Humanitarianism and the Racial Question in Haiti

This article examines humanitarian policies in Haiti, which carry a racism that is not expressedin an individual way, but rather in the very structures that those policies create or help tocreate. Humanitarian racism ended up producing an effect contrary to its intentions: it encouragesHaitian worke...

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Autor principal: Seguy, Franck; Doutor em sociologia. Professor da Université d’État d’Haïti, Porto Príncipe, Haiti.
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Publicado: Lutas Sociais. ISSN 1415-854X 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/25763
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-027&d=article25763oai
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topic Humanitarianism; racism; Haitian workers; Haiti.
Ciências Sociais: sociologia, ciência política, história e afins
Humanitarismo; racismo; trabalhadores haitianos; Haiti.
spellingShingle Humanitarianism; racism; Haitian workers; Haiti.
Ciências Sociais: sociologia, ciência política, história e afins
Humanitarismo; racismo; trabalhadores haitianos; Haiti.
Seguy, Franck; Doutor em sociologia. Professor da Université d’État d’Haïti, Porto Príncipe, Haiti.
Humanitarianism and the Racial Question in Haiti
topic_facet Humanitarianism; racism; Haitian workers; Haiti.
Ciências Sociais: sociologia, ciência política, história e afins
Humanitarismo; racismo; trabalhadores haitianos; Haiti.
description This article examines humanitarian policies in Haiti, which carry a racism that is not expressedin an individual way, but rather in the very structures that those policies create or help tocreate. Humanitarian racism ended up producing an effect contrary to its intentions: it encouragesHaitian workers to flee the country. Brazil, by affirming its disposition to welcome “withopen arms” Haitians who want to join a process of humanitarian immigration, reduces theheadaches of the U.S. administration with the undesired presence of these workers, and alsoscores points toward its own imperial objective: to obtain a seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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title Humanitarianism and the Racial Question in Haiti
title_short Humanitarianism and the Racial Question in Haiti
title_full Humanitarianism and the Racial Question in Haiti
title_fullStr Humanitarianism and the Racial Question in Haiti
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