Well Gringo bachata, I beg to differ. Dominicans who live in the DR and "African Americans" have very little, if anything, in common. I observe this on a regular basis where I work. They speak a different language. Dominicans identify with ancestral roots from Spain, African Americans with ancestral roots from Africa. The difference in their forma de ser is like the day and the night. The emotional baggage most African Americans have toward white people does not exist with Dominicans who live here in the DR. The fact that 76-80 % of Dominicans are not white has very little to do with the commonality which they might or might not share with "African Americans"