert believes that if Haiti were to create a new constitution, in which they renounce the power of self-governance and assign it to another country, it should be one like Canada. In the eyes of Albert, in the past there have been numerous examples of the United States ruining nearly everything it touches; Haiti being one of many. If even the government cannot get behind talking about the country that they oversee positively, then why should that country suffer? Albert thinks that because Canada has been one
For instance, in 1929, there was a terrible disaster that happened known as the Cayes Massacre. This massacre “took place during a demonstration, that was a part of a nationwide strike and an ongoing rebellion.” It was here, that the U.S. Marines opened fire on 1,500 people, wounding twenty-three, and killing twelve. All of who, were completely unarmed. This instance was not the only time that the United States caused more harm than good to Haitians. During their nine-teen year span of occupation, there were approximately 19,000 people killed. The amount of negative impact and harm that the United States had caused Haiti is absurd, but a point that Albert makes is that, although military ruling had come into play, it certainly did not help at all. The things that they did, not only affected the society, but the people within it. Even today, with Haiti being under the occupation by the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH) since 2004, “the current reconstruction has corrupted the political process and kept ordinary Haitians away from the bargaining table, with their primary resource, as in October 2014, being protests in the streets.” It has been because of Haiti’s constant military and governmental control that the human beings living within this country have not been able to adapt in their …show more content…
Instead, it seems as if Haitian’s were shielded from any outside news coming in, and people in other countries, were shielded from news regarding Haiti in its entirety. Although, this has a connection with the media and the way that they amp up stories, and shape them how they think the reader will be interested. It also has a connection regarding how the government of Haiti itself, portrays the situation that they are in. For instance, the Secretary of State said that, “Haitians were not capable of self-government [simply] because they were still primitive Africans,” and it is because of this, that people thought that just because they were Africans, they were incapable of having any civilized country, government, community, etc. To anyone that isn’t naïve, or biased, they can blatantly tell that this is obvious racism. Albert believes that if Haiti were to create a new constitution, in which they renounce the power of self-governance and assign it to another country, it should be one like Canada. In the eyes of Albert, in the past there have been numerous examples of the United States ruining nearly everything it touches; Haiti being one of many. If even the government cannot get behind talking about the country that they oversee positively, then why should that country suffer? Albert thinks that because Canada has been one