Anti-Haitian Rhetoric, Oct 1937 Massacre 20,000 Haitians Dominican Republic, Dictator Rafael Trujillo [View all]

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'Caribbean Matters: Trump’s anti-Haitian rhetoric evokes 1937 massacre,' Daily Kos, Oct. 5, 2024. Ed. - The 1937 Parsley Massacre, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic was ordered by then- Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The massacre killed an estimated 20,000 Haitians.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance have been ramping up their violent and racist rhetoric against Haitian Americans and the nation of Haiti, which shouldn’t surprise anyone as Trump sounds more and more like the dictators he admires and seeks to emulate.

He is often mentioned in connection with past and present fascist European leaders like Adolf Hitler and Viktor Orban, but when it comes to sheer mendacity and obsession with race, Trump resembles a historic figure much closer to home: Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.

In last week’s Caribbean Matters, we examined a shared history between the U.S. and Haiti. But we should also be aware of a horrific episode at the hands of a U.S.-backed dictator who used racism and scapegoating to murder innocents.
* This week is the anniversary of the Trujillo-ordered October 1937 slaughter of thousands of Haitians in the Dominican Republic, which has been called “The Parsley Massacre.”

Violent rhetoric targeting immigrants has consequences.

We see it now in the threats against Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, whose members are living in fear after Trump and Vance amplified hoaxes and lies about them stealing and eating domestic pets. Let us never forget that this kind of rhetoric has frequently escalated into genocides. While most readers are probably familiar with genocides that have taken place in Europe or in the U.S. historically against Native Americans, rarely is the horrific story of what happened in the Dominican Republic a part of our school curricula...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/5/2273740/-Caribbean-Matters-Trump-s-anti-Haitian-rhetoric-evokes-1937-massacre
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- Dominican Republic, wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic
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- Rafael Trujillo, Central American dictator, Dominican Republic, ruled 1930-1961, assassinated. Brutal Cult of Personality, instinct for power, desire for money. State oppression, terrorism, security force. Parsley Massacre Oct. 1937 of Haitian Population, est. 20,000 killed; Mirabal Sisters, dissidents.
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Wiki. Ed - Rafael Trujillo was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from Aug. 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military strongman under figurehead presidents. His rule of 31 years, known to Dominicans as the Trujillo Era, was one of the longest for a non-royal leader in the world, and centered around a personality cult of the ruling family.
It was also one of the most brutal; Trujillo's security forces, including the infamous SIM, were responsible for perhaps as many as 50,000 murders. These included between 12,000 and 30,000 Haitians in the infamous Parsley massacre in 1937, which continues to affect Dominican-Haitian relations to this day...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo

- (6 mins, 2023). - The Parsley Massacre, Trujillo, Haiti and A Dark Chapter. The massacre of 20,000 Haitians in Dajabon, Dominican Republic began on October 2, 1937.