Haitians who are descendants of former slaves are of African descent because their African ancestors were kidnapped and sold into slavery by European colonizers.
These countries weren’t “easy targets” prior to being colonized. They were largely unpopulated, or populated with native people who didn’t adhere to any European political zeitgeist. In fact, they had never heard of Europe at all.
India was a British colony with borders drawn in London and with assets defended by the Royal Navy. The region had a rich human and cultural history prior to English colonization.
Germany and Japan are completely different as well. Both are former colonial powers themselves, for example.
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I always wondered why Haiti had such grinding poverty. Was it from hurricanes? Political corruption? I had no idea that French, American and Corporate Colonialism had such a pernicious effect. Getting the story out is the first step. Of many...
Haiti is unsuccessful not because it was once owned by France but because it was created by utterly uneducated slaves who didn't understand free government and how to operate a prosperous society – and that ignorance still has not been lifted from that unhappy island.
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