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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.45,0:00:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.68,0:00:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sigh)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.87,0:00:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a response to my video "Les \Nconsequences du Francais en Haiti"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.46,0:00:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I did it in French talking about the\Nconsequences of French in Haiti.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.23,0:00:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I published this in April and I have the \Nlink to it up here and down there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.74,0:00:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my description box.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.63,0:00:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got some really strong reactions to \Nthat post and it seems like I really hit a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.63,0:00:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nerve for some people so I'm dedicating\Nthis week's message to response and debunk
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.50,0:00:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prevalent counter arguments I received
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.60,0:00:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are the main points I made \Nin that video:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.17,0:00:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"French hinders comunication in \Nself-expression among Haitians
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.17,0:00:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It divides the Haitian population and\Nfosters an inferiority complex for the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.17,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,majority of the population.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haitions sustitute someone's ability to \Nmuster a few words in French for wisdom or
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.04,0:01:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligence.Haitions fail to realize that\Nwhat they are seeing is more important
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.02,0:01:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the language they used to say in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.74,0:01:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lastly, Haitians by and large cannot \Nspeak French.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.74,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are fairly common and well-known\Nissues I presented to support my proposal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.52,0:01:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of eliminating French as one of the two\Nofficial languages of Haiti.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.52,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But many didn't want to hear it and here \Nare some of the responses that I want to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.52,0:01:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.29,0:01:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is that the problem of Haiti\Nis one of education not of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.29,0:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is my issue with that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.73,0:01:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone knows that the state of education\Nin Haiti is dire, that has always been the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.73,0:01:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,case in Haiti but have you stopped to \Nthink that language is the basis of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.61,0:01:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning and education, so if you are \Nattempting to teach in a language that is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.61,0:01:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cumbersome, unnatural and foreign to kids\Nthen you keep them at a disadvantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.61,0:01:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The medium that allows you to communicate\Nthe knowledge you are attempting to pass
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.61,0:01:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on is extremely relevant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My experience as a student in Haiti was\Nthat many of my teachers were not fluent
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.29,0:01:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in French, far from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.63,0:01:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yes, there is an educational crisis in\NHaiti and this isn't breaking news to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.36,0:02:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone. But the fact that we are insisting\Non sticking to French as the academic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.03,0:02:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language is to our own detriment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.81,0:02:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is pedagogically impractical and \Nfrankly at this point pretty irresponsible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.17,0:02:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing people say that kind of \Ngoes along with the lack of education
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.17,0:02:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,argument is that well, we shouldn't just \Nlimit our kids to Creole we should teach
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.17,0:02:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them French, Spanish, German, Italian, \Neverything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.17,0:02:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, well, do I want our kids to learn \Nmultiple languages?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.62,0:02:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.16,0:02:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like every little Haitian out \Nthere to know as many languages as the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.16,0:02:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human brain can retain and my argument has\Nnever been to eradicate French from
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.64,0:02:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haitian schools but rather to repeal its\Nstatus as an official language of the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.71,0:02:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,republic of Haiti and instead prioritize \NCreole which is the language that every
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.82,0:02:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last Haitian speaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.18,0:02:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luxembourg has 3 official languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.70,0:02:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them I'm sure most of people have \Nnever heard of, it's called Luxembourgish
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.70,0:02:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is the language that is indigenous\Nto its people, the language of the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.70,0:03:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them so to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.92,0:03:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though, not many people outside of \NLuxembourg use it, that is the language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.92,0:03:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kids are taught in the first year of \Nprimary school before switching to German
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.60,0:03:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then French.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.35,0:03:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And proficiency and all three of their\Nofficial languages is required for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.35,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduation from secondary school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now as you can see they are somehow able \Nto pull off a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.85,0:03:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trilingual educational system to go along\Nwith the fact that they have 3 offical
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.85,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,languages meaning their important \Nlegislature, and official national affairs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.48,0:03:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are recorded and reported steadily in all\N3 of these languages,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.45,0:03:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the one that we've never heard of.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.35,0:03:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the point of this little sidebar?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.36,0:03:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it isn't a sidebar at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.99,0:03:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to answer to the people who would\Nrather say: let's just teach our Haitian
