Mini Doctrine: On Haiti

http://twitter.com/jsmooth995

Not much to say, but I couldn't just say nothing.

http://doctorswithoutborders.org
http://standwithhaiti.org
http://yele.org
http://mercycorps.org
http://shelterbox.org/index.php

NOTE: Some concerns have been raised about how Wyclef's Yele org manages its money, as seen here: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/14/yeoh.haiti.earthquake.recovery.donation...
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-tps/
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/01/13/cancel_haitis_debt

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• haiti
• politics
• disaster
• earthquake
• aid
• revolution
• slavery
• freedom
• wyclef
• yele
• fugees
• sak pase
• toussaint l'ouverture

[bsnowman]

Wyclef Jean's org is a scam.

[illdoc1]

@bsnowman Nope. The concerns raised about Wyclef's organization do not justify calling it a scam. Even the primary follow-up on the Smoking Gun documents, at Gawker, make that clear. There is ample evidence and corroboration of the real work Wyclef and his org have done for his home country.

Legitimate questions have been raised about how well they manage their money, and whether they're the most capable of applying donation money quickly & efficiently. But that does not constitute a "scam."

[bsnowman]

But any dissenting comments are blocked?

[illdoc1]

@bsnowman no, only those that are disruptive and/or disrespectful.

[Rillion12]

I think that arguing that we should give aid to Haiti because it's a "nation of heroes" actually trivializes things...needing aid in a time of natural disaster is not a matter of merit. They're a nation of humans, just like us, and that's enough. In situations like this, entire countries should not be described as if they are individual people-- they are populations of people, such as we have all over the world, and they have the same needs as everybody else. Politics be damned.

[illdoc1]

Also, I said nothing in the vid about aid being based on merit, nor said Haiti deserves help more or less than anyone else.

Getting to know the people you are helping, and the ways you are connected, does nothing to contradict the principle that all suffering human beings deserve aid.

Maintaining equal respect for all humans does not require treating them each like faceless interchangeable automatons, and holding back from getting to know them or feeling a deeper connection to them.

[bearberry842]

doesn't france owe haiti $21 billion? i think it's been time to collect...

[mysecondtree]

A little off topic, okay, and yeah, I listened dutifully to what you say about Haiti, but what I'm really thinking is, "samples from 'Wake Up Everybody', an anthem from my teen years, how cool is that?" Missing Teddy Pendergrass . . .

[beatmixer16]

@illdoc1 WORD!

[BurnDadah]

@TheAkashdeepJabandar uhm... you are aware of the race of the person you are accusing of being racist, right? so you're calling him a self-hating racist or what IS your point? I probably shouldnt even dignify your comment with an answer, but... felt like doing it anyway, maybe shine some light on your obvious ignorance...

[BurnDadah]

damn jay, seems like the crazies are going around in the usa. cant remember so much bullshit ever being posted on your vids. what happened?

dont want to be all negative: as usual, you are right, and you are able to articulate your opinion in a way that is... well... sublime :D

[NeoMavarickThinkers]

@illdoc1 It's actually half an island. It's a country located in Hispanola neighboring The Dominican Republic in the greater antillies.

[Ayisiens]

@TheAkashdeepJabandar shut you stupid redneck ass up.go back to fucking your own family or whatever it is you rednecks do.

[MaxxTheKid777]

bout fuckin time some one makes a video the rite shit

[SaintIzzle]

@bearberry842 ....if they collect that sum(if it really is that much...if so, please elaborate) The corrupt gov't will just pocket it like they have been doing. That Government needs a regime makeover.....ASAP!

[TheAkashdeepJabandar]

Everything that comes out of the mouth of this middle-class liberal jew fuckboy is a lie and a trick.

This type of motherfucker loves black people so much he's OK with 12 million of them being aborted, many of them defecated into a fucking toilet and FLUSHED.

Even if he sounds like he's telling the truth you can believe he working entirely in his own race and class interest. Fucking smug lying cunt.

[BrotherChimaobi]

Word to the comment below about the world not standing around and watching, but helping to engineer and enact the poverty that is there right now.

And much Love for the Nation of Heroes comment. PEACE.

And if you ain't got no kind of money: shed a tear, say a prayer and consume less.

One,

- Brother Chimaobi