Aguacate...etc........
I suspect you misunderstood your professor but if your History profe argues otherwise on these matters, then I'm sure he'll hear privately from the likes of his colleague and outstanding DR1 contributor Hillbilly, who is a much more amiable fact-checker than myself.
For what is worth, I endorse Mr. Ogre's expalanatory post, which I summarize as:
1. In 1937 papa doc was not in power, therefore NO Duvalier-Trujillo conspirational alliance possible, thus none has been documented.
3. The hush money from DR to Haitian government AFTER the killings IS generally accepted as factual. Not so much an example of mutual respect, statesmanship and collaboration, but more like a murderous example of the kind of high-level bilateral corruption that deligitimizes ALL island governments before and since then.
On the general issue of so-called antihaitianismo in the DR context, this has been debated over and over on this forum. Many direct and indirect resources on this topic are available on the web. The open discussions here -and elsewhere, for that matter - inexorably uncover little new knowledge but lots of half-thruths, radicalized opinions, and plenty of poor taste.
You of course may proceed as you -or the moderators- may wish, but I'd first consider reading as much material on the actual facts on the matter as you can (there are plenty of good books in PUCMM's library), and then seek opinion and analysis on a thread or in conversation. Like in school, we must read first to learn about something that has piqued our curiosity, and later discuss to help deepen our understanding, clarify our doubts, reshape our insights, and expand our perspectives.
bonjour et tout va bien!
- Tordok
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. Voltaire