The interesting dynamics there were that the radical Communists were actually the mixed race, part white mestiços.

Just like the white expats in East Asia today, there were a lot of colonial single white men in Africa, and no white women. The mestiços were expected to become the new colonial class to replace their white daddies, but instead they became radical Marxists far to the left of the pure Blacks. While many of the full Africans supported the pro-American, pro-Apartheid South African, rightwing UNITA. And yet at the same time claimed to be more authentically African than the Communist mestiços. The full Africans were willing to ally with countries that considered Blacks to be subhuman. To show you how all history is the present they even hired Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort to lobby for them. A civil war between the Communist mestiços, sons of white colonializers; and pure Africans allied with Apartheid.

The mestiços being much more radical and revolutionary, than the full Africans who ally with White South Africa and Reaganite America, reminds me of some of the dynamics we've seen with Hapas. Confederate Asians and the Falun Gong allied with White America against radical Hapas, its the Angolan Civil War all over again.

So in the OTL Toussaint Louverture the leader of the Haitian Revolution was captured by the French and died in captivity. But what if Toussaint avoided or escaped capture from the French? How would he tackle the following issues as Haiti's leader and how would Haiti's social, political, and economic development be different from the OTL?

• White Settlers in Haiti: In the OTL Toussaint's successor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the death of all whites in Haiti with the exception of the Polish soldiers that defected to their side, a group of German settlers that were in an isolated part of Haiti, and white medical professionals. This led to Haiti's relations with other nations like the UK and US to be strained and a brain drain in Haiti. If Toussaint was alive how would things play out differently?
• Race relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes: In general relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes in Haiti were very strained. And things got worse after Dessalines massacre. If Toussaint was still alive and became Haiti's leader would he try to find a way to make peace between Haiti's racial groups? If so, how would he do it and how would it affect the political framework of Haiti's government?
• Haiti's relations with the US - When Haiti started out as a nation its relations with the United States weren't that great, and relations have gotten so bad that the US imposed an economic embargo on Haiti. If Toussaint became leader of Haiti would relations between Haiti and the US improve or get worse?
• Immigration - After the massacre, many of the white settlers in Haiti fled to the United States and it discouraged further immigration to Haiti? Assuming Toussaint is able to prevent the massacres, would people from Europe and America be interested in immigrating to Haiti? And would Toussaint work with the American Colonization Society to resettle free blacks from America to Haiti?
• The Dominican Republic- In 1822 Haiti occupied Santo Domingo, now known as the Dominican Republic. It occupied the country for 22 years, until they were driven out by the Dominicans? If Toussaint survived and became Haiti's leader would he want to invade Santo Domingo? If so why, and how would occupation be different from the OTL and how would it affect Haiti?

Hello all, my name is Kennedy and this is my first PR! Haiti is my first tag that I have led in KR and I'm so happy to finally bring it to all of you! This is actually our second PR, there was a Minor Monday exactly 3 years ago covering Haiti. Haiti was initially meant to be included in 0.8.4 “La Bella Antellina'' with the West Indies rework (*A Si Pare plays softly in the background*), but it was shelved fairly quickly. Pietrus and I developed the new lore for Haiti earlier this year and I have been coding it since about March with just a couple small teasers released for public consumption. Haiti is nearly code complete and will be released this summer with the Balkans rework!

Lore

To follow in the steps of Augenis, only a lore summary will be presented here, with full lore being presented on the Kaiserreich wiki upon release. Without further ado:

• The US occupied Haiti starting in 1916 in a similar manner to OTL. The only significant divergence prior to 1925, was German settlers not being expelled from the island by US troops.
• The McAdoo Administration did not initiate the withdrawal of troops in 1925.
• Hoover started a hasty withdrawal in 1929, following the recommendations of High Commissioner of the occupation force John Russell.
• Louis Borno won the new elections in 1932 in a corrupt fashion over Stenio Vincent and others.
• Borno is still forced into incredibly strong financial and legal restrictions.
• Dominican buildup continues, and Commander of the Garde d’Haiti, D.P. Calixte, who often found himself leading the more and more autonomous Garde from the front along the border, advocated for an increase in Haitian military spending. Calixte is ignored.
• Many Haitian civilian and military officials are found to be taking bribes from the Dominicans.
• In 1934, upset with the Dominican situation and the refusal of Borno to allow the military buildup as well as the continued obligations placed on Haiti by the United States, a clique of generally left-leaning officers led by Calixte organized a coup against Louis Borno.
• Calixte was named president by the Council of State, and immediately met with Russell, who remained High Commissioner despite the withdrawal of the final occupying Marine Brigade, now overseeing Haitian compliance with financial, trade, and foreign policy constraints.
• Russell agreed to support the new Haitian government so long as financial constraints were respected in

A series of interviews on bigoted and prejudice mindsets surrounding European descended Haitians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2DcECphegA

