Ugly history: The 1937 Haitian Massacre - Edward Paulino

[@brandonhuynh4528]

Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.

[@alexcastaneda1451]

David Sokolov That’s what my history teacher said

[@dillzee]

So, ye, like half of this generation then....

[@nikkovasquez4877]

If you flanked the subject

[@amaurypineda1834]

George Santayana

[@karanick016greece2]

David Sokolov whose quote is this btw?

[@Michael-eu4pf]

Imagine what else isn’t in the history books.....

[@Vonwell_]

Man, where do you think they get the information about it?

[@awa5055]

Things Japan did during world war.

[@beatrizrodz1559]

La masacre de Ponce. Look it up.

[@aaronconlon3880]

Haiti's massacre of it's white population that killed and estimated 4,000-10,000 people and forced the rest to flee the country.

[@gargamel949]

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995, You probably won't find that in your history book...

[@KimmimaruSai]

Haiti remains abused by the West too, especially the US. It's sickening.

[@MountTheodore72]

Purposefully not talked about.

[@authurmorgan2325]

Don't we sent a couple a million dollars every natural disaster

[@enidesylvestre3168]

They put Dominican up front..don't worry... NI Juifs ni America gen bouchon yo... pozé non.... tout pral pini.

[@GaryJean84]

Your right. The US has deposed elected Haitian president's, collapsed its agricultural sectors with American subsidized crop, later gave a halfhearted apology but continued the same practice. Occupied the country for nearly 20 years in 1914, during that time they rewrote the Haitian constitution to allow foreign governments mineral and resource rights, also took all the nations gold diamonds and silver for "safe keeping". The US and western powers set a trade embargo against Haitian to limit its growth after its independence. The US and France owe Haiti a combined $20 Billion for forcing Haiti to pay for the freedom of formally enslaved men, women and children.

[@authurmorgan2325]

@abe Lincoln politicians and military generals

[@mxri_d]

Thank you for doing this video. I’m Hatian and I didn’t even know about this because this is something they don’t teach you in school nor something that is in the history books.

[@SMOKEWRLD9]

Do more research it's deeper than this we are one ppl but morals played a big part in this issue due to the treatment of our ppl when Haiti was occupying D.R.

[@TvConfusionn]

No they left out the part where Haiti waged war on the DR and treated the citizens poorly so the DR revolted and beat Haiti. Also don’t blame other people for Haiti being a third world country and blame yourself and your people

[@powerfighter2554]

@@TvConfusionn corruption is a big problem in haiti, but you cant ignore the affects of the debt on Haiti economy.

[@bastianx8772]

Lol,i have studied it in school in Haiti. Perhaps because you live abroad 😂

[@malimalou751]

Really? You need to be taught the history of your own homeland to know about it? This sounds rather odd!

[@dumb8050]

This is sick, I've never heard of this . The worst thing is no one was punished for this massacre.

[@henryhenriquez9869]

One of the saddest part is that Trujillo paid 20 us dollars for each person that he killed to the Haitian government and this one took all the money for himself but we killed him he did not die in his bed watch the movie El teniente Amado so you see him die my greetings from Dominican Republic

[@Charles-hy6gp]

"The United States appear to destined by providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty - Simon Bolivar Deep State is indestructible and very clever, no good leader would defeat it

[@shaunyjimenez9637]

My grandmother was alive when it happened, she expressed it as "when you're tired of scaring a coyote away what do you bring? The gun." I used to think of it as reasonable until i grew up ....yikes

[@unitedstates4990]

Some bad men die in their sleep

[@hawkeyeten2450]

Well, Trujillo was eventually assassinated in a brutal shootout, so that might be a shred of justice.

[@fishfingas119]

Can we get a video on the Rwandan Genocide? It's a very similar story to this

[@itsblitz4437]

Yes that, and the Armenian Genocide, and Bosnian Genocide too.

[@mixtapemania6769]

That one is far worse

[@DebsStuffs]

And the 1971 Bangladeshi genocide.

[@gravitatingawaytv]

We have many videos and coverage on the Rwandan genocide but excuse me I guarantee you barely heard of this Haitian genocide

[@4Dwooorld]

The 1804 Haiti massacre was carried out against the French population and French Creoles (or Franco-Haitians) remaining in Haiti following the Haitian Revolution, by soldiers, mostly former slaves, under orders from Jean-Jacques Dessalines. He had decreed that all suspected of conspiring in the acts of the expelled army should be put to death.[1] From early January 1804 until 22 April 1804, squads of soldiers moved from house to house throughout Haiti, torturing and killing entire families.[2] Between 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed.

[@thatzme1800]

Over two million people were killed in India and Pakistan great partition. No one ever took a chance to expose what exactly happened. Make it a count Ted.Ed

[@PHlophe]

the real tea is those millions of people were of dalit descent for the most part. that's what even indians are not interested in the story.

[@r2b212]

Vox had already made a video about it check it

[@yannaloise-d431]

I speak french therefore ,I'm sorry for the fault, but Ted-Ed shoud spoke the white creole butchery during the independance of Haïti in 1804

[@powerfighter2554]

@@yannaloise-d431 the mullatos and the non-whites were spared. The french plan during the war was to the wipe haitians out. It was bad but the french were not anybetter.

[@powerfighter2554]

@@yannaloise-d431 european colonist done way worse than what haiti did.

[@syedshahrukhraza2923]

The animation is absolutely brilliant. Always in movement, as if it's reflecting the agitation of the narrator as he's telling this horrific tale.

[@springboxisweird7228]

Yeah

[@MegaLaban12345]

Over analyzing.

