... vulnerable to coups and civil strife. Both of these have been the norm in Haiti since the end of the Revolution. From 1957 to 1986 by Franzois and then Jean Claude Duvalier, dictators supported by the military. Their authoritarian policies made them worse than kings. Thousands of Haitians felt it prudent to leave the country. The problem with military dictators is ... , the coercion by large brigades of armed men. What is radical about one group of people killing another and supplanting them, only to succumb to infighting and wind up in almost the same situation? Radical is the notion th...

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... the gutter with no hope, while a few minority people reap the benefits. This is great for those few minorities but what about the people in the lower class who have almost no hope to get out. Our government needs to come up with a new way to help those in the lower class who are willing to work hard and don't deserve ... for some new policies to emerge that benefit everyone who is under privileged. Bibliography Botstein, Leon. "The Merit Myth." The New York Times. 14 Jan. 2003, late ed., A27. Steele, Claude M. "Thin Ice: "Stereotype Threat" and Black College Students." Rereading America...

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