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

#Albums

• J. Cole - The Offseason (featuring 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Morray, 6LACK, Bas, James Fauntleroy, Cam'ron, Lil Jon, James Fauntleroy & Puff Daddy) [Pop Rap, Conscious Hip Hop]
• Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future (featuring Moor Mother, Kojey Radical, D Double E + more) [Afro-Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Jazz Poetry]
• Paris Texas - BOY ANONYMOUS [Compton Duo, Blog Rap, Alternative Hip Hop]
• Devin Bateson - BLORF [Beat Tape, Alternative Hip-Hop, Canadian]
• LocalBlac & Tone Spliff - Masked Assailants (featuring A-F-R-O) [LA Boom Bap]
• Euro Gotit - 4REIGN 4EVER (featuring Future, Lil Baby, DaBaby, Gunna, Roddy Ricch, Yella Beezy, Mulatto, Foogiano + more) [ATL Trap]
• BIGBABYGUCCI - 1 Night I Took Acid (featuring Cold Hart) [NC Trap]
• Berner - Paulie Cicero (featuring Wiz Khalifa, Mozzy, R-MEAN, Coi Leray & Cozmo) [Stoner Rap, West Coast Hip Hop]
• Daniyel - 82 [Portland Rap, Cole Bennett Cosign]
• Derek Pope - Miracle Man [Trap, Oakland]
• Lord Jah-Monte Ogban - TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
• AKAI SOLO & Navy Blue - True Sky [sLUms. adjacent, Lo-fi, Brooklyn Boom Bap, Abstract Hip Hop]
• Mistah F.A.B - El Negro
• D4M $loan - Full Moon
• Rhettmatic - PRODUCED BY DJ RHETTMATIC, VOL. 3
• Eloh Kush & Supreme Cerebral - Clark Connoisseurs 2 (featuring Blu + more) [Canadian MC, LA Boom Bap p

CONTEXT: Early yesterday, I was browsing the sub and came across [this article] (https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/haiti-vs-the-dominican-republic) by one Noah Smith. [I disagreed rather strongly] (https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/onynq1/noah_smith_haiti_vs_the_dominican_republic_why/h5vk570/?context=3) with his conclusion- "The temptation, of course, is to throw all of the explanations in a bag and mix them together. If you do that, you arrive at a story like this". I think that an in-depth examination of the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, rather than being an irrelevant "just-so story", will in fact reveal why the two countries have diverged.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional historian- by all means, if you have any corrections and/or criticisms, I'd love to hear them!

Pre-Modern History of Hispaniola

As far as we can tell, the island that is today called 'Hispaniola' was first settled by the Taíno, an Arawakan people believed to have originated in modern-day Venezuela. It is believed that they arrived sometime around the year 1200 CE, and by the time of first contact with European explorers numbered somewhere around 500,000 (unfortunately, there are no surviving records from pre-contact times, so most of its pre-Columbian history is lost to us). In 1492, the Taíno were divided among five chiefdoms; Marién, Jaragua, Maguá, Maguana, and Higüey (interestingly, the first two chiefdoms correspond roughly with the present-day borders of Haiti, the rest correspond roughly with the borders of the Dominican Republic).

On December 6, 1492, Hispaniola was famously (re)discovered by the (in)famous explorer Christopher Columbus (you might have heard of him), who made contact with the local people. The Taíno were initially friendly- though that changed the following year when Columbus returned with a Spanish army and conquered the island, establishing the colony of Santo Domingo.

By all accounts, the Spanish conquest was a catastrophe for the natives. Mass enslavement, brutal forced labor, seizures of food, and harsh crackdowns on dissent all befell the Taíno, to the point where Columbus himself was recalled to Spain and imprisoned for tyranny and misrule. Worse still were the diseases the Spanish brought with them, especially smallpox, which wreaked havoc on the local population

Nicknamed “El Jefe” (the boss), Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic with an iron fist from 1930-1961. His lengthy reign still divides Dominican public opinion; supporters say he brought stability to the nation, and credit him with promoting baseball as the national pastime. Detractors say he was one of the 20th century’s most ruthless dictators with one of its most pervasive personality cults. In 1930, when Santo Domingo was destroyed by a hurricane, Trujillo had the city rebuilt and renamed Trujillo City; the country’s highest peak was renamed Pico Trujillo. Every citizen had to carry an ID card proclaiming loyalty to the one-party state. Political opponents were tortured and executed, often by being thrown out of airplanes.

While privately admiring Hitler and Mussolini, Trujillo aligned the D.R. with the Allies during World War II, bringing him into the US’s good graces, a position he maintained during the Cold War as an ardent anti-communist. Vocally anti-Haitian, Trujillo oversaw the massacre of as many as 30,000 Haitians living in the D.R.; in an effort to increase the number of whites living in the country, he welcomed not only Jewish refugees from the Holocaust but also political fugitives from Fascist states.

Known for his love of fine clothes and tailored suits, Trujillo amassed a giant personal fortune over his 31 years in power, even profiting from the sex trade (he preferred young and shapely mulatto women). His playing of both sides eventually contributed to his downfall, as the US increasingly considered him a liability. He was assassinated in 1961.

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

So in the OTL Toussaint Louverture the leader of the Haitian Revolution was captured by the French and died in captivity. But what if Toussaint avoided or escaped capture from the French? How would he tackle the following issues as Haiti's leader and how would Haiti's social, political, and economic development be different from the OTL?