[@reggyloisy2081]

Heartless, you probably didn’t hear a word he said.

[@MangalGharami-u9s]

I like your analogy

[@thuraya3803]

This is exactly what is happening in Sudan now Military officers should never be presidents.

[@Bohnezzzzzz]

Are you guys allowed to vote ?

[@carlosmarte3154]

Thú Ráya Woah there. Eisenhower, Jackson, Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, and JFK were all pretty good presidents.

[@bigiron7547]

Carlos Marte grant was far from a good president lmao But was a good general

[@clarkrrr]

Carlos Marte Washington too

[@wildfire9280]

@@carlosmarte3154 Remove Ike (*cough native americans) and Jackson (*cough native americans+recession)

[@aceofheartss1972]

Im so glad my grandmother wasn't killed or her family, she was born in hati in 1937.

[@aceofheartss1972]

*Haiti

[@Bohnezzzzzz]

This occurred at the Dominican Republic. Haiti was just fine.

[@Mathieu1696]

@@Bohnezzzzzz Haiti was not "just fine." Did you not comprehend this video in it's entirety? They murdered thousands of Haitians for literally no reason. On top of being crippled by debt. So, how exactly was Haiti just fine?

[@Bohnezzzzzz]

@@Mathieu1696 I'm Haitian myself and my family members lived in Haiti during those times. The Haitians that was killed was the ones that was in the DR. Haiti also had a dictator back then. Do you think he'll let the Dominican soldiers come in the country and kill Haitian citizens ? That will start a war between Haiti and the DR.

[@neonenayoy3997]

@@Bohnezzzzzz Trujillo had tried to kill Haiti president Lescot in a attempt to invade the country after Lescot refused to be his puppet , luckily his plan was foiled.

[@taetae2386]

Wow. As a hatian american I was never acknowledged or taught about anything like this

[@mixtapemania6769]

We need to know man, because I fear there are many Dominicans (not all) who embrace the philosophy of Trujillo today.

[@powerfighter2554]

@@mixtapemania6769 trujillo scapegoated and demonized haitians when they were having a recession. That led to the genocide.

[@powerfighter2554]

@@mixtapemania6769 haitians need to be careful, as horrible as the event was something similar can happen again.

[@powerfighter2554]

@Abraham Shekelbergstien in 1937 it was in a recession because of sugar prices. The haitian sugar workers were scapegoated.

[@mrodperez91]

Mixtape Mania you are correct. My grandmother survived trujillos era so I feel like it's my duty as a Dominican to remind people of Trujillo's atrocities. There are many Dominicans today who reminisce about Trujillo because of the positive changes he implemented in the Dominican economy. Some even have the audacity to say that we need another man like him. Make no mistake what this man did is abhorrent. Today the relationship between Haiti and DR is still fragmented but I'm hopeful that our island can one day live proudly and peacefully together.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

Trujillo blamed Haitian sugar workers for the recession his country was going threw, he scapegoated them. that is why the massacre happened.

[@neonenayoy3997]

there were few Dominican civilians who participated in the massacre. because they believed Trujillo lies.

[@neonenayoy3997]

there were few Dominican civilians who participated in the massacre. because they believed Trujillo lies.

[@nebulapanic6293]

rafael trujillo grandson is running for president and is campaigning on racism.

[@cxarhomell5867]

@@nebulapanic6293 Not really, but for reformation.

[@powerfighter2554]

@@cxarhomell5867 he claimed his grandfather was a product of his time. His grandfather was a genocidal monster

[@faresgh6820]

01:51 : "The United States occupied both parts of the island. It did so to secure its power in the Western hemisphere by destroying local opposition and installing US-friendly governments." mmmm.. sounds familiar..

[@jlindsa]

An act the US has repeated many times over around the world.

[@commmander64]

@@jlindsa As an american i am so sorry. :(

[@kevinloving3141]

USMC Major General Smedly Butler said he the Caribbean and Central America safe for U. S. corporations

[@KeVJaZ_]

@@commmander64 dont be,it is the goverment whom shall feel sorry,not american people

[@veerkarkedar]

Babylon will fall, US will burn.

[@mahdiyason7209]

A moment of silence for those who died

[@Big_Chody]

cabdiraxiim yasien bra, we are on the Internet, what does that mean

[@JesusChrist-di7nt]

cabdiraxiim yasien this is the comment section it’s always quiet

[@timnarre]

Vvvvviiiiirrrrrrttttuuuuueeee!!!! Wwwwherrree arrrreee yyooouuuuu?????

[@pertsona5822]

*cough

[@Stynkyappel]

...

[@toneriggz]

My great grandfather, who was Haitian, had to hide during this massacre.

[@alexn.2901]

Did his relatives and friends survived ?

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@Eric Gregory innocent people died.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@Eric Gregory it was genocide that is unjustifiable.

[@Xanderex98]

I recently found out that my grandpa's brother (one of them who recently passed) were all born in Dominican Republic and he was the only one who was born in Haiti. His family had fled to Haiti because of the massacre

[@arroyhondo]

@@cheeriotheocelot5273they werent innocent

[@ilickcatnip]

Silence for the dead, may their souls rest in peace. TedED should also make a video on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, in India, by the colonial British rulers.

[@aadhyaivaturi495]

Yea

[@yohandrys]

Haiti will never forget, I'm telling you. Just like Dominicans will never forgive or forget when Haitians took control of the island. As a dominican/haitian myself, I can tell you they lowkey *DESPICE* each other.

