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Since the 19th century, the histories of Haiti and the United States have often been connected. Besides the fact that they were the first two countries in the region to constitute themselves as independent states Haiti in 1804 and the United States in 1776 contingents of Haitian fighters went to Savannah, Georgia to fight alongside U.S.-Americans in the War of Independence. Despite this parallel, the United States boycotted Haiti’s independence and stymied its development efforts for more than half a century. The white U.S. ruling elite operated from and enshrined white supremacy, including the idea that white people must dominate the world. With small variations, entrenched anti-Blackness both at home in the United States and abroad continues to underlie much of U.S. domestic and foreign policy.
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About the Moderator:
Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College. Her doctoral work centered on a coalition of social movement organizations calling for an end to the ongoing non-governmental occupation of Haiti. She is currently working on a monograph entitled
Development Contested in Occupied Haiti: Social Movements, NGOs, and the Evangelical State. She has also served as an organizer with land and housing rights organizations Take Back the Land-Miami and is presently the International Coordinator for Community Movement Builders.
Mark Schuller is Professor at Northern Illinois University and affiliate at the Faculté d Ethnologie, l Université d État d Haïti. Author or co-editor of eight books, including