• White Settlers in Haiti: In the OTL Toussaint's successor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the death of all whites in Haiti with the exception of the Polish soldiers that defected to their side, a group of German settlers that were in an isolated part of Haiti, and white medical professionals. This led to Haiti's relations with other nations like the UK and US to be strained and a brain drain in Haiti. If Toussaint was alive how would things play out differently?
• Race relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes: In general relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes in Haiti were very strained. And things got worse after Dessalines massacre. If Toussaint was still alive and became Haiti's leader would he try to find a way to make peace between Haiti's racial groups? If so, how would he do it and how would it affect the political framework of Haiti's government?
• Haiti's relations with the US - When Haiti started out as a nation its relations with the United States weren't that great, and relations have gotten so bad that the US imposed an economic embargo on Haiti. If Toussaint became leader of Haiti would relations between Haiti and the US improve or get worse?
• Immigration - After the massacre, many of the white settlers in Haiti fled to the United States and it discouraged further immigration to Haiti? Assuming Toussaint is able to prevent the massacres, would people from Europe and America be interested in immigrating to Haiti? And would Toussaint work with the American Colonization Society to resettle free blacks from America to Haiti?
• The Dominican Republic- In 1822 Haiti occupied Santo Domingo, now known as the Dominican Republic. It occupied the country for 22 years, until they were driven out by the Dominicans? If Toussaint survived and became Haiti's leader would he want to invade Santo Domingo? If so why, and how would occupation be different from the OTL and how would it affect Haiti?

So in the OTL Toussaint Louverture the leader of the Haitian Revolution was captured by the French and died in captivity. But what if Toussaint avoided or escaped capture from the French? How would he tackle the following issues as Haiti's leader and how would Haiti's social, political, and economic development be different from the OTL?

• White Settlers in Haiti: In the OTL Toussaint's successor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the death of all whites in Haiti with the exception of the Polish soldiers that defected to their side, a group of German settlers that were in an isolated part of Haiti, and white medical professionals. This led to Haiti's relations with other nations like the UK and US to be strained and a brain drain in Haiti. If Toussaint was alive how would things play out differently?
• Race relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes: In general relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes in Haiti were very strained. And things got worse after Dessalines massacre. If Toussaint was still alive and became Haiti's leader would he try to find a way to make peace between Haiti's racial groups? If so, how would he do it and how would it affect the political framework of Haiti's government?
• Haiti's relations with the US - When Haiti started out as a nation its relations with the United States weren't that great, and relations have gotten so bad that the US imposed an economic embargo on Haiti. If Toussaint became leader of Haiti would relations between Haiti and the US improve or get worse?
• Immigration - After the massacre, many of the white settlers in Haiti fled to the United States and it discouraged further immigration to Haiti? Assuming Toussaint is able to prevent the massacres, would people from Europe and America be interested in immigrating to Haiti? And would Toussaint work with the American Colonization Society to resettle free blacks from America to Haiti?
• The Dominican Republic- In 1822 Haiti occupied Santo Domingo, now known as the Dominican Republic. It occupied the country for 22 years, until they were driven out by the Dominicans? If Toussaint survived and became Haiti's leader would he want to invade Santo Domingo? If so why, and how would occupation be different from the OTL and how would it affect Haiti?

So in the OTL Toussaint Louverture the leader of the Haitian Revolution was captured by the French and died in captivity. But what if Toussaint avoided or escaped capture from the French? How would he tackle the following issues as Haiti's leader and how would Haiti's social, political, and economic development be different from the OTL?

• White Settlers in Haiti: In the OTL Toussaint's successor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the death of all whites in Haiti with the exception of the Polish soldiers that defected to their side, a group of German settlers that were in an isolated part of Haiti, and white medical professionals. This led to Haiti's relations with other nations like the UK and US to be strained and a brain drain in Haiti. If Toussaint was alive how would things play out differently?
• Race relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes: In general relations between whites, blacks, and mulattoes in Haiti were very strained. And things got worse after Dessalines massacre. If Toussaint was still alive and became Haiti's leader would he try to find a way to make peace between Haiti's racial groups? If so, how would he do it and how would it affect the political framework of Haiti's government?
• Haiti's relations with the US - When Haiti started out as a nation its relations with the United States weren't that great, and relations have gotten so bad that the US imposed an economic embargo on Haiti. If Toussaint became leader of Haiti would relations between Haiti and the US improve or get worse?
• Immigration - After the massacre, many of the white settlers in Haiti fled to the United States and it discouraged further immigration to Haiti? Assuming Toussaint is able to prevent the massacres, would people from Europe and America be interested in immigrating to Haiti? And would Toussaint work with the American Colonization Society to resettle free blacks from America to Haiti?
• The Dominican Republic- In 1822 Haiti occupied Santo Domingo, now known as the Dominican Republic. It occupied the country for 22 years, until they were driven out by the Dominicans? If Toussaint survived and became Haiti's leader would he want to invade Santo Domingo? If so why, and how would occupation be different from the OTL and how would it affect Haiti?