"Maligning Haiti is part of the imperial logic. The battle of representation is part of a larger war about controlling material gains." #TheBlackRepublic @bronaldbyrd @BlkPerspectives @AAIHS

"The relationship between missionary work and U.S. imperialism is massive on the discursive level--the impulse to convert, save, uplift and civilize." #TheBlackRepublic @bronaldbyrd @BlkPerspectives @AAIHS

"The idea of Haiti as an illegitimate state is discursive violence. The real illegitimacy is white rule in Reconstruction US south." #TheBlackRepublic @BlkPerspectives @bronaldbyrd

"Thinking about Haiti sharpens the critique of how US is an imperial nation-state"#TheBlackRepublic @bronaldbyrd @AAIHS @BlkPerspectives

If you haven't already, check out this roundtable on Brandon Byrd's The Black Republic! https://www.aaihs.org/tag/TheBlackRepublic/. @AAIHS @bronaldbyrd