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Originally Posted by ccoicou  I love our flag the way it is. We might need a new beginning but we can't forget our history. |
Changing the flag is NOT forgetting our history. BESIDES, its been changed before. The Flag that you see now is NOT the original flag
But here's a tidbit of knowledge that was dropped on me when a was little
When they came up with the first haitian flag (back in 1803/04) they simply took out the white out the french flag and sew up the remainder
BLUE/
RED and the flag's significance was supposed to be "Liberte ou la mort". The removal of the white third of the flag meant the expulsion of the white french colonists from the country.
But later Dessalines went back and changed the flag to
BLACK/
RED. THough in the public he maintained that the colors still meant
"Liberte ou la mort", the real significance behind the
BLACK/
RED and
ESPECIALLY the positionning of the BLACK part of the flag
(BLACK on the side of the pole while the RED was on the end hanging onto the black stripe) represented the
blacks and red representing the mullatos of the country with the blacks in control of the nation
(thus holding the pole).
Later when Petion
(a mullato himself) took control he kept the
BLACK/
RED flag
but he switched the positions having the red stripe holding to the pole
(i.e. being in control) making it
RED/
BLACKsincehe supported the mulattos when tensions arose between blacks and mulattoes in the country.
DISCLAIMER
I do not know how much truth there is to this story but I'm just telling it as it was told to me.
Peace
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Originally Posted by tjeanjak i would support it. kind of like south africa having a new flag and a new beginning. we need to change our whole mentality with respect to our beloved country. why not start with the flag? black people look better in bright colors anyway. we have enough recknown haitian artists who could draw up something better in my opinion.
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Speak for yourself on that one. I hate bright things period. I swear my entire closet is grey, black, brown and dark green