In Haiti they call this woman White

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Here's a snippet of her doc, tho.

 

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Blan!
Let’s talk about the word “blan.”

If you are white and perfect Haitian Creole doesn’t flow off the tip of your tongue, this is a word you will hear a lot in Haiti. Much more than any other word.

“Blan” is pronounced with a nasalized “a” and no “n,” and it primarily means “white” but is also used to mean “foreigner.”

Even if you have dark complexion, once it is discovered you are not Haitian, there’s a good chance you will be addressed as “blan.”

However, a white Haitian is not a “blan,” but rather just a Haitian who happens to have blan skin.



Blan!
 

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Blan!
Let’s talk about the word “blan.”

If you are white and perfect Haitian Creole doesn’t flow off the tip of your tongue, this is a word you will hear a lot in Haiti. Much more than any other word.

“Blan” is pronounced with a nasalized “a” and no “n,” and it primarily means “white” but is also used to mean “foreigner.”

Even if you have dark complexion, once it is discovered you are not Haitian, there’s a good chance you will be addressed as “blan.”

However, a white Haitian is not a “blan,” but rather just a Haitian who happens to have blan skin.



Blan!
and they use "neg" (which has the same root as ******) to refer to fellow Haitians regardless of skintone
 

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Blan!
Let’s talk about the word “blan.”

If you are white and perfect Haitian Creole doesn’t flow off the tip of your tongue, this is a word you will hear a lot in Haiti. Much more than any other word.

“Blan” is pronounced with a nasalized “a” and no “n,” and it primarily means “white” but is also used to mean “foreigner.”

Even if you have dark complexion, once it is discovered you are not Haitian, there’s a good chance you will be addressed as “blan.”

However, a white Haitian is not a “blan,” but rather just a Haitian who happens to have blan skin.



Blan!

Blan gone blan even in Port au Prince? :dahell:
 

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Blan!
Let’s talk about the word “blan.”

If you are white and perfect Haitian Creole doesn’t flow off the tip of your tongue, this is a word you will hear a lot in Haiti. Much more than any other word.

“Blan” is pronounced with a nasalized “a” and no “n,” and it primarily means “white” but is also used to mean “foreigner.”

Even if you have dark complexion, once it is discovered you are not Haitian, there’s a good chance you will be addressed as “blan.”

However, a white Haitian is not a “blan,” but rather just a Haitian who happens to have blan skin.



Blan!
Interesting...

So we gotta wait and see the context in which it was used in the documentary.

Maybe she translated it wrong

and they use "neg" (which has the same root as ******) to refer to fellow Haitians regardless of skintone

According to the blan definition it doesn't seem like white Haitians get called neg
 

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Interesting...

So we gotta wait and see the context in which it was used in the documentary.

Maybe she translated it wrong



According to the blan definition it doesn't seem like white Haitians get called neg
They do. "Neg" is used like "dude, bro" etc. (Think of the use of nikka in the US without the pejorative connotation)

One of the Haitians can correct but i think it traces back to post independence when one of the presidents of Haiti declared everyone "black" in an attempt to fight the color caste system they had
 
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