Auguste Raffet News Today

In The Equality of the Human Races, Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin showed that science did not support division among the races.

The American understanding of Haiti is stained with poverty, natural disasters, and political turmoil. As a result, some Americans think Haitians just need to figure it out and stop putting their hands out, while others take a paternalistic approach and think the United States should interfere and “help” even if that is not what Haitians want. These sentiments are bolstered by misrepresentations of Haiti in the media and in academia.