I personally think there's an agenda by some people to tarnish the DR's image. The reasons could be many ranging from envy all the way to outright hatred of all things Dominican. But lets list the more obvious possible reasons (this is not say every person that posts something negative has all of these as their motivation, but definitely at least one of them) in no particular order, as I see (and have labeled) them:
Anti-Dominicanism: The belief that Dominicans and all things Dominicans are inferior, stupid or somehow no worthy of praise/respect. I think this doesn't need much explanation.
Frustrated Messiah: Believed to be some sort of messiah, a savior of the Dominican people. This is the type that moves to the DR thinking they will make Dominicans 'see the light.' Then they realized that not only they are not a messiah, but Dominicans in general don't care much for their foreign ways and theories. Thus, they become frustrated and deal with their frustration by finding all sorts of faults in Dominican society, and then blow them out of proportion.
Frustrated Dominican Wanna-be: This is the type that has issues accepting him/herself and thinks he/she can disconnect themselves from their cultural reality by
'becoming Dominican', not knowing that once you are a part of a culture, you will be a part of that culture until the day you die. While there are plenty that successfully make the transition (never fully because that's impossible), many, if not most, fail. First because they never fully took the time to truly understand the real Dominican culture rather than the superficial half-fabricated in the mind of the Dominican wanna-be culture he thought it was; second because once he discover what Dominican culture is, suddenly he's not interested in becoming Dominican. Now he's committed to badmouthing and minimizing all things Dominican as a sort of 'revenge' for what essentially is his own stupidity. In other words, curse all things Dominicans because we're not how he wants for us to be.
Benign Pro-Haitian: Yes, they exist. They're on a quest of belittling all things Dominican, trying to make Dominicans feel responsible for every little bad thing that happens to Haiti and Haitians in Haiti. They are motivated more by the plight of the Haitians and simply want Dominicans to give them a hand; however, they go about this in all the wrong ways that in the end causes Dominicans to further themselves away from all things Haitian, even helping them. The reaction of the benign pro-Haitian towards a Dominican depends almost entirely on the Dominican's attitude towards Haiti and the Haitians. Any signs of discontent or worry, even when hatred or belittling of things Haitian is not apparent, is enough for the benign pro-Haitian to not fully trust such Dominican.
Envious Pro-Haitian: These are just like the previous one, except that they are frustrated at the situation in Haiti and envy the DR for being able to avoid being like Haiti (ie. every time something good happens in the DR, they're always there to diminish it or reduce it to some disgraceful wishful thinking). Their goal is to be a major headache to Dominicans, at least as long as Haiti remains in the hole its in. They know Haiti is messed up, but they can't stand that the DR is not as much. They would like to either see the DR and Dominicans destroyed, if not 'Haitianized' under the belief that it will cause Dominicans to let the funds flow to Haiti for building roads, schools, hospitals, basically build the whole country. If the DR survives, great; if it doesn't, still great! The idea is to not have Haiti behind the DR in development.
White Supremacy: I don't think there's much of this, but it probably exists among some folks. Dominicans are non-White, hence will never amount to anything. That's the gist of it. In the mean time, they need to prove it, at least to themselves.
Black Supremacy: Similar to the WS, except that these have a intense hatred towards Whites and lack confidence towards Mulattoes (unless the Mulatto practices self-hatred by claiming to be Black as oppose to, well, Mulatto. It's a way of denying and expressing hatred towards their White heritage). With almost 90% of Dominicans being either Mulatto (who definitely don't see themselves as Black) or White, add to that the DR being ahead of Haiti, add to that the meaning Haiti has for Black Supremacists, add to that the widely known theories of the White Supremacists; it doesn't take much thinking to understand why these people feel like they do towards the DR. Their goals are to either convince the Mulatto Dominicans that they should consider themselves Black to eventually oust the Whites, or to keep Dominicans frozen regarding the Haitian migration ordeal until the DR is so Haitianized that it becomes indistinguishable from Haiti, and then they can oust the Whites and even the Mulattoes that refuse to see themselves as Black.
Extended Anti-Haitianism: A group of individuals that have a hard time believing that a country next to Haiti can be so different. This I've been witness to with one former friend native of Panama. Before he knew I was Dominican, he revealed to me that he doesn't think a country next to Haiti can ever amount to much. This was during the Baninter crisis.
Plain Old Pessimists/Cynicals: People that always see the glass half-empty, and if you say it's half-full, it means you're trying to hide the sun with one finger. They know how everything will fail. It doesn't matter what it is, they find a way to ruin it. Amazing people that could've been much help to humanity had they not been so freaking negative! :cheeky:
Inferiority Complex: This applies mostly to Dominicans that have such an inferiority complex towards all things Dominican, that, especially when they move abroad, react as if they are part of the hegemonic society. They think that because they no longer live in the DR, that they are above all the Dominicans still living in the country, and much worst are those who can move abroad but choose to stay. They often fail to notice that many non-Dominicans that show a lack of faith on all things Dominicans do so precisely due to the Dominican people, hence the problem is in the people. They fail to notice that despite living abroad, they are perceived by some to be less for simply being Dominican.
So, there you go.
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