Haiti Constitution: all citizens are black

As told 9

“haiti is a black republic. citizens of haiti. independently of the color of their skin are black.”
1:32:13 Rage, Rebellion, Organizing New Power: A Hegelian Triad2016-05-22 · 2:23:30

“Haiti is a black republic so all its citizens independently of the color of their skin are black”
6:30 Universality: Kant, Hegel, Lacan, Marx2015-07-07 · 1:36:11

“Haiti is a Black Republic, all citizens of Haiti independently of the color of their skin are black. I think this is an absolutely ingenious solution.”
20:59 Modern How-To Guide2015-05-05 · 1:23:04

What it carries

one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)

contents · one story, 3 jobsuses

concrete universality ×5 determinate negation ×2 universality ×2

Its cast and sources

populated by

Toni Morrison3 Boris Buden2 Ernst Nolte2 Leszek Kołakowski2 Walter Mignolo2 Maurizio Lazzarato3 Franco Berardi2 Toussaint Louverture3

alongside works

Roots5 Beloved3 The Rise of the Indebted Man2 Soviet Marxism2 Slumdog Millionaire2 Zardoz2 All the President's Men2 The Pelican Brief2

Told together with

21% Haiti: La Marseillaise and Polish soldiers 3 shared talks 20% Argentina pays off IMF debt, IMF panics 2 shared talks 18% Chilean slogan: 'Another end of the world is possible' 2 shared talks 17% Dinner invitation: paying the bill ritual 3 shared talks 17% All the President's Men as Hollywood Marxism / fetishist film 2 shared talks 17% Slumdog Millionaire torture scene 2 shared talks 17% Reagan and Holocaust-denial dinner guests 2 shared talks 14% Yugoslav student newspaper treats fake elections as real 2 shared talks 13% The Yugoslav Army Oath 2 shared talks 9% Postmodern permissive father and grandmother visit 2 shared talks 8% Gulag birthday telegram to Stalin 2 shared talks 7% Stalin joins the applause 2 shared talks

Every retelling 9

1:32:13 Rage, Rebellion, Organizing New Power: A Hegelian Triad2016-05-22 · 2:23:30

The 1804 Haitian constitution declared Haiti a black republic but stipulated that all citizens, regardless of skin color, were black. Žižek holds this up as a model for how particular identity can be universalized without erasing difference., illustrating universalism and particular identity,solidarity of struggle

6:30 Universality: Kant, Hegel, Lacan, Marx2015-07-07 · 1:36:11

The first Haitian republic declared itself a black republic but also acknowledged that honest white soldiers (especially Poles) helped win independence from Napoleon. The solution: all Haitian citizens, regardless of skin color, are legally 'black.', illustrating determinate negation,concrete universality,the color of universalism

20:59 Modern How-To Guide2015-05-05 · 1:23:04

To resolve the tension between declaring a Black Republic and recognizing Polish allies, Haiti's constitution declared all citizens black regardless of skin color, a formal-universal solution to the contradiction of racial solidarity., illustrating universalism,formal logic of emancipation,form matters

34:09 A Defense of Universalism2014-12-12 · 1:24:09

The Haitian constitution declared Haiti a black republic and simultaneously made all citizens black regardless of skin color, Žižek reads this as the dialectical solution to the universality/particularity problem., illustrating universality,the particular that stands for universality,Haiti Revolution

21:01 What Does It Mean to Be a Great Thinker Today?2015-05-05 · 1:42:03

The 1804 Haitian constitution, wanting both a black republic and to recognise the loyal Polish soldiers, declared: 'Haiti is a black republic; all citizens of Haiti, independently of the color of their skin, are black.', illustrating authentic universality through struggle,formal equality as starting point

~19:39 Slavoj Zizek: COVID, Tech Billionaires, Racism, and So On — 2021 Interview2021-01-16 · 1:22:13

Haiti's constitution declared every citizen black regardless of skin color or religion, a gesture Žižek finds ingenious because it exposes the hidden white standard of patronizing liberal universalism., illustrating concrete universality,all citizens are black (Haiti)