No Hate for Haitians! A brief history of Haiti
Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web (NO APP NEEDED) Email me: kelly@untamedmoon.com (NEW EMAIL ADDRESS) LISTEN TO THE Haitian History EPISODE HERE click the beautiful photo for a lovely story This week's Bitchstory (aka:Re-Feminist History)(aka: feminists who swear and google things while recording) is about the Haitian Revolution. Timely. Relevant. Educational...that's what we are! Anyway, we've been on a roll with talk about various revolutions so here we are with Haiti. Guess who "discovered" Haiti? Yes, our favorite pillager for the crown and dude who "discovered" places where humans were already very well established...Christopher Columbus. Sigh. "Ayiti" (as its native dwellers called her) was Spanish, then French, then the British put their elbows in it for a bit. And the US "occupied" Haiti for a minute as well. Haiti was rich in natural resources like gold, copper, and marble. They