For 10 points, name this 1937 machete-inflicted slaying of thousands of Haitians on the order of Rafael Trujillo in which Haitians could not fluently pronounce the Spanish word for a certain herb.
Michele Wucker's Why the Cocks Fight describes this event, which was reported on for Collier's by Quentin Reynolds. Stenio Vincent angrily demanded reparations for this event, but never received the full amount he requested. A Rita Dove poem that uses the repeated line "like a parrot imitating spring" alludes to this event. This event was precipitated by a speech given by the man who ordered it at a dance, in which that man promised to "fix" the problem of cattle and fruit theft conducted by a certain group of people. This event forms the backdrop behind Edwidge Danticat's novel The Farming of Bones, as the main protagonists have survived it. For 10 points, name this 1937 machete-inflicted slaying of thousands of Haitians on the order of Rafael Trujillo in which Haitians could not fluently pronounce the Spanish word for a certain herb.
Michele Wucker's Why the Cocks Fight describes this event, which was reported on for Collier's by Quentin Reynolds.
Parsley Massacre [or El Corte]