This is just for a member who once claimed dominicans are the poorest of hispanics; I too read that article and was surprised and at disbelief. But then I found this article:
"NEW YORK- Dominicans are not New York?s poorest, on the contrary, that community is leader in the area of businesses and professional practice and is recognized for its solid contributions to the general development, said the director of the Political Press Office of Adriano Espaillat, Manhattan?s district 72 State assemblyman.
Disraeli Guill?n who spoke with journalists in response to a report that describes Dominicans as New York State?s poorest, discarding credibility to the work presented by university professor Ramona Hernandez.
Guill?n affirmed that Hernandez heads in New York "the failed Dominican Republic-New York Strategic Alliance project,? which president Leonel Fernandez seeks to implement and which has a committee of 162 members.
"The project has failed, due to ineptitude and governmental affiliation, which prevails in its structures," he said, adding that the Dominicans "must be aware that the community which we are part of and that has been fortified in the last 50 years, is now a structure of renewed population in which the Dominico-Americans predominate, leaving behind the original Dominicans, which indicates that they are well prepared young men and women adapted to all work, production and social behavior standards of the American nation,, which Hernandez discards to justify her confused appreciations," he said.
He said that "each home has three and up to five who have been born in the United States, who have been moving the authentic Quisqueyan community" and affirmed that he is willing to participate in debates on the important topic which gathering current and historical elements, establishes the real immigration indices, its establishment and development in the United States.
He cited the report "Dominicans prevail where others don?t dare," published be the newspaper Wall Street Journal to analyze how Dominican men and women, had entered New York?s businesses sectors, where others were not as bold, providing services, creating jobs and sparking development.
"If we stop to analyze that social phenomenon in our community of immigrants and its strong tradition deny the hoisting of that flag of poverty. We find a commercial structure of 29,637 average, large and small businesses, including 236 supermarkets with a annual selling power of $16 billion dollars and 4,254 warehouses, 2,365 restaurants and one immense diversity of businesses and professional service offices," he said.
In addition, Guillen said that Dominicans own and operate specialized professional services in different areas, from medicine, to installations of multiple scientific assistance centers to treat diseases.
?There are health care centers, at the highest treatment level, but, in the report given by professor Hernandez an exceptional aspect exists, that is concentrated in ignoring, typical method that experts puts into practice to create specific motivations, reason why, I allow myself to consider that to attribute to him to the Dominicans in New York, a high rate of poverty, is an interested personal report and directed to get attention.? He said.
?Attributing to a high rate of poverty to Dominicans in New York, is not strange and it does not surprise us, because in other occasions Hernandez has entered into contradiction with the Puerto Rican Fund for Legal and Educative Defense, a prestigious organization that assists the poorest Puerto Ricans in New York," Guill?n added." "
Now me:
In addition to this, although the most wealthy hispanics are Cubans; we are likely to become in close second (lets not forget however, which Cubans came to the US). And the fact that of all hispanics born in the US, dominicans are the ones who attend college the most--this would likely change our situation greatly. Despite the lack of education of the generations before us, dominican parents overall place strong emphasis on their children being educated here in the US; they don't need a diploma to understand the importance of a solid education. I have never seen a dominican asking for money in the streets...not even selling water on
Amsterdam ave or batteries in the train---it is their pride that drives them to want more; they may not have the greatest of jobs, but in NY, when you think of Lincoln cab drivers, beauty salons, auto mechanics, hispanic restaurants, latin dance clubs, latino supermarkets, bodegas, travel agencies, western unions in latino barrios, and many more--u often think of dominicans--even in neighborhoods where most are of other hispanic origins. This is impressive considering the rant of many ppl on this board often highlighting their lack of education of preparedness--and nothing else.
"NEW YORK- Dominicans are not New York?s poorest, on the contrary, that community is leader in the area of businesses and professional practice and is recognized for its solid contributions to the general development, said the director of the Political Press Office of Adriano Espaillat, Manhattan?s district 72 State assemblyman.
Disraeli Guill?n who spoke with journalists in response to a report that describes Dominicans as New York State?s poorest, discarding credibility to the work presented by university professor Ramona Hernandez.
Guill?n affirmed that Hernandez heads in New York "the failed Dominican Republic-New York Strategic Alliance project,? which president Leonel Fernandez seeks to implement and which has a committee of 162 members.
"The project has failed, due to ineptitude and governmental affiliation, which prevails in its structures," he said, adding that the Dominicans "must be aware that the community which we are part of and that has been fortified in the last 50 years, is now a structure of renewed population in which the Dominico-Americans predominate, leaving behind the original Dominicans, which indicates that they are well prepared young men and women adapted to all work, production and social behavior standards of the American nation,, which Hernandez discards to justify her confused appreciations," he said.
He said that "each home has three and up to five who have been born in the United States, who have been moving the authentic Quisqueyan community" and affirmed that he is willing to participate in debates on the important topic which gathering current and historical elements, establishes the real immigration indices, its establishment and development in the United States.
He cited the report "Dominicans prevail where others don?t dare," published be the newspaper Wall Street Journal to analyze how Dominican men and women, had entered New York?s businesses sectors, where others were not as bold, providing services, creating jobs and sparking development.
"If we stop to analyze that social phenomenon in our community of immigrants and its strong tradition deny the hoisting of that flag of poverty. We find a commercial structure of 29,637 average, large and small businesses, including 236 supermarkets with a annual selling power of $16 billion dollars and 4,254 warehouses, 2,365 restaurants and one immense diversity of businesses and professional service offices," he said.
In addition, Guillen said that Dominicans own and operate specialized professional services in different areas, from medicine, to installations of multiple scientific assistance centers to treat diseases.
?There are health care centers, at the highest treatment level, but, in the report given by professor Hernandez an exceptional aspect exists, that is concentrated in ignoring, typical method that experts puts into practice to create specific motivations, reason why, I allow myself to consider that to attribute to him to the Dominicans in New York, a high rate of poverty, is an interested personal report and directed to get attention.? He said.
?Attributing to a high rate of poverty to Dominicans in New York, is not strange and it does not surprise us, because in other occasions Hernandez has entered into contradiction with the Puerto Rican Fund for Legal and Educative Defense, a prestigious organization that assists the poorest Puerto Ricans in New York," Guill?n added." "
Now me:
In addition to this, although the most wealthy hispanics are Cubans; we are likely to become in close second (lets not forget however, which Cubans came to the US). And the fact that of all hispanics born in the US, dominicans are the ones who attend college the most--this would likely change our situation greatly. Despite the lack of education of the generations before us, dominican parents overall place strong emphasis on their children being educated here in the US; they don't need a diploma to understand the importance of a solid education. I have never seen a dominican asking for money in the streets...not even selling water on
Amsterdam ave or batteries in the train---it is their pride that drives them to want more; they may not have the greatest of jobs, but in NY, when you think of Lincoln cab drivers, beauty salons, auto mechanics, hispanic restaurants, latin dance clubs, latino supermarkets, bodegas, travel agencies, western unions in latino barrios, and many more--u often think of dominicans--even in neighborhoods where most are of other hispanic origins. This is impressive considering the rant of many ppl on this board often highlighting their lack of education of preparedness--and nothing else.