Just to clarify, I am in no way trying to compare DR to the US,
I just want to get a feel for people's opinion or feelings about
ethnicity and racism within our own people, and the dominican gov't.
I myself was born in the US, my parents and the majority of my family has come from DR. I've been raised with the culture, and
I value it very much.
My experience with dominicans here in NY, and in DR, in terms of
ethnicity is that, many dominicans are afraid to recognize their
african ancestry or even mixed in Haitian blood. I myself am a son
of a light-skinned dominican woman, and a dark skinned dominican man. I do recognize or acknowledge my african ancestry, but unfortunately, i have noticed that others don't.
Sometimes I become fustrated and confused when, dominicans
here in NY, speak badly of the "blacks" here, yet they themselves
are obviously black.
It is to my understanding that at least 70% of domincans are mixed... please correct me if i'm wrong.