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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.90,0:00:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This message is dedicated to my fellow\NFrancophiles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.56,0:00:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who get alarmed or even offended at the\Nthought of eliminating French
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.63,0:00:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one of the official languages of the\NRepublic of Haiti.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.66,0:00:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am speaking today as a Haitian who is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.98,0:00:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly madly in love with the French\Nlanguage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.48,0:00:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I confess that my fascination for not only\Nthe richness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.30,0:01:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the language but also for those who\Nmaster it without boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, these days, I reject the\Nlanguage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look down on it as much as some of my\Nfellow Haitians
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look down on the Creole language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, I have a lot of trouble expressing\Nmyself in French.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some may even say that I'm losing my\NFrench.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is sad how Haitians always think\Nthey are able to lose something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in no way and at no point in time\Nbelonged to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say all that and still today I'm pushing to\Ndeliver this message in French.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because I'm targeting those of us who\Nwould be hard-pressed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take me seriously if I had chosen to\Nshare my ideas in my maternal language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to understand the damage you\Nare causing to your country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be fully aware of this damage and I\Nhope I'll manage to do that, in French.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I observed especially from the\NHaitians living in Haiti is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French isn't a tool for communication that\Nallows the exchange of ideas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the passing of customs and culture or the\Nexpression of convictions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, it strips away the most\Nremarkable and precious
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human experiences from us,\Nconversation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has become nothing more than one\Nmore way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to segregate the Haitian population.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to tell from the get-go who\Ndeserves your good manners
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who you will snub, who you will barter\Nwith, and who you will charge double.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it really doesn't help us to communicate properly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also witnessed the mistreatment\NHaitians receive in Haiti
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply because they cannot speak\NFrench; a colonial language,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a language that we don't even teach to\Nmost of our people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a language that is so foreign to us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a language that despite the fact that it\Nhas dominated our educational system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for over two centuries is still lost among\Nour people who are far from mastering it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is rather deplorable.