Haiti, 1915 : The truth behind the American Occupation

[@ramblingmillennial1560]

Now I understand why my dad refuses to become an American citizen. I heard him mention the occupation before as a reason but I never looked into it until now. The more I learn about the US the more horrible things I find out that they've done to others and to their own people.

[@rebeldread100]

Never known this history thanks long live the Haitian people!!!!!!

[@omalone1169]

5:25 unconscious racial bias

[@gokujapan]

A lot americans don´t even know that america occupied haiti in 1915

[@sheyennealicia1976]

I didn’t know. Thank god got the INTERNET

[@ZyertronYetinova]

Is that why Haiti has so many problems and poverty?

[@TheVeron]

@@ZyertronYetinova why do ypou think?when they revolted against france , france told them that they owed them 90m then shortly after the us walk in and steal 500milion worth of gold which is 13b in today's time use your head do you really think that has no eefect on a country?

[@KevinDorival]

To make it worse, a ot of Haitians don't know that Haiti losts its sovereignty and independence in 1915.

[@onpoint2292]

*500, 000 That's still millions of dollars in todays money, but there's a difference. Yeah. Hawaii, and other Pacific islands, / Caribbean islands were terribly abused by the US prior to WW2. I hope the US population can become more aware of such atrocities their government committed, and become more open to providing aid without military intervention. They do it for Israel. They do it for Ukraine. They could 100% do it for Haiti. The US, and other foreign powers are a large contributor to why Haitian politics are so corrupt. Yes, the Haitians hold some accountability for the state of their country, but the US can't act blameless when they shamelessly robbed the poor country multiple times in the past as "compensation" for their aid.

[@deedee8568]

I knew nothing of this. Thank you.

[@olsonsheerazad-xs1fm]

From Martinique, I 'd never studied this part of Haitians' story!

[@PJLucid]

Informative. thanks for sharing

[@ingegerdnissenpetersen3215]

Great work! A very important documentary....

[@OGFrylock]

Unfortunately it's extremely disingenuous. I have a far more accurate mini documentary on my chamnel.

[@cherylk.2474]

This 19 year history of the US in Haiti, which started 110 years ago, is the best reason for the US to stay out of Haiti now. It is obvious there is no way for there to be a relationship with the US which is beneficial to Haiti.

[@cherylwin9364]

CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN BY JOHN PERKINS SUMS IT UP.

[@PAAKWAMEPAA]

exactly , just read this audio book

[@KevinDorival]

To make it worse, most African-Americans, Haitians, and the African diaspora don't even know that Haiti lost its sovereignty and independence during this time in 1915. My new book covers USA’s degrading foreign policies and treatment of Haitis . New book, “America's & France's 1,000 Year World War Against #Haiti (Ayiti): The Assassination of a Nation” kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJzEXmmYj7Foi8k

[@iiiZokage]

1000 year World War ruins the validity and seriousness of your book considering that Haiti and the US are leas than 300 years old.

[@KevinDorival]

@ thanks for your opinion, if nothing is done ✅ it will go on to 1000 years. Don’t judge a book 📚 by its cover.

[@duketoussaint]

All in the name of democracy smfh. We are still going through this. When does it end?

[@jacquelinefreeman7371]

When Jesus returns

[@mr.nobody4529]

When black people start taking ourselves seriously and stop letting other races walk all over us

[@kivuRealistically-ke1hn]

Where is the gold ? How much is it worth now ?

[@jerryj.2346]

Mesi mil fwa. What can we do to get more content in english? We need this.🙏🏿

[@harryhassanjeancharles4577]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭Thank you, thank you ,thank you, thank you,.

[@martinaubut9208]

That is the kind of story we never ear in Canada.

