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Haiti and Five Centuries of International Racism

Haiti and Five Centuries of International Racism. Two Views of International Development * follow the leader * * king of the mountain *. U.S. Aid to Africa - 2004. Total annual aid to Africa = $3 billion $1 billion is emergency food aid

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Haiti and Five Centuries of International Racism

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  1. Haiti and Five Centuries of International Racism

  2. Two Views of International Development* follow the leader ** king of the mountain *

  3. U.S. Aid to Africa - 2004 Total annual aid to Africa = $3 billion • $1 billion is emergency food aid • $500 million goes to transport costs provided by U.S. corporations • $500 million pays U.S. farmers for surplus food • $1.5 billion is for “technical cooperation” • this represents salaries for U.S. consultants • $500 million finances clinics, schools, food production, roads, power, safe drinking water, sanitation, etc. • Approximately half of the labor and resources supplied by U.S. corporations and organizations • Data from the United Nations and U.S. AID

  4. Foreign Aid Given by the U.S. U.S. and Japan give more total foreign aid money than other countries U.S. ranks the lowest of the MDCs in terms of share of national income -- .34 percent of our GDP

  5. Haiti

  6. the history of Haiti in three minutes 1791 – Saint Domingue produced half of the world’s sugar and two-thirds of its coffee -- the most profitable colony in the world Inhabited by 500,000 slaves (field slaves had a life expectancy of 5-6 years) 1804 – Haiti became the world’s first black led post colonial nation Haiti was forced to pay reparations to former French land owners (150 million francs) -- only country in which ex-inhabitants were forced to make payment to former colonizers Toussaint L’Ouverture Frontline: 34:00 - 37:12

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