Haiti
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The Washington Post (Safe / Threatened) : A Supreme Court justice’s personal ties to Haiti highlight stakes in asylum case
Haiti is framed as severely unsafe and unstable
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“Haiti is, you know, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere,” she said in a February 2019 talk at Notre Dame Law School. “And it’s close enough to the United States that we could go as a family and be involved in Haiti as the children got older. So we chose Haiti.”
USA Today (Ally / Adversary) : From legal to hunted: Haitians, Syrians in Supreme Court deportation battle
Haiti and Haitians framed as targets of hostile political rhetoric
The article emphasizes Trump’s false and inflammatory claim that Haitians in Ohio are 'eating the dogs' and 'eating the cats,' presented without sufficient distancing, framing Haitians as scapegoated adversaries.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs”
The New York Times (Beneficial / Harmful) : Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom.
Haiti's revolution framed as a profoundly beneficial act of liberation
[framing_by_emphasis] and [comprehensive_sourcing]: The article positions Haiti’s independence as a beacon of freedom that inspired abolitionist movements, portraying it as a positive force in global history.
“As Jefferson feared, the revolution inspired an antislavery movement in the United States, including the nation’s largest slave revolt in Louisiana in 1811.”
The New York Times (Ally / Adversary) : Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom.
Haiti framed as a historical adversary to Western powers
[loaded_language] and [framing_by_emphasis]: The article emphasizes how Haiti's independence was perceived as a threat by enslavers and colonial powers, using terms like 'cannibals of the terrible republic' and describing its existence as 'routinely cast by outsiders as a disturbance and threat.'
“Since then, its very existence has routinely been cast by outsiders as a disturbance and threat.”