The $50 Trillion Question is... (notice, its trillions)
wventura claims to be a 2nd generation American of Dominican parents.
Ok. My question is this to you and I would like for you to fully answer it with a real answer, no reverse questions. I need to get a better feeling of your way of thought.
You were born in the USA and despite being born from Dominican parents, your birth certificate, your passport, and your citizenship is of that of an American. Ok.
Because you would like for Dominicans to pick "the culture that fits best" according to your ideology, here is the real question.
Why are you so interested in the DR and its people? Shouldn't you be embracing Hip Hop and your American culture. After all, you are American by birth and since that is more obvious (through your way of thought, your cultural preferrence probably correlates along American lines, and your understanding of the world is probably very Americanize)?
I mean, you tell Dominicans to forget about Spain and Embrace Africa because of their skin color, well I'll tell you to forget about the Dominican Republic and embrace the United States because you are legitimately recognized as an American in the eyes of international laws, etc. Don't pick to embrace both, pick one only and that should be the US of A
If you were to live by what you preach, you would not even be responding on DR1.com because your culture is that of Anglo-America, not Latin America.
Of course, you are going to feel that there is a duty within you to never forget your Dominican roots and you embrace those roots in yourown way, whether it is via a yearly trip to the island or listening to Dominican music or whatever. If you do feel that "duty" to satisfy both of your cultures in your own way, why can't you accept Dominicans in general celebrating their own culture (which is not Spanish or African, but Dominican - Remember, we are an independent country with our own way of life) in their own way?
Am I correct in this or is there some form of hypocrasy floating around here?
BTW, because on the internet is very easy to interpret something as belligerent or insulting, I want you to know that I meant to ask this question in a very relaxed, non-beligerent, intellectual manner. Thank You.