First I would like to say that I have been to the DR 8 times and 7 of them have been at club residencial. I have always enjoyed my stay there until this last vacation. I have always cooked in my room while staying at this hotel but this time the owners had a problem with it. My girlfriend always stays with me and cooks for me but I was told any food could be cooked other than dominican food. I asked Beatrice (owner) why was it a problem because we have always cooked dominican food. She responded that they don't cook like us or eat like us. She stated the a person from Europe would not rent the after the dominican cooking. While she was talking her husband walked up and told me that I was fortunate that they let me stay at thier hotel and that dominicans were aliens. He told me that I was a guest and made it seem that dominicans were not human. I told him that perhaps you are the fortunate one because I chose your hotel. At this point I was very angry, Oh forgot to tell you that I am black man from the USA. I said that to say that this guy is used to talking down to dominicans and forgot who I was. I told him the I didn't identified with the us that he was referring to and that I was offended by the statements. There was also another guest from Canada that was married to a domincan and had a heated conversation that followed.
I was trying to keep my composure because I brought 5 other guys along with me on this vacation. With all that said, we decided to finish our vacation there and invited dominicans to eat with us everyday and at happy hour bought drinks for dominicans passing by to keep the bar full of the people they dislike so much. I know you are wondering why didn't you just leave and go somewhere else. It was the principle. I work for the fire dept and have always brought people with me each time I've vacationed. I have delt with people like them all of my life and was not going to run away. Before leaving I expressed how people of color were only welcome if they were paying and how I would not stay there again if hell froze over. I guess you have a--holes every where you go. I found another place to stay for the same price with better accomadations. The only thing I will miss is the nice dominicans that work at the hotel for those a--holes.
I was trying to keep my composure because I brought 5 other guys along with me on this vacation. With all that said, we decided to finish our vacation there and invited dominicans to eat with us everyday and at happy hour bought drinks for dominicans passing by to keep the bar full of the people they dislike so much. I know you are wondering why didn't you just leave and go somewhere else. It was the principle. I work for the fire dept and have always brought people with me each time I've vacationed. I have delt with people like them all of my life and was not going to run away. Before leaving I expressed how people of color were only welcome if they were paying and how I would not stay there again if hell froze over. I guess you have a--holes every where you go. I found another place to stay for the same price with better accomadations. The only thing I will miss is the nice dominicans that work at the hotel for those a--holes.