[@mixtapemania6769]

Highkey But those Tensions need to go away fr man. The parsley massacre was long enough ago, and the Haitian occupation was DEFINITELY long enough ago

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@rddtdx444444ex Trujillo tried to take over Haiti and failed, Haiti is her own country.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@rddtdx444444ex Haiti is her own country and will always be.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@rddtdx444444ex at the most Haitians in DR are 1 million by your logic Dominican republic should be invaded by the U.S because Dominicans keep going to Puerto rico illegally

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@rddtdx444444ex even Trujillo knew what he did was wrong and he could not justify he hide the bodies. Trujillo hated Haitians for being mostly African, you just came here to be hateful. this was a tragedy

[@AndyG94]

Added to the list of 'Things I wasn't taught at school'

[@euminkong]

Indeed

[@TWE_2000]

Unless you grew up in the island of Hispaniola why would you be taught this?

[@AndyG94]

@@TWE_2000 Other atrocities of the XX century are at least mentioned in classrooms, this should too

[@TWE_2000]

@@AndyG94 There are thousands if not tens of thousands of atrocities committed every century, do you really expect your history textbook to teach you about every single one? Time is finite resource and I doubt anyone would have the patience to read about an inconsequential piece of history in a country that has practically no significance on you or your society

[@amiteshsingh768]

Cringe comment

[@kavyajha4]

History is written with innocent's blood.

[@kavyajha4]

Bill CZY I love you optimism

[@alonzoruffin7358]

Bill CZY Sometimes I picture how different our world would be if humans worked as a collective whole. But then I get sad, because we will probably destroy each other before that is even considered.

[@LazyOtaku]

+Kay Jay And will continue until we are rightfully extinct upon this planet.

[@isaiahd5396]

The people are better off devided

[@kavyajha4]

I heard somewhere if aliens attacked earth, then everyone will be United.

[@jon_s]

This is the first time I've heard someone present this in the correct language. Thank you for your sensitivity to the plight of other nations. Please do one on King Leopold's limb-cutting techniques and killing of almost 15 million Congolese

[@staceytetzlaff2822]

They actually did do a video about that a few months back, it's on the same playlist as this one.

[@dimamatat5548]

There is already a video about that limb-remover on Ted-Ed called "History's deadliest king".

[@freddym.fernandez4182]

This is Weird!! I'm a Dominican 14-years-old boy... I just arrived from a excursion to the Resistance Museum in Santo Domingo, and there they talked about that massacre... And when I got home, TED-Ed made a video of that event!!

[@Warrior1754]

The Freddy so , do u feel guilty?

[@CASSIE_COLE]

why should he?

[@JosePerez-zj5tl]

Ong Zen Ye Lol why should he be guilty of something that didn't involve him?

[@freddym.fernandez4182]

Ong Zen Ye, no I don't feel guilty... It's just: Wow, what a coincidence... I was in a museum about Haitian massacre and when I get home, TED-Ed uploaded about Haitian massacre

[@adrianelias2365]

I would only want to visit Hispaniola because my last name is Trujillo. Pretty cool huh.

[@marylandman12]

I have a strange feeling that the comments will be interesting.

[@LadyKay9190]

Interesting or toxic?

[@gsantoscms]

No doubt.

[@나디아-x9o]

Always the case when talking about the suffering of poc.

[@ntwadumelamata7785]

Jesus Christ Jesus just another cult leader.

[@professorzi]

Jesus Christ I can understand the notion of 'looking for something that isnt there'; however, the unfortunate truth is that his "jab" is far from baseless. And I think you know that, otherwise you wouldn't claim his comment to be passive aggressive.

[@Elewordman]

Why don't you guys talk about how Haiti got their independence? That's an interesting history as well

[@tomisinthemuse]

oh and by the way they have a whole crash course on their website on the haitian revolution, did you even bother looking or?

[@2495andrea]

When i read the title i thought that the video was about the Independence of Haiti

[@af146983]

I also thought this is about the Haitian Independence which just happen to also have a genocide Massacre

[@theduke6174]

You mean the massacre to free oneself from slavery, please explain which is lesser of two evils rather than creating false equivalence.

[@Sinintheair]

There a new documentary called 1884. Give that a try.

[@msllubin8]

Thank you... My mom would tell me this story all the time and I will pass it down to my children. The people of Haiti has suffered a lot instead of being praised/honored for paving the way

[@lordfarquaad5990]

Yeah by enslaving Dominicans 🥴

[@msllubin8]

@@lordfarquaad5990 look up Trujillo

[@wdadwdwdwadw8604]

@@msllubin8 he is talking about what haiti did to DR meaning taking over their country for 22 years literally repeating what was done to them to others, both did horrible things nobody can deny that

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@lordfarquaad5990 paved the way by fighting imperialism

[@Thatthing1234]

​@LORD FARQUAAD stop trolling bro, tu esta loco

[@vyentro29]

The animation is my everything.

[@LazyOtaku]

only thing

[@milesayup3715]

Rocky Puok you don’t have much 😂

[@tdfern1]

Leilani Andra the music is very well done here. I wonder if it has a name?

[@adlere1723]

Yes, the music. I think it's a sound track from a film, but I don't know what it is.

[@tdfern1]

Adler E Oh really? Aw man you sure you know the movie?

[@farabe1206]

I can relate to this because in 1971, the Pakistan army brutally killed 3 million Bangladeshi people over a course of 9 month war. Yet not even a formal apology has been made to my country Bangladesh.

[@camstar24802]

Farabe Islam trujillo was assassinated by dominicans nobody is proud of genocide in DR

[@powerfighter9052]

@@camstar24802 there were a few civilians who participated in the massacre, what important is that it remembered.

