Chip, excluding Lilis, who are other great "dark" leaders? Don't include "Mestizo or Mulatto" leaders, just "dark" leaders. And exclude Trujillo as he wasn't nor did he recognize himslef as dark.
And the concept of Pena is relevant. Did you ever read "La Isla Al Reves," by Balaguer? Take a glance at that and then come back to me....And finally on the Pena topic, he was the leader of the masses in the DR. A PRD icon leader of the masses who had all but secured the Presidency until it was taken from him. Because of his skin color. So the masses wanted him and the status quo didn't.
As for your claims on the reasons Dominicans have problems with "bad hair and dark skin" has only so little to do with Haiti, and more to do with historical developments. As a product of that history, Haiti now faces the repudiation of those values by Dominicans who are so inclined to do so...meaning Haiti is a recipient of a racial mindset developed hundreds of years before the Republic of Haiti was even formed.
Finally, your arrogance towards the subject is disappointing. So you've been here two years and you can speak on the DR's racial politics as if you were an expert? There are men and women who have been here their whole lives and can't begin to fully describe the racial issues in this country and you can do so in a few posts...after a few years of living here? The issues are much bigger than you. Just because you don't see the problem (i.e disagreement with mixed marriages) doesn't mean they don't exist. Just because you don't see Leonel Fernanez steal millions, doesn't mean he hasn't done it.
I will agree with you on this, we can't and shouldn't generalize and we shouldn't turn the minority into the majority, but take a step back and realize that the problems with race are far more reaching than your time here in the DR.
And now back to our regularly scheduled conversation about Barack and Hilary....
And the concept of Pena is relevant. Did you ever read "La Isla Al Reves," by Balaguer? Take a glance at that and then come back to me....And finally on the Pena topic, he was the leader of the masses in the DR. A PRD icon leader of the masses who had all but secured the Presidency until it was taken from him. Because of his skin color. So the masses wanted him and the status quo didn't.
As for your claims on the reasons Dominicans have problems with "bad hair and dark skin" has only so little to do with Haiti, and more to do with historical developments. As a product of that history, Haiti now faces the repudiation of those values by Dominicans who are so inclined to do so...meaning Haiti is a recipient of a racial mindset developed hundreds of years before the Republic of Haiti was even formed.
Finally, your arrogance towards the subject is disappointing. So you've been here two years and you can speak on the DR's racial politics as if you were an expert? There are men and women who have been here their whole lives and can't begin to fully describe the racial issues in this country and you can do so in a few posts...after a few years of living here? The issues are much bigger than you. Just because you don't see the problem (i.e disagreement with mixed marriages) doesn't mean they don't exist. Just because you don't see Leonel Fernanez steal millions, doesn't mean he hasn't done it.
I will agree with you on this, we can't and shouldn't generalize and we shouldn't turn the minority into the majority, but take a step back and realize that the problems with race are far more reaching than your time here in the DR.
And now back to our regularly scheduled conversation about Barack and Hilary....