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.99,0:03:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids every language on the planet instead \Nof focusing on teaching them in their
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.99,0:03:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primary language, Creole.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.04,0:03:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A language that is said to be official in\Nour country yet all the important business
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.06,0:03:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political, professional and administrative\Ndealings are not recorded or reported
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.06,0:03:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Creole.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.04,0:04:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years, when nationally elected\Nofficials address the population,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.04,0:04:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they deliver speeches in French and all \Nwhile everyone knows that Creole
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.04,0:04:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.88,0:04:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creole is constitutionally one of our \Nofficial languages but that's only
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.95,0:04:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a L'oral" like people say, meaning it's \Nonly something we say.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.02,0:04:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have we even tried to apply it in that\Ncapacity?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.10,0:04:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have we even tried before we start crying\Nhow it is unsustainable as a global means
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.11,0:04:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of communication for our children?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.25,0:04:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kills me is that these people \Nobjecting so passionately against the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.54,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removal of French are the first to boast \Nthat we defeated French in 1804
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.82,0:04:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the one thing from which they\Nderive Haitian pride, yet they don't
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.82,0:04:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize that they are perpetuating \Noppression,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.80,0:04:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding stubbornly onto the language and \Nthe ways of the French at the expense of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.05,0:04:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.17,0:04:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you telling me that back in\Nthe days, you and your friends used to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.17,0:05:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speak French, that's like me say every \NHaitian speaks English because my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.07,0:05:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I speak it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.80,0:05:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.57,0:05:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the data, education has \Nalways been a privilege reserved for the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.57,0:05:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very few in Haiti and only the educated\Ncan manage to speak a little French in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.57,0:05:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haiti ergo.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.52,0:05:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certain people's experiences back in the \Nday when things were a little bit better
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.52,0:05:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some doesn't demonstrate that at some\Npoint French worked in Haiti.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.97,0:05:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It never did and never will.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.88,0:05:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the other argument I got quite a bit \Nis that we can't get rid of French
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.06,0:05:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we need something to keep us \Nconnected to the rest of the world and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.06,0:05:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people were also saying that having a \NCreole take-over
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.79,0:05:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now would set us back because we would \Nhave to start from scratch
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.45,0:05:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since Creole is such an unformulated\Nlanguage.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.72,0:05:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, first of all, I hate to break it to \Nyou but the world has left Haiti behind
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.34,0:05:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a long time ago, and it's not just because\Nour people don't speak French,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because we have not invested or\Neducated our people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.96,0:05:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speaking French is not what's going to get\Nconnected or keep us connected to the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.96,0:06:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world because we don't need French to\Nfacilitate international exchanges
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.96,0:06:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to implement French as a language of\Nthe Haitian people would require the same
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.96,0:06:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effort as to implement any other language\Noutside of Creole.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.96,0:06:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With Creole we have an advantage,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.85,0:06:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's our mother tongue, we already \Nspeak it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.29,0:06:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to make the distinction:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.42,0:06:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To teach French is not the same as \Neducating our people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.42,0:06:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in the USA, everyone speaks the same\Nlanguage, yet you will see that an
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.65,0:06:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uneducated person cannot articulate or\Nexpress themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.65,0:06:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why our Creole-speaking masses\Nsound uneducated oftentimes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.65,0:06:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because they are uneducated,not because\Nthey are speaking Creole.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.24,0:06:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, French can make a smart and \Neducated Haitian sound stupid
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.48,0:06:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a stupid Haitian who can remember \Ntheir French vocab and grammar rules is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.48,0:06:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes reveal and considered smart,no\Nmatter how dimwitted they might be.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.28,0:06:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something really wrong with this\Npicture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.83,0:07:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was lucky enough to listen to Maurice\NSixto at a young age and discovered how
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.07,0:07:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was able to claim such profound, \Nculturally relevant,poetic and educational
