Question: What do many of the Americans in Haiti think of Haitians, and how do they (Americans) treat them (Haitians)?
Many Americans think that the American Occupation is responsible for making Port-au-Prince and similar cities paved and well kept, but Americans in Haiti know otherwise. In Haiti, everything is kept clean and well swept, unlike many places in America, and has been like that since before the American Occupation. They are not lazy people, by any means- a woman who walks eight or ten miles with a bundle of produce on her head that will not make her more than a dollar is a waste of energy, but not a sign of laziness. Americans in Haiti find Haitians to be kind, courteous, and hospitable people- the absence of crime in Haiti further proves this.
Through the American Occupation, Americans improved the public hospital at Port-au-Prince, helped with the enforcement of rules of modern sanitation, and helped to build the road from Port-au-Prince to Cape Haitian. While this was beneficial to Haiti, it wasn't good for the Haitians themselves. Americans forcibly seized Haitian men to put them to work. They were in the same grouping as the African Americans used to build roads in the South. American marines used hunting these Haitians with rifles and machine guns as a sport.
Many Americans think that the American Occupation is responsible for making Port-au-Prince and similar cities paved and well kept, but Americans in Haiti know otherwise. In Haiti, everything is kept clean and well swept, unlike many places in America, and has been like that since before the American Occupation. They are not lazy people, by any means- a woman who walks eight or ten miles with a bundle of produce on her head that will not make her more than a dollar is a waste of energy, but not a sign of laziness. Americans in Haiti find Haitians to be kind, courteous, and hospitable people- the absence of crime in Haiti further proves this.
Through the American Occupation, Americans improved the public hospital at Port-au-Prince, helped with the enforcement of rules of modern sanitation, and helped to build the road from Port-au-Prince to Cape Haitian. While this was beneficial to Haiti, it wasn't good for the Haitians themselves. Americans forcibly seized Haitian men to put them to work. They were in the same grouping as the African Americans used to build roads in the South. American marines used hunting these Haitians with rifles and machine guns as a sport.
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