[@robertcuevas3602]

power fighter so haitian kill dominican too

[@powerfighter2554]

@@robertcuevas3602 the haitians were sugar workers, even trujillo knew what he did was wrong he never admitted to the genocide.

[@powerfighter2554]

@@robertcuevas3602 the parsley massacre is unjustifable.

[@sergebaron9086]

I'm Haitian I have no grudging against Dominicans. ✌✌✌💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@danielgerman1874]

Thanks my dude, I'm Dominican and glad that there's still some of us that can get along

[@elnino0841]

I'm Dominican and I love my Haitian brothers and sisters.

[@mixtapemania6769]

Same. I love Dominicans and their culture. Of course I have a problem with Dominicans who are racists but I have a problem with racists everywhere, even Haitians.

[@elyseand]

I’m part Dominican, and we are Caribbeans. We can’t change the past, but we can learn to grow in the future. We stand together now💕

[@powerfighter2554]

Haitians should not hold grudges agaisnt dominicans but they should not remember the tragedy.

[@jamilabrownie]

I learned about this when I saw in the land of butterflies in my Spanish class. I rewatched that movie last night and realized that I weirdly somehow forgot the part about Trujillo ordering the deaths of all these Haitians. The Mirabal sisters deserve more recognition

[@Xenlacasa45]

The little recognition they get outside of Dominican Republic maybe wasn’t worth dying for since trujillo was killed by dominicans anyways.

[@aperson6242]

Ted Ed did a video about them. You should see it. I give my utmost respect for them. It a shame how it all came to end. 😞 (On the behalf of Utah)

[@mr.palabras9768]

They have it, they are in the 200 pesos of the paper money, there's a state of DR with their name (Provincia Hermanas Mirabal), there's a museun in their honor, and because of them the world celebrates The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25th. They will always live in our hearts.

[@philosopher2king]

Just a friendly correction, the name of the book and movie is In the Time of the Butterflies (not "the land") by Julia Alvarez.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

That monster was part Haitian on his mother side.

[@angelmorell7504]

Trujillo no tenía parte haitiana, su mamá era descendiente de franceses y tenía apellido francés el cual asocian con haitiano, vi su árbol genealógico y puedo decir que eso es mentira aquí están las pruebas www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/M2LK-L5N

[@jackspalden5143]

Ángel Darío Junior Gómez Morel ¡Ya! Qué tu hablas??? El abuelo materno de Trujillo era un >>OFICIAL HAITIANA

[@jackspalden5143]

At the end of the day, you can’t change the past. You can only aim to create a better future. The Bible says, “If you forgive people’s sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you”. (Matt 6:14). In other words, if you cannot forgive then how can you expect God to forgive you? The Dominican Republic even has the Bible in their flag. They should publicly repair this damage as should Haiti repair the damage done by Dessalines. But honestly before Trujillo came to power, there wasn’t much tension between both peoples after Soulouque’s reign in Haiti (who tried to reinvade the DR many times) but then was overthrown and exiled and that stopped immediately. So maybe about 60 years there was some sort of peace, until Trujillo harped on the differences between both peoples and that there could be NO fusion between them etc. he created a propaganda machine against Haiti. To this day, that negative sentiment lives on in the heart of Dominicans. But what would Jesus Christ do? Both sides will pay if they do not start forgiving each other and moving on. How can God forgive those who cannot forgive their neighbors on earth?

[@powerfighter2554]

@@jackspalden5143 rafael trujillo commited his act out of self_hate towards africans and to distract people from his recession. He was a dictator. Most dominican hated him but all feared him, His actions should be remembered as a tragedic event.

[@jackspalden5143]

Power Fighter 💯 agreed.

[@MosesTok18]

Learning how Haitians were treated does nothing but inspire me as a haitian myself..

[@powderytingzs4235]

Keep your head up my brother 💪🏾

[@raniya6502]

I thought I would be filled with hatred after seeing this, but, I came to be crying out silent tears............

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

Okay

[@softb]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t hahaha

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

Yes. I also felt sadness after watching this video.

[@ishanyajoshi4517]

Oh , I understand your situation

[@skaireyez4575]

I'm so glad my grandparents weren't killed. Thank God.

[@franchescavasquez8806]

I am Dominican, and I find it fascinating the fact that I could find a video like this with such great animation

[@alphaomega8373]

Proud boy huh.

[@lizmutton4527]

Before I even watch the video... This has something to do with Trujillo doesn't it?

[@gbtennant]

Red Star Undead yup!

[@starrieknight8307]

Hadn’t my family on my father’s side been tipped off, I wouldn’t be here today.

[@neonenayoy3997]

@pepe0801 what wrong with you, Trujillo went after Haitian sugar workers. even he knew what he did was wrong.

[@neonenayoy3997]

Trujillo killed innocent Haitian sugar workers,

[@neonenayoy3997]

Trujilo had no excuse to do what he did

[@gaddafix4297]

@pepe0801 I think Puerto ricans can say the same thing to you

[@gaddafix4297]

@pepe0801 so what are you trying to apply? I know that PR is a US territory. Dominicans are the 9th ranked migrants in the US but complain about Haitians migrating into their country.

[@blockraven22]

It's weird that the video left out the fact that the reason Dominicans saw Haitians as a threat is because Haiti invaded the Dominican Republic and occupied it for 20 years. lol

[@micahsmith-el1905]

It's the same island c'mon son

[@osheridan]

Which ended 68 years prior to the genocide

[@sphaleriteme]

So?? The fact that you believe that point changes the essence of the video is very disturbing. God forbid bad thing!

