Let me tell you who sankies are.
They are all poor from ugly barrios (ghettos) of this island. They work in resorts and resort areas (beach vendors, tour operators etc). They are always seen in discos and hotels. They have no education and their only art is talking in english, dancing and picking up easy women. These guys don't know where Dominican republic is on world's map, let alone know any other countries. They are usually from broken families and from country side with their family from their mother's side. The girls are also from poor back ground and often come to tourist industry to make a quick buck by going out with tourists. Many hotel young employees just want to hook up with any foreign woman to leave the country. Some guys who are good at it, go out of the country with a foreign woman (marriage) and then come back when they realize they have to act like a decent husband and work their butt off to make a living. They come back and get back in to sankie routine. This time they make several girlfriends and use them for money and gifts.
These hotel servents are only seen as servents by their own people (dominicans). Not a single sankie has ever dated a decent dominican girl from santiago or santo domingo. They are not encouraged to talk to these people because the decent domincians know sankies are servent class of this island. Sanky will never make good money in DR because he has no education, class or social status to be accepted into society. These poor guys can only work odd jobs to survive, thus their only means out of poverty is to get hooked with a dumb tourist girl who would take him out of this island.
You will never see a sankie with a decent dominican girl. You will not even see them talking to a decent dominican girl. These fancy dominican girls look down upon these hotel servents.
Dominicans can't figure out why so many educated looking foreign women go head over heals for these servents? What do they see in them? Why do they find them attractive? Why do they stoop so low to pay for them?
now you know why decent dominicans won't socialize with tourists?
Its all too simple, you invite a decent looking foreigner to your house where you have invited several other decent proud dominicans and what happens? The dumb foreigner brings in his or her cheap boyfriend or girlfriend from street. yes, I have seen this all the time, a foreigner bringing in a cheap street hooker or a cheap sankie pimp from hotel industry. These hookers / pimps just don't fit in to the same gathering as decent dominicans. The foreigners have no clue what is going on. The same foreigners take the cheap street pimps, hookers to fancy restaurants where they sit side by side decent dominicans and dine. They take them to fancy plazas where decent folks shop, thus bringing down the reputation of the business. I see so many street chopas know so much about fancy restaurants all over santiago. They constantly dine in camp david and paparazzos etc. These girls eat rice and bean everyday and would not be allowed to crosss the street where the restaurant is located yet you foreigners take them to these establishments to ruin the reputation of the business. When will you all learn to socialize with people of egual status? what is wrong with you guys and girls?
How is it that people coming from the richest country in the world with decent education and act so dumb and cheap?
I just don't get it.
AZB