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.77,0:07:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories in Creole.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.83,0:07:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was well spoken and most importantly\NHaitians could understand and truly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.83,0:07:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connect with the deeper meaning of what\Nhe was sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.83,0:07:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back then, he wielded the Creole language,\Nwhich some attempt to devoid of all
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.24,0:07:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,virtues, brilliantly, because he was \Neducated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.31,0:07:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was able to use his imagination and\Ntalent to enrich the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.33,0:07:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Had there been more of an encouragement\Nfor self-expression in Creole and Haiti
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.33,0:07:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respect for the language, no doubt, it\Nwould be at a more refined stage today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.46,0:07:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happened when something is \Nyours, when you care about something,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.58,0:07:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you work at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.10,0:07:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's your responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.78,0:07:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't just sit and say it will never \Nwork because the languages that are so
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.78,0:07:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sophisticated today weren't always that\Nway;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.10,0:07:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people developed them, people made them\Ngreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.48,0:08:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't just sit and say let's adopt\Nanother language that's already developed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.40,0:08:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us assimilate and sound educated.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.84,0:08:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That being said, I appreciate that fact \Nthat we need to equip our children with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.84,0:08:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tools to compete on a global level
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.13,0:08:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that includes language skills
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.93,0:08:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that doesn't preclude us from \Nstrengthening and valuing our own language
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.62,0:08:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own country and taking advantage of\Nit to educate our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.62,0:08:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keeping that in mind, if I had to choose \Nthe second mandatory language for the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.62,0:08:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education in Haiti, for our kids to know \Ninside and out, it would definitely not
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.62,0:08:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be French because in today's world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.82,0:08:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French is struggling to remain revelant.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.19,0:08:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That has been the trend for some time now,\Nyou can check out the links to a few
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.100,0:08:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,articles I posted to support that \Nstatement in the description box.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.36,0:08:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen my Haitian people, generally \Nspeaking, we don't speak French,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.36,0:08:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me included, and here are the reasons why.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.54,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speaking a language is not about knowing\Nsome of the grammar or being able to read
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write or understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.61,0:08:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about living the language, hearing it\Nand feeling it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.61,0:08:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know some kids who were tragically\Nforbidden by their parents in Haiti to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.61,0:09:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,utter of a word of Creole growing up in \NHaiti,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.61,0:09:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet they still didn't speak French what \Nthey did was essentially translate Creole
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.78,0:09:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,phrases into French like for example
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.14,0:09:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"envoie les yeux pour moi s'il te plait"\N(true story)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.14,0:09:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, is it grammatically correct, sure,\Nis it French?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.77,0:09:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll leave that up to you to decide.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.18,0:09:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course you can interact very well with \Na native French speaker but communicating
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.73,0:09:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,successfully to another Haitian in French\Nis much harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.73,0:09:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Short of constantly immersing ourselves in\NFrench in the French culture through up to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.61,0:09:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,date literature, cinema, or other creative\Nwork,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.13,0:09:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really cannot keep up with the language
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.18,0:09:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yeah, we don't speak French and it's ok\Nit's not the end of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.02,0:09:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's not ok is people, my people, not
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.02,0:09:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of rationally debating a critical \Nissues in our Haitian society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.88,0:10:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who will tell me "well why aren't\Nyou speaking Creole?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.88,0:10:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meanwhile their kids probably don't speak\Na lick of Creole let alone the French that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.88,0:10:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are so loudly and mindlessly \Ndefending,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.02,0:10:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are blinded by their bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.07,0:10:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said it in my other video and I'll \Nrepeat it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.82,0:10:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the French language.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.43,0:10:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favourite recording artist this season\Nis actually Belgian.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.36,0:10:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so grateful that I was afforded the\Nopportunity to learn French.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.36,0:10:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Haitians don't get that opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.100,0:10:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will pass on as much appreciation\Nfor French to my kids as I can because the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.59,0:10:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,issue is not and has never been the\Nlanguage; the issue is the many Haitian
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.96,0:10:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who simply refuse to wake up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.04,0:10:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, my name is Marli, I am a Haiti\Nhope ambassador and Wake up Haitians,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.48,0:10:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seriously.