The Haitian Revolution is a unique historical event in many ways. It was both an offshoot of the French Revolution, but also an anti-colonialist revolution. It was also the second American nation to successfully win its independence. But before we can talk about the Revolution itself, we have to talk about how influential Haiti was to France's economy and how it's complicated social structure primed it for revolt and revolution. Because here, in the colony built upon the countless bodies of the

Check out this thought-provoking post titled "Do You Think Colorism Is Real?" by @Haitian_viking, where he dives into the 1937 Parsley Massacre. In his caption, he shares: "In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo committed one of the most horrific acts rooted in colorism and anti-Blackness—the “Parsley Massacre” ⚔️🇭🇹🇩🇴🩸 Thousands of Haitians, who were mostly darker-skinned, were brutally murdered along the Dominican-Haitian border. Soldiers would ask people to pronounce the word “pereji