Rumors about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs didn't start with the presidential debate.

But from the Ku Klux Klan resurfacing to evacuated schools and bomb threats, this viral moment sparked serious violence.

Here's why this country really wants to punish Haitians.

I'm Len from Push Black, and this is two-minute black history.

What You Didn't Learn in School.

President Donald Trump's lives about Haitian immigrants have been debunked,

but from bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio to

send them back chants in Charlroy, Pennsylvania, his words cause real damage. But this is only a new

wave of pre-existing cyclical anti-Hasian violence. Scapegoating Haitians as cannibals and criminals creates a narrative.

Haitian schoolchildren get harassed, memes spread online, news outlets, spotlight once-benile incidents if Haitians are involved.

It doesn't matter that U.S. police actually kill thousands of pet dogs a year.

Haitians are villainized, and white vigilantes and cops now have the cover to threaten

and enact violence.

This violence is in the system.

Haitian immigrants are the second largest black U.S. immigrant population, already

disproportionately imprisoned, shackled, and deported by ICE Asians. The U.S. recently helped send

Kenyan and Jamaican police into Haiti, mirroring the marine occupation of 1915.

But restoring order for disorderly Haitians has meant mass sexual violence, cholera infection,

theft, and political corruption, pushing Haitians to leave their country.

Scapegoat, brutalize, colonize, and repeat.

Since the Haitian revolution, anti-Hasianism has sought to punish Haiti for its resistance. From smearing immigrants and black police violence victims to spreading

conspiracies about unhoused people and trans mass shooters, these narratives are designed to normalize violence against marginalized groups.

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