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@micahsmith-el1905two different countries with two different populations not just s few hundred people but millions on both sides

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@sphaleritemeyou really think this Haitians were innocent ? They were stealing from Dominican farmers and committing crimes and still are to this day only difference is there's no Trujillo to put them on their place so now Haitians rob Dominicans as they please

[@zoningout9072]

this isnt in the history books because???? We have a awful government

[@ericgonzalez3641]

I'm dominican and this is in our history books

[@neonenayoy3997]

It think he or she is talking about the American government.

[@robfl100]

History classes don't have time to cover ever single event that ever happened

[@wildfire9280]

@@robfl100 No, they definitely do, but it's mostly just European and then only American history

[@robfl100]

@@wildfire9280 I'm fine with that, they only cover the relevant parts of history. They can't cover every single genocide that ever happened

[@163reasonswhyrealestateage4]

Change the names, places, location and dates, and if we are honest about history, we find that there is no nation on earth that hasn't indulged in some kind of massacre within its own borders. Human nature knows no cultural or national boundaries.

[@luisphelipecarvalho5990]

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[@jul505]

“The 1804 Haiti massacre was carried out against the remaining white population of native French people and French Creoles in Haiti by Haitian soldiers under orders from Jean-Jacques Dessalines.“ Wikipedia

[@harleyquinn5774]

jul505 Read further down. While Dessalines did order the massacres, they were often not carried out until he visited the cities in person. He had to order the unwilling to take part in the killings.

[@nickeishaweathers8334]

Don't blame this on human nature. This is human hate, human manipulation jealousy, greed, and power. Human nature is just that. We were not burn with the nature to hate. We as toddlers, we knew nothing of being tyrannical colonizing, and genocidal psychos, who destroyed whole civilizations and did their best to erase them from existence. Every man women and child born into this world was given natural given sense to know the difference between right and wrong. And we were all born the same meaning we all have right to life and rights. Whenever some speaks of hate, divide and conquer follows right after. There is always someone who manipulates the masses to commit atrocities in the name of greed, power, religion, hate, and that oh so famous word of manipulation. Human nature is is your excuse for accepting these things to happen. Human nature is just that. Human and nature. It is not nuclear or biological(man made) threats to all humanity. Human nature is not to destroy the human race or the earth in which were all born. The sooner we understand that, the sooner we will understand the importance of all human life.

[@mixtapemania6769]

@Love_Galore when did they kill mixed blacks? I will need a source for that, I have not heard of this until now. The 1804 massacres were against white French people and no one else.

[@lhcphysicfreak]

Something very similar happened in Rwandan 1993-1994 as well apparently. One side claiming the other side is a threat to their existent. It ended up killing half a million people if I'm not mistaken.

[@riahnonya6534]

Oh i saw that movie thats was sad but the amer didn't help them

[@blackzilian83]

Something very similar happened in Europe while 30s 40s , between Caucasians tribed , causing millions deaths if I'm not mistaken .eastern Europe Kosovo too 1995

[@j.p.4315]

Don’t forget. This racism and hatred towards Haitians still exists in the Dominican Republic.

[@anime4life930]

J. P. Ur right 😔

[@Michael-mg5kq]

As a Dominican myself I feel ashamed of this to me I feel like we're all the same i have many Haitian friends

[@neonenayoy3997]

@pepe0801 at the most Haitians in DR are 1 million,

[@neonenayoy3997]

@pepe0801 recognizing racism is good, it helped america get rid of segregation.

[@neonenayoy3997]

@pepe0801 African american culture is just as important as any other culture.

[@bageldoge3315]

I cried watching this... I'm from Haiti..;-;

[@xsleepyheadx2239]

As a Dominican I wish you a happy life and sorry for all the things we did.

[@equinox1185]

@@xsleepyheadx2239.. Weak soy boy... You did nothing...

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@equinox1185 the tragedy still needs to be remembered.

[@xsleepyheadx2239]

@@equinox1185 oh okay..

[@f.f.v.m7607]

@@xsleepyheadx2239 Have you heard of "el deguelle de moca " ?

[@randomfrog7974]

Why do people have to be so horrible to each other

[@auriejohnson968]

I can't believe I never knew this happened. You learn something new everyday.

[@whatupgangsta]

Great unbiased reporting, will you be doing a video on the Haitian occupation of the Dominican Republic for over 22 years? Let me know I'll be waiting for it.

[@screem_]

whataboutism.

[@christianmiller9934]

Whataboutism

[@TheDrawdex]

And here I am with my friend from Haiti, studying on a Santo Domingo college. Both not knowing crud of this suppose 'reminder of hate' that both countries share.

[@charlottem.1477]

History is there to learn from. It is not a reminder of hate, so much as it is a mini lesson to go on and research and learn from. If we never spoke about things where people were massacred, policy changes wouldn’t be as advanced, etc, etc, etc. I am not here to say, that it doesn’t cause you damage. It might very well. Unfortunately there are those on the island that still carry this....

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@charlottem.1477 Dominicans know haitians very well.

[@narcssius]

@@Xenlacasa45 what does that mean

[@dorlean]

Never knew about this. Thank you for shining light on it.

[@IamJay]

*Not so silent genocide*

[@arischisholm9493]

Rae-Anne Lloyd wat?

[@GenerationX1984]

What happened to all the Native Americans in Haiti? That's the real genocide.

[@BlurryDoggo]

indeed

[@360flyhigh]

because they wanted their freedom how dare they

[@nasirmarcelandrews7653]

Chris Nilsson that was discussed in the beginning of the video.

