Somewhere along the way, the Black community in America faced a choice between the entrepreneurial spirit of Booker T. Washington and the Marxism of W.E.B. DuBois. We went with DuBois, and things have been largely downhill since.

Bill Quigley continues this unfortunate trend with Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti. Rather than allow error to go uncorrected, I will examine each of Prof. Quigley’s points in light of both our disagreements and agreements. Prof. Quigley’s points are in italics; my responses are in bold type.

One. Allow all Haitians in the US to work.
Um, US unemployment is well into double digits. Where are all the jobs from which the Haitians, alone among people apparently, are being barred?

Two. Do not allow US military in Haiti to point their guns at Haitians.
Agreed. Keep the US military out of Haiti, as well as the other 177 countries in which they presently are garrisoned.

Three. Give Haiti grants as help, not loans. Haiti does not need any more debt.
Agreed. Give Haiti as much grant money as the private sector is willing to provide. The US does not need any more debt to provide unconstitutional foreign aid.

Make sure that the relief given helps Haiti rebuild its public sector so the country can provide its own citizens with basic public services.
Not a word about Haiti developing a wealth-creating private sector? How odd. Is Haiti to become a permanent welfare protectorate?

Four. Prioritize humanitarian aid to help women, children and the elderly. They are always moved to the back of the line. If they are moved to the back of the line, start at the back.
If there were real men in Haiti, this wouldn’t be an issue. If Prof. Quigley wants outsiders to deal with the problem, then someone is going to have to point guns at Haitians.

Five. President Obama can enact Temporary Protected Status for Haitians with the stroke of a pen. Do it.
Yes, do it! Flood the country with more uneducated, diseased (highest rate of tuberculosis in the Western hemisphere), sexually irresponsible (highest rate of AIDS in the Western hemisphere), unassimilable minorities, living on welfare (especially since, as noted above, we’re a bit short of jobs in the US right now), cultivating an entitlement mentality, nursing grievances, making babies (birthright citizens), driving up the crime rate, etc. That should provide ample pretext for the Federal takeover of not only the health care industry, but the entire US economy. Socialist Utopia, here we come!

Six. Respect Human Rights from Day One. The UN has enacted Guiding Principles for Internally Displaced People. Make them required reading for every official and non-governmental person and organization.
Any NGO that’s doing what it should doesn’t have time to wade through this dreck, most of which only applies to governments. I’ll only note the rather bizarre articulation of a “right” to be forced to attend school.

Seven. Apologize to the Haitian people everywhere for Pat Roberts [sic] and Rush Limbaugh.
Not too much argument here. But when do the rest of us get apologies for Aristide, the Duvaliers, or the wonderful leaders who have made sub-Saharan Africa the garden paradise it is today?

Eight. Release all Haitians in US jails who are not accused of any crimes.
Even in post 9-11 Amerika, with its PATRIOT Act, Military Commissions Act, warrantless (in every sense of the word) surveillance, etc., it’s still rather hard to be in jail without being accused of a crime. Law Professor Quigley needs to explain himself here.

Nine. Require that all the non-governmental organizations which raise money in the US be transparent about what they raise, where the money goes, and insist that they be legally accountable to the people of Haiti.
Leave it to a law professor to try to spin a Lawyers’ Full Employment Act out of a natural disaster.

Ten. Treat all Haitians as we ourselves would want to be treated.
That’s a good rule for anyone, anywhere, anytime. You do realize, though, that that requires you to renounce the initiation of force against your fellow man, even if you have the best of intentions?