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< February 5 2011 at 7:08 PM >
Marjorie Middy says...

Nobody really cares about France.

France is not our problem since 1804.First.

Our problem is which way to enforce an educational system reflective of Haiti and its culture.

Second, how is this newly developed educational system will be beneficial to the new Haitian generation.

How will it take the youth forward?

The problem is not "French" per se. But should we keep the French language operating in Haitian society to Haiti's benefit.

Haiti has been grappled with this problem since the 1930's. Most of Haiti's public school system did operate in Creole, even though the textbooks were in French.

I remember citing textbooks in Haiti: "Nos ancetres les Gaulois".

Even then I remember this question running from my mind over and over again.

Really?

they are my ancestors?

I asked my parents and my teachers who truly did not have a clear answer to my questions.

In the 1950's Francois Duvalier makes sure that children were being educated in Creole (public schools).

1970's, the same questions were asked and tried.

Nothing came out of it.
Americans tried to inculcate their system in Haiti and it did not work either.

The conclusion was that every country used the "funneling" system to educate its own. Meaning that education is a commodity and it is being used from up to bottom.

We have yet to see an educational system that is being administered with the "establishment" money and is being used from bottom up. Let us know when this one becomes successful (wholesale) as everyone would be interested in that piece of History.

The topic is: THE FORGOTTEN BLACK BOURGEOISIE
This is a reply to Msg 26201
Posted by Marjorie Middy on February 5 2011 at 7:08 PM



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Nobody really cares about France. France is not our problem since 1804.First. Our problem is which way to enforce an educational system reflective of Haiti and its culture. Second, how is this newly developed educational system will be beneficial to > >
Marjorie Middy, 5-Feb-11 7:08 pm
All of you guys with your boycotting ideas. Good, Make Bill Clinton and the rest of the US Happy! While you are at it, let us buy only foreign food, cars, like we have been doing. Let us keep the status quo. Good luck. Let us keep Haiti poor so that > >
Baron Samedi, 5-Feb-11 7:49 pm
The Black Bourgeoisie or the whole Haitian Bourgeoisie are lazy pigs who are looking for easy money.We should start boycotting all with no exception at all. They are all black dirty pigs... > >
Jean Felix Honore, 5-Feb-11 8:25 pm
Do we really have a Black Bourgeoisie in Haiti? Where are they and who are they? The Haitian Bourgeoisie fails Haiti for 207 years of its history. Haiti has no elite or bourgeoisie... > >
Riquette Joanem Joasil, 5-Feb-11 8:28 pm
We are boycotting them now. In Boston, we have already called on all Haitians to do so and many people agree to do so... > >
Mirealnde R, 5-Feb-11 8:41 pm
Boycotting the Bourgeoisie will not mean a lot unless you can back it up with some muscles...You people don't know what to do so anything goes. Your best bet would have been to NEGOTIATE with your leaders. If they are unhappy, they can leave altoge > >
Marjorie Middy, 5-Feb-11 9:58 pm
Of course there is a Black Bourgeoisie. who do you think the black faces in Montagne Noire are? > >
Justin Mondesir, 6-Feb-11 12:25 am
Baron, your argument betrays your pitiful position; you aim only to protect your own wealth. I do not advocate eradicating the elite of any color in Haiti. Such an action would be very harmful. The elite possess most of Haiti's Know-how; it must > >
Ablerooster, 6-Feb-11 11:43 am
Another thing: I know a lot about Nam; My Father spent two years there as a riverboat captain.....several of my close friends had KIA or WIA or MIA or POW fathers.... Eisenhower did do one thing that he shouldn't have: He RESCUED the PATHETIC french > >
Ablerooster, 6-Feb-11 11:57 am
raymond edward Olander, You are good at framing questions to answer ONLLY what suits you the best. Eisenhower help the French out for one thing:He wanted to get into NAM. So your father was a captain for 2 years there, you learned everything by o > >
Baron Samedi, 6-Feb-11 2:39 pm
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