[@powerfighter2554]

Trujillo is still considred one of the most brutally in latin america.

[@JamesBond-uz2dm]

Read "Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator" . Trujillo was homicidal.

[@elvisitor]

It felt wrong to press the "thumb up"... but this was one of the strongest videos you have made to date. Beautifully put, with little/calm animation and music. Made me shed a tear for the lives of Africans (connecting to the people of color being killed here) during history... all the terrible things that has been made due to color. Its so sad.

[@ZeroDDR]

sabe que no fue mucho por el color sino por el rencor historico

Not only was a Haitian massacre, thousands of Dominicans and Haitians lost their lives because of the tyranny of Trujillo, it is said that at least 50 thousand people combined died in his time. very Sad indeed.

[@marieisabelledubois6325]

We will remain strong 🇭🇹 ❤️ men apil chay pa lou 💪🏾

[@askabout540]

Just stay in your own country.

[@marieisabelledubois6325]

Actually i am in floria but i will it’s worst in the states anyways 😂😂

[@JosePerez-zj5tl]

Marie Isabelle Dubois Yeah *worst*

[@themaskedcrusader]

Kembe la! pa tande yo. gen anpil bon ayisian nan florid, epi florid pa mal konsa. mwen-menm te viv la, me se american mwen ye.

[@jjmmm515]

Ask About technically, this isn't your country; especially considering how the Americans took over in the first place

[@dorrolorro]

Wow, I never knew... I feel really sad right now, but I am glad I saw this.

[@alejandrobatista2481]

This is rarely talked about in the Dominican Republic. And unfortunately Haitians are treated horribly to this day.

[@IsAcRafT]

And the Haitians Treat the Dominicans bad as well even before the independence in 1844. The very same Haitians has farmed a bad rep at burning our forests for coal, killing dominicans in the border to steal their money and even stealing land to create ghettos in the country and threatened any dominican who where just passing by. If they wanna come to my country so be it but at least they should come as legal immigrants like anyone else worldwide not as an slack of a failed state.

[@danielgerman1874]

Its taught in like every history class in DR my dude

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@IsAcRafT Dominicans illegally go to Puerto rico and illegally fish in the Bahamas, the Dominican government had brought Haitians to work in the batayes that is actually slavery

[@elnino0841]

@@cheeriotheocelot5273 Exactly. I'm Dominican too but I'm sick of dominicans trying to do anything they can to make Haitians look bad.

[@jancarlosmanon4556]

@@danielgerman1874 no

[@christophertorres4984]

This speaks as if we Dominicans supported the dictator Trujillo when we praised him for all his cruel actions. otherwise you say that Trujillo did not pay for his decisions when he is 100% false, Dominicans literally killed him, cut off his head and put him on a stick. this is poorly covered because there is so much more. (Esto habla como que apoyamos a Trujillo cuando lo adiamos por todas sus crueles acciones. otra cosa dices que trujillo no pago por su desiciones cuando es 100% falso, Dominicanos literalmente lo asasinaron le cortaron la cabeza y pusieron en un palo. esto esta mal cubrido por que hay mucho mas.)

[@Mr._Moderate]

If Dominicans had killed Trujillo BEFORE the massacre then maybe respect would be given but...

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

there were some civilians who participated in the genocide but there were also some civilians who hide Haitians.

[@Thegirlofisle]

This does not even begin to mention the cruelty and terror Trujillo put the country under. The man was a murderer, he tortured and killed everyone who was rumored to be against his regime. I know people whose grandparents were killed or sought after to be killed during the dictatorship. People had family taken away never to be seen again, plantations, and lands. Everything belonged to "el jefe". It is taught in high school. There's a booked called 'El Masacre se pasa a pie' (The Masacre is crossed on foot, Masacre being the river that naturally separates Haiti and DR and that supposedly got its name for the atrocity commited against haitians at the border during the dictatorship) that talks about this. Trujillo was one of the most covered topics during my high school education in the DR, so I don't get where these people saying no one talks about it are coming from.

[@ravenn2631]

Andy B. I mean no disrespect, and it was truly a horrific thing, but considering there are many with deep traumas and emotional hurts around this event, I’d say the lack of graphic detail was a sensitivity to this. TED-Ed is made for short animated videos, and at least it’s made known to the wider public for more to pay their respects, many can still research into it if they want. Many could not do so without this video. Thank you for the more detailed information. Now anyone interested can look into it.

[@o.ramirez]

@@yourtrinketbox Haitians?! 😂 Only Dominicans.

[@Aritul]

Thank you for publicizing this.

[@سودانىشديد]

What about the french gemocide in algeria?

[@S.harmyy]

I’d never heard of this before, so much of what I know about Haiti is from KZbin videos like this one so thank you.

[@krisstoyanov1808]

Please make a video about Balkan Genocide and the Armenian Genocide. Thanks

[@captaincalamari6327]

"Reichskristallnacht" was what the Nazis called it. In Germany the 09. November is rather referred as "Reichspogromnacht" or simply "Pogromnacht" which means as much as "night of crime against the jews."

[@powerfighter2554]

Jacques Roumain was a haitian writer who wrote le tragedie haitien an article about parsley massacre he was arrested on request of the trujillo goverment but escaped jail time by proving his innocents in a appeal court.

[@juliaowens9516]

A great book to read on this topic if you want to know more is The Farming of Bones! It's tragic and the readers attachment to the characters make learning this horrible part of history easier, while a great deal of sympathy is earned as well.

