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A Word: Haiti’s DIY Recovery

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Business, News, Society & Culture

3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Haiti was already reeling from a presidential assassination when a massive earthquake struck in August. And organizations that have “helped” Haiti in the past have exploited its people, filled their own pockets, and left the country off worse than before. On A Word, Jason Johnson talks about the Haitian crisis with Professor Marlene Daut, a professor of African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia. She’s also the author of Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World. Guest: Marlene Daut, professor of African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis 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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This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson.

0:40.0

The international press might be gone, but the crisis in Haiti is still raging.

0:44.0

After a devastating earthquake and a presidential assassination,

0:48.0

what do the people of Haiti need to build a more certain future?

0:52.0

So we're asking people to donate to individual groups in Haiti that are local and already on the ground

0:59.0

and who know what Haitians need and know how to get what they need to them.

1:03.0

The way forward for Haiti, coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson. Stay with us.

1:14.0

Welcome to a word, a podcast about race, impolitics, and everything else.

1:19.0

I'm your host, Jason Johnson.

1:21.0

The island nation of Haiti is just beginning to catch its breath after a massive August earthquake.

1:28.0

And that catastrophe struck just a few weeks after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise,

1:34.0

which left the government in a state of chaos.

1:37.0

While Haiti could use international aid in its recovery,

1:40.0

the country has suffered from a history of colonial oppression

1:43.0

and interference that leaves its citizens wary of efforts to help.

1:47.0

Something that could complicate efforts to rebuild Haiti's physical and political infrastructure.

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