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Who the hell told you I was white? Did I say I was white?

In suggesting that we (the United States) go fix Haiti with moral education you are suggesting that we do the exact same thing that we tried in 1899, with poor results, in the Phillipines. Cuba, Puerto Rico and a few other small possessions. Which is the subject of the poem.

I never said you were white, rather obviously. I said what you were suggesting has been tried, and is summarized by many historians as the "white man's burden", based on Kiplings famous poem.

In the case of Kippling the "white man" wasn't any particular person, it was the nations of Europe which had been trying to civilize non-European peoples for almost 500 years at that point, with pretty miserable results.

He thought it sad that America, which had heretofore avoided Colonialism now felt the need, like the other White nations, to "take on the White Man's burden".. as the poem says.

Yeah, let me break down this nonsense for you.
When someone suggests to me that I look at another man who makes it seem like I'm looking at myself in the mirror and say, "You're obviously of inferior stock and it isn't reasonable to expect civilized behavior from you" tell me how I can fail to call that idea racist.
Another poster stated that Dominicans hate Haitians; that's a damned lie! We don't hate them, we love them. We hate that the UN, mainly Europe, is forcing us to shoulder a burden that is not ours and one we can't bear. We hate that they're willing to sacrifice our fledgling and weak nation to soothe their conscience and line their pockets; we hate that our sovereignty is trampled on.

I respect and support America's right to build a wall to control who crosses its border and to enforce respect for its laws. All I ask is the same consideration for us.
To hold Haiti to a different standard than a civilized nation is absolutely racist. I'm not talking about nation building but about enforcement of international standards.

Look, a Rwanda-like event is about to be unleashed in Hispaniola. When it happens, YOU won't show up to protect my elderly relatives. The time to inform Haiti they're expected to abide by moral standards is NOW! If you lack the conviction to do so, stand aside, keep your ignorant mouth closed and let the adults in the room take over.

Let Trump build a wall on our border with the left-over concrete from the border with Mexico.