[@InalienableLiberty]

You should cover the Mexican Repatriation(the time when around 1 million Mexicans[some of who were actually born in the U.S] were deported during the Great Depression). It’s another tragedy that not many people know about.

[@RealMadrid15UCLs]

USA Forever its not a genocide

[@lizmar869]

USA Forever I never knew about this and now I want them to make a video on this. Thanks for sharing!

[@ebonymaw8457]

Deportation isn't too tragic from a world view though.

[@InalienableLiberty]

killallendings Don’t you think it’s tragic for a country to deport legal immigrants and Americans of Mexican descent(that’s what happened) who have done nothing wrong?

[@REALYAADYEXTREME]

USA Forever those Japanese that was rounded up by the USA didn’t do anything either

[@scl1332]

The massacres I find most appalling in the 20th century are the crimes committed by the South Korean and South Vietnamese governments. Both had ruthless crackdowns on civilians or any one deemed to be a Communist threat. Maybe make a video about these perpetrators. And how the U.S. totally backed both governments in their respected civil wars.

[@capncake8837]

They should also cover North Vietnamese/Viet Cong crimes, which are too frequently forgotten.

[@minhtamang8142]

@@capncake8837 what did we do?

[@brandonlu9280]

Well this was the Cold War. No one is safe.

[@Testimony_Of_JTF]

@@minhtamang8142 Koreans: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:North_Korean_war_crimes Vietcong: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong_and_People's_Army_of_Vietnam_use_of_terror_in_the_Vietnam_War

[@neuzasantiago]

@@minhtamang8142 well, you invaded The US territory and kill Their People. Oh wait...

[@CitizenSlyder]

That last sentence. "Power hungry leaders can turn lifelong neighbors into enemies"

[@josiasfunes5482]

Do one about El Salvador’s Massacre of 1932! It was also an “ethnical cleansening”😔

[@DCampusano1]

Josias Funes Ethnic*

[@annarchie9949]

Thank you for bringing attention to this. I only have to make one correction, the Taino native population was not decimated, as you claimed at the beginning, but actually extinct. There is a small number of people of Native American ancestry on the island today, but it is by now quite certain that these were members of other tribes who immigrated later, or were brought in for forced labör.

[@emmarellda181]

Ann Archie thank you for adding this. It is important that more people know what happened

[@powerfighter2554]

@pepe0801 no it not it a religion like anyother.

[@powerfighter2554]

@pepe0801 selling 9 years girls to slavery does not make a man inperfect it makes him a monster. Dessaline only went after the french.

[@powerfighter2554]

@pepe0801 voodoo is not satanic, most of the world is not christian.

[@powerfighter2554]

@pepe0801 the entire world is scared by your logic because the entire world is suffering.

[@garrickwally8820]

Do chernobyl disaster, Bhopal gas tragedy, jallianwallabagh tragedy

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

I found out about the Bhopal gas tragedy when our teacher decided to show a documentary of it in our Safety subject class back when I was still a Civil Engineering student (now a licensed engineer but unemployed).

[@Darsh0019]

garrick wally they can also include, the 1971 Bengal massacre, the 1947 partition riots, the 1991 kishmiri pundits exodus, the unification of China by Mao, etc

[@theahmedmustafa]

Yes Jallian wala bagh tragedy! Ted Ed needs to make a video on that!

[@chaitanyaaggarwal129]

Ahmed Mustafa nah Chernobyl is much more cooler and has less politics

[@adityakumarseth8934]

Yes make a video on jallianwalabagh tragedy

[@josephliao9733]

A even less talked about massacre is the Indonesian mass killings. horrible horrible massacre that no one knows about

[@Urekakwkwueh]

1965 communist massacre?

[@christine8697]

You should read the book "The Farming of Bones" by Edwidge Danticat. This event was actually mentioned in the book.

[@powerfighter2554]

The farming of bones is a good book on this.

[@JosePerez-zj5tl]

Just letting everyone know Trujillos grandson is running for president of D.R. in 2020 and a lot of people support him

[@Nico-ex4tn]

i see so much comments by all types of Clorox Bleach 0-o

[@JosePerez-zj5tl]

Good memes 300 You should drink me

[@christianespinal1938]

he cant, our constitution doesnt allows him because he is dual nationality dominican-american,BTW i'm dominican

[@Firegirl483]

@@christianespinal1938 I thought as long as you were a citizen you were allowed

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@K1ngKrunch no it illegal

[@sfgkate]

Oh my god the animation in this is stunning

[@powerfighter2554]

There are many great book about the event such as Massacre River by rene philocet which is about a dominican man whos haitian wife is attacked by dominican soilders and the farming of bones by edwidge danicat about a haitian worker trying to survive the parsley massacre.

[@moongoddess3847]

0:19. Wrong info. First of all in 1915-1917 Turkey wasn’t a country yet. It was still a part of Ottomon Empire. So you can’t say modern-day Turkey. Small reminder that Ottomon was multinational empire. Second genocide was never proven. And third why no one talking about Khojaly massacre which was proven. Don’t get me wrong I love all the races in the world and I don’t have any problem with any race. Races and people of countries shouldn’t be hold responsible for what their governments did.

[@eIicit]

I'm surprised we actually did learn about this in high school.

[@ronzacharias5497]

Vox had done a very good contemporary video about this in their Borders series and went in depth about the present state of each country.

[@catthecat1585]

Man, this is sad... people like me ( Haitian/domican) are killed for nothing...

[@kaistephens2694]

Buuut on another note, GOD DAMN, This art style and the MUSIC especially, are GODDAMN BEAUTIFUL.

[@photosportsman]

... and guess who supported that, the land of peace and freedom, which was dedicated to democratization in korea and vietnam .

