A Word: Haiti: Fear of a Black Republic

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🗓️ 26 November 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Headlines suggest that Haiti could be on the verge of collapse, with gangs controlling its streets, the economy at a standstill, and political leaders fearing for their lives. But while international observers decry it as a “failed nation,” Haiti’s path to success has been consistently blocked since its successful slave rebelion in 1804. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Professor Leslie Alexander, author “Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States.“ Guest: Historian Leslie Alexander, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate.
0:03.4	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:05.1	The nation of Haiti may be nearing collapse.
0:07.8	Gangs were in the streets, political leaders fear for their lives, while health and economic
0:12.0	disasters threaten its people.
0:14.1	The Haiti's problems are centuries in the making and powerful nations like the United States
0:19.2	have been fueling them.
0:20.6	If Haitians were allowed a fighting chance and were simply allowed the dignity and
0:26.7	the humanity to simply govern themselves, Haiti would thrive and Haitians would be perfectly happy to stay where they are.
0:34.6	The history driving Haiti's crisis coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson.
0:39.2	Stay with us.
0:41.6	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.
0:45.0	Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:49.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint or building a playlist that will even
0:54.9	get your none up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
1:07.0	Christmas better with Pepsi Max. Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else.
1:15.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
1:17.0	For many Americans, the nation of Haiti is synonymous with the word crisis.
1:21.0	The current government is in chaos, never having stabilized after the 2021
1:25.5	assassination of President Jovenel-Mois. As a cholera epidemic rages and gangs take over the nation's
1:31.6	streets, many Haitian migrants are scrambling for a way
1:34.9	to get to the United States and claim asylum.
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