Social Stratification between Chile and Haiti & Colonialism
Different from Haiti, a person’s color in Chile is not the primary source of social discrimination, but social classes are the main cause of inequity. Most Chileans’ actions and reasoning are determined by traditional class divisions (mostly articulated as upper, middle, and working-class). Castillo-Feliu (2016) realized that a class difference is primarily expressed in strong partial discrimination that mainly exists in metropolitan areas. Working, middle and upper class lives largely separated from one another in a quite distinctive city sector and neighborhood. Chileans automatically describe people socially based on the municipal divisions within cities where the individuals live. Speeches are also markers of social stratifications.
An upper-class Chilean exaggerates their particular ways of verbal communication to specify their social supremacy. Working-class Chilean speaks in very idiosyncratic ways (Castillo-Feliu, 2016). However, in Haiti, color constitutes the major source of social discrimination in history that led to the Haitian revolution to outlast the French revolution. According to Alexander (2016), Haiti was announced as the first Black republic in the western hemisphere in 1804. The outlasting of the French revolution in 1789 brought new concepts of universal citizenship and human rights. Though Geggus (2012) claims that Saint Dominique was the France wealthiest in the 18th century, the Haitian revolution eliminated the social classes leaving three groups of African descent; those who had run away, those who were slaves, and those who were free.
The Colonialism
The colonialism explains the difference between what happened to the Arawak/Tiano and the Mapuche. Throughout the colonial period, Mapuche remained independent but became part of the Chilean state in the 1880s after the Chilean army invaded and occupied Mapuche territory. As a result, Mapuche has become the largest cultural group in Chile that significantly contributes to the formation of this culture of mythical tales, dance, and music due to the blending of Spanish and Indians. On the other hand, Miguel (2017) found that Tiano, Arawakan speaking people who inhabited what is now called Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba (Haiti and the Dominica republic), remained independent until the time of the Spanish conquest in the late 15th century. As a result, Hispaniola has become the heart of Tiano culture, such as shifting agriculture.
The colonialism explains the difference between what happened to the Arawak/Tiano and the Mapuche. Throughout the colonial period, Mapuche remained independent but became part of the Chilean state in the 1880s after the Chilean army invaded and occupied Mapuche territory. As a result, Mapuche has become the largest cultural group in Chile that significantly contributes to the formation of this culture of mythical tales, dance, and music due to the blending of Spanish and Indians. On the other hand, Miguel (2017) found that Tiano, Arawakan speaking people who inhabited what is now called Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba (Haiti and the Dominica republic), remained independent until the time of the Spanish conquest in the late 15th century. As a result, Hispaniola has become the heart of Tiano culture, such as shifting agriculture.
The colonialism explains the difference between what happened to the Arawak/Tiano and the Mapuche. Throughout the colonial period, Mapuche remained independent but became part of the Chilean state in the 1880s after the Chilean army invaded and occupied Mapuche territory. As a result, Mapuche has become the largest cultural group in Chile that significantly contributes to the formation of this culture of mythical tales, dance, and music due to the blending of Spanish and Indians. On the other hand, Miguel (2017) found that Tiano, Arawakan speaking people who inhabited what is now called Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba (Haiti and the Dominica republic), remained independent until the time of the Spanish conquest in the late 15th century. As a result, Hispaniola has become the heart of Tiano culture, such as shifting agriculture.