I know for a fact that the subject caught your attention. The fact of the matter is that color plays a major role in how Dominicans feel about Hatians. There is no denying that. Imagine, for a minute, that Haiti was all white, don't you think that things would be a little different? Let's be realistic! If that were true we probably would not even have a separate Island. Am I right or not? Imagine that our neighbor to the west was Puerto Rico instead of Haiti. How would things be then? All of you who really want to believe that it's really about the fact that they dominated the whole island for about 22 years are fooling yourselves!
The reality of this issue is that what we see is what we learn! We were taught (in many ways) that white is better and it stuck. Look, things here in the states might have changed a lot but deep inside most white folks still feel superior to those of color. Am I lying? You all know that I'm telling the truth. Let me be honest, I know that racism is wrong and that God didn't make white superior to black but sometimes I feel like I have a little racism inside of me too and I'm not even white. I have the tone of Fernandito Villalona or somewhat. Now, my point is that we have to come to the truth to be able to come to a solution. If we don't see the problem we will never get down to repairing it, period.
Let me add a little fun to this
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This is my take>>>>>>> You have some sort of racism inside you if:
1) You think that building a wall to keep Hatians out is a good idea.
2) You wish an earthquake would split the two into two separate nations.
3) You hope that more white people will immigrate to the DR to keep it from being all black.
4) You hope that somehow all the Hatians can be taken back to Africa and DR be the whole Island.
AND MY FAVORITE
5) You are as black as it gets and you would die trying to prove to people that you're really indian or that you are really that color because you were under the sun for too long!
It's too funny sometimes, is it not?
I still love my Dominican people
Viva my patria!!!
The reality of this issue is that what we see is what we learn! We were taught (in many ways) that white is better and it stuck. Look, things here in the states might have changed a lot but deep inside most white folks still feel superior to those of color. Am I lying? You all know that I'm telling the truth. Let me be honest, I know that racism is wrong and that God didn't make white superior to black but sometimes I feel like I have a little racism inside of me too and I'm not even white. I have the tone of Fernandito Villalona or somewhat. Now, my point is that we have to come to the truth to be able to come to a solution. If we don't see the problem we will never get down to repairing it, period.
Let me add a little fun to this
)This is my take>>>>>>> You have some sort of racism inside you if:
1) You think that building a wall to keep Hatians out is a good idea.
2) You wish an earthquake would split the two into two separate nations.
3) You hope that more white people will immigrate to the DR to keep it from being all black.
4) You hope that somehow all the Hatians can be taken back to Africa and DR be the whole Island.
AND MY FAVORITE
5) You are as black as it gets and you would die trying to prove to people that you're really indian or that you are really that color because you were under the sun for too long!
It's too funny sometimes, is it not?
I still love my Dominican people
Viva my patria!!!