[@rbb.828]

Good, bc it’s biased and revisionists. The US was already a rich country and didn’t need to steal anything. People like to talk about US taking Haitian gold but never mention prior US loans to Haiti purely to try to help ease the paying France situation and ward off continued foreign (ie European meddling) in the country. In 1910 Germans controlled 80% of Haitian trade. Hardly any Germans lived in Haiti but land and ports were effectively under German imperial control. It’s very sad that today the popular narrative begins with US imperialist pigs stole $500K gold bars from Haiti - fail to mention it was after the Taft Administration OK'd a $6 Million dollar loan in 1910 to help Haiti out of its growing re-colonization . Then, after 7 Haitian leaders in a few short years were either assassinated or deposed, the country rife with corruption and theft by the elites, AND still Germany, ginning up to WWI while extending its sphere of influence consuming control of so much of Haiti, started buying up land and establishing ports to extend their influence, Wilson then sent in the Marines. American foreign policy in Latin America has always been imperfect at best, in the best possible examples, to horrendous, immoral and unjust in a few of the worst examples, but the kids today only take away “US robbed Haiti blind after murdering, raping and reenslaving Haitians in decades of colonization and atrocity” is an atrocious version of events and gross retellings of history will never make the world a better place.

[@theultimateartist4153]

@@rbb.828 Biased? Like your response? LOL The US literally had soldiers killing innocent people, o by the way I love how you conveniently forget that is was the Germans who were helping paying the loans. The US has no Business in Haiti deploying racist soldiers and installing brutal dictators

[@rodrigovelasquez49]

Yeah, because you're an US puppet, my friend.

[@barcaman1013]

​@@rbb.828no amount of nuance or misguided intellect can justify the brutal slaughter of black people. Nice try though.

[@jadakane]

@@rbb.828Lol so the SAME america that had slaves and killed many black people and raped them and wiped out their history is the same america that gave loans to haiti go help pay their debt back to their slave owners ? 😅😂 go do your history seriously. And stop being easily fooled. If they helped haiti explain why they had to kill so many haitians ???

[@person3070]

Pouvez-vous fournir les sources que vous avez utilisées pour la vidéo?

[@rbb.828]

Revisionist histories like to talk about US taking Haitian gold but never mention US loans to Haiti purely to try to help ease the paying France situation and ward off continued foreign (ie European meddling) in the country. In 1910 Germans controlled 80% of Haitian trade. Hardly any Germans lived in Haiti but land and ports were effectively under German imperial control. It’s very sad that today the popular narrative begins with US imperialist pigs stole $500K gold bars from Haiti - fail to mention it was after the Taft Administration OK'd a $6 Million dollar loan in 1910 to help Haiti out of its growing re-colonization . Then, after 7 Haitian leaders in a few short years were either assassinated or deposed, the country rife with corruption and theft by the elites, AND still Germany, ginning up to WWI while extending its sphere of influence consuming control of so much of Haiti, started buying up land and establishing ports to extend their influence, Wilson then sent in the Marines. American foreign policy in Latin America has always been imperfect at best, in the best possible examples, to horrendous, immoral and unjust in a few of the worst examples, but the kids today only take away “US robbed Haiti blind after murdering, raping and reenslaving Haitians in decades of colonization and atrocity” is an atrocious version of events and gross retellings of history will never make the world a better place.

[@1804Child]

Keep making more videos in English

[@bluesaint3755]

J'aime l'idée de mettre les vidéos en anglais ! Il faut qu'il y ait en espagnol aussi, pour chacune des publications.

[@hectorlabbe]

On publie des vidéos et non mettre…

[@blackzilian83]

Absolument, les latinos sont trop ignorant sur l'histoire d Haïti surtout les domi

[@iiiZokage]

​@@blackzilian83Yo pa latiné. Yo hispanic

[@avenantantoine5133]

Nous Pa. Bezwen avion Ni zam. Poune batay. Nous gen force. Anpil. Force. Pa atake. Nous. Nap. Mangew.

[@ruthyt3834]

All our ennemis Jerovah The only High Creator God sees and knows them all. We have already delivered. We will search one day for our ennemis and they will be no more, signed by Palms 37 in Jesus Christ Mighty Name this shall come to pass said THE LORD. Our Father Creator God already at the door coming to rescue all that belong to HIM. Those they have labeled black people, HAITIAN PEOPLE are not simply that but THEY ARE THE APPLES OF GOD’S EYES ❤😊

[@Sergedfabre]

wow just wow

[@TheJamonm93]

Wow it's like the og Ukraine

[@PAAKWAMEPAA]

exactly

[@stevencorrea8032]

What purpose is to occupy a country with meager resources? What did they get out of it?