[@neonenayoy3997]

even Trujillo knew the parsley massacre was wrong he hide the bodies and never admitting to doing it.

[@lananajib6057]

Can you also please make a video about the al Anfal-campaign?

[@powerfighter2554]

"The farming of bones" is a book on this

[@leemonroe6526]

My grandmother told me about Haiti and what had happened and I was shocked. Just.. why?

[@powerfighter2554]

The victims were sugar workers.

[@powerfighter2554]

@Abraham Shekelbergstien the victims were sugar workers

[@dianamd2331]

Trujillo had and implemented an anti Haiti mentality. Even tho we Dominicans recognize the massacre as awful and wrong, the leftovers of the mentality still remains. For example, I wasn’t taught Haitian history properly until I hit university, which is absurd, be Haití it’s right next to us.

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@dianamd2331 Haitians are the enemy of the Dominican Republic who gained it’s independence from Haiti. Many wars were fought a lot of blood was shed vs the Haitians just to become free people.

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@dianamd2331 Haitians were circulating only Haitian money in dominican land/ border towns. Historically they invaded many times with troops and passively have been taking over border towns well after trujillos death.

[@TheScienceBiome]

Another well made video!

[@espvp]

A very desinformative video actually. Please refer to this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ2Vq4KJfruSaqs to get a comprenhensive look at the actual situation between the two nations.

[@ittesafyeasir3438]

andres rondon pls get rekt

[@ginazambrano2192]

The Science Biome . Gghu

[@odbell9105]

rondon estas mal. explicales que la cultura haitiana es una sodoma y gomorra de entonces. nada que hacer alli, es imposible. quienes deseen ayudar que vayan e intenten. Gracias.

[@Făt-Frumos1982]

If you think this sort of thing was uncommon really anywhere during the 20th century and before then you dont know anything about history...

[@adriannn124]

My grandfather who’s still with us lived through this…

[@daibataroy306]

Thanks for showing the unseen history of world

[@raysker1]

This is a really great video. I love the fact on how Ted-ed takes its time to do its research. I am Dominican and was raised in Santo Domingo, and this video is really accurate about its fact, and it is true, this genocide is not widely known because of the secrecy of that tyranic time

[@devonjones4500]

This is sad and since I live in the Bahamas in south, Haiti is directly below our island, and to think that something so despicable would happen.

[@dolanpanda6851]

Make a video on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of Punjab, India.

[@Spencerd14]

Damn I want to download that background music. It's so relaxing

[@nikolayan9622]

Thanks for the great job!

[@ScottWillic]

There's a similar story in our country, Myanmar, you know.

[@angusyang5917]

The image at 1:33 is the body of Haitian guerrilla fighter Charlemagne Peralte, who was killed in 1919 by U.S. occupation forces and then his body tied to a door in this fashion, with a photo taken and distributed among the Haitian populace to discourage resistance. However, this backfired spectacularly, because the body resembled a crucifixion, elevating Peralte to the status of martyr and inspiring more Haitians to continue to fight against American occupation.

[@simonstahl9688]

@TED-ed you should talk about the Rwandan genocide..

[@Dimelo.R]

I'm from DR, born there but can to the US at 9 months of age. Dude this is just awful, and now I see why my country despise Trujillo and all his doings. Corruption in my country still is at a high with the rich living life, and the poor suffering. The Haitians on the other hand, our relationship after Trujillo has gotten better though, even after the atrocities committed.

[@elnino0841]

@@Babekue1989 Exactly!

[@labelle8110]

Nice spin!

[@bbyever]

Very beautiful composition +Cem Misirlioglu ! Do you have a soundcloud account where the track can be heard on its own?

[@panda_girl5298]

I am Dominican and this was never mentioned in our history books. I even tried to talk to my dad about it and he didn’t know wtf I was talking about. It is truly sad. And this centuries long hatred towards Haitians really has to stop.

[@Tachi.8095]

¿Cómo que nunca lo mencionan? si hasta esta en los libros de básica y nos lo repiten varias veces durante nuestra etapa escolar. (Mas difícil es encontrarte alguien que no lo sepa.)

[@rabioramos1796]

The Haitians tried to force their language to the Dominicans tounge and was killing the Dominicans who were of white color , forcing most of them to flee to Puerto Rico and Cuba .. and that’s what caused trujillos decision on eliminating all those Haitians

[@philosopher2king]

How are you Dominican and didn't know about this? Every grade school has mandatory trips to the museums and this is covered in the visits. Also, "El Masacre se Pasa a Pie" is required reading in your sophomore year in high school.

[@paolacarpio7777]

This is amazing, Im from the Dominican Republic and this is so accurate, a moment of silence for those hatians who were brutally murdered😔😔 Good job Ted Ed, once again have you managed to mesmerize me with your captivating illustrations and narration. Keep it up

[@powerfighter2554]

@S trujillo had no excuse for what he did.

[@fightercomplex7]

Haitians massacred Dominicans also

[@blast.9805]

@@fightercomplex7 Does that make it right?

[@jodh-cx1zd]

@@blast.9805 eye for an eye🤷🏽‍♂️ more Dominicans were killed during the moca massacre done by Haitians

[@EspinalPhotography]

This is what children do; blame one another. Trujillo was a ruthless dictator whom oppressed not only Haitians, but Dominicans as well. Let’s learn from history

[@DutchessJones]

I have parents from the Caribbean. I had to view this video in small doses. It made me angry and it made my heart cry. The history of the africans that were taken from their land and put in enslavement was never told completely and never completely accurately.