[@tyronebanksjr7708]

They took the rest of their gold & destroyed the rest of the land of its natural resources scarring it permanently.

[@alvinbonny1562]

Nothing. This guy want to push his narrative. In fact rhe "occupation" is the initiative of a Rear Admiral who act against order and reestablish Order in the Haitian capital.

[@davidmusita4019]

Haiti has gold, iridium and oil.

[@TheVeron]

500 million worth of gold which in today's time is 13b

[@60asteroid]

Natural resources, & more importantly -- too them -- white rage revenge.

[@Goooober12]

The Haitian law did not forbid foreigners from owning land. Most countries forbid non-citizens from owning land. Haiti forbade WHITE people from becoming citizens, which effectively also barred WHITE people from owning land. This law was put in place immediately after the Haitian Revolution, so of course Haiti wouldn’t want to open itself up to the potential of their French, white masters to return. Furthermore, the US didn’t just randomly invade like a band of pirates. The US invaded because it had purchased Haiti’s bloated debt to France. The US gave Haiti a mere 4 years to pay the first installment and forbade Haiti from seeking loans from non-American powers. When Haiti failed to make its first payment, the US sent warships to forcibly claim the debt installment. Upon arrival, the US saw that Haiti did not have any infrastructure. This spurred the US into the brutal forced labor policies, justified as a means of getting Haiti to repay its debt. The occupation itself was split as a good and bad thing. On the one hand, it introduced stability and infrastructure to Haiti like roads and hospitals. On the other, resistance was met with horrendously brutal crimes against humanity and Haiti’s economy was permanently crushed under the weight of American corporate interests. Any attempt at Haiti actually utilizing the stability and progress of the US occupation to build its own self sufficient economy was bricked by US corporations like CitiBank and Fruit of the Loom. Farming was not viable as the US imported its crops for an extremely reduced price, killing any sort of produce industry. Similar tactics led to Haiti becoming entirely reliant on US imports while similarly only exporting cheap goods from sweatshops.

[@LesediModisakeng-in8uq]

Thanks so much for your objective, balanced, insightful and informative commentary giving perspective into both sides but the US has plenty to account for and so does Haiti in terms of the DR... imperialism is one of the most diabolical and destructive things in human life and greatly shapes history

[@stanlovefitness]

U said noting but bullshit . Doesn’t justifying them killing, raping ,& stealing from my people .🤷🏿‍♂️

[@netdoom]

Weird we never hear about this…

[@benjaminrobinson3104]

this is beyond shameful to learn about as an American

[@JackyBequet]

Reportage très édifiant sur les USA.

[@eulissbenoit816]

Horrible

[@sheyennealicia1976]

FUKN SAD

[@pscottlivingnow]

🥴🐦

[@avenantantoine5133]

Biden. Blier. 1915. Haitian. PA. Janm. Blier. Abba ambassad American en Haiti for life

[@c.a.royster3988]

Truly monstrous how our country marches on a banner of justice, equality, n freedom while stomping on the rights of weaker countries. The number of lives lost due to greed, racism, and politics is staggering. Today we see those same bigots and liars subverting democracy here in our own backyard. What can you expect from people who believe " might is right?"

[@johnforsythe8997]

Martinique, Guadeloupe and half of St. Maarten is still French without a revelution and are doing well.

[@l-kin3480]

I thought St Maarten was Dutch?

[@johnforsythe8997]

@@l-kin3480 It's half and half.

[@vanyabaray3621]

No they're not 😂 they're barely getting by lol

[@Khemith_Demon_Hours]

Yeah it's almost as if the traitors who work with the CIA were protected.....

[@eystein2010]

​@@l-kin3480 St-Maarten is the Dutch side. St-Martin is the French side