So I'm a 27 yr old Dominican/Black American Male. I have a Dominican father and Black Mother. I was raised as American and speak little Spanish, so basically I'm a black american with sof curly hair (Dominican hair).
I am a New Yorker (Manhattan, NYC) where I work as a Cancer Research Chemist. I live like a New Yorker. I'm no fool about crime etc, so that's no issues for me. I'll leave the "bling" in the US.
I'm used to having my own, making my own money, but I am very conscious about life and giving back, so I'm moving to the DR.
I am opening a healthcare clinic in a few years (in NYC) that will be geared toward lower-income people. It will be in a lower-income Latino neighborhood (primarily Dominican, Black and PR). With that in mind, I am moving to the DR in January 2010 to live there for a yr to become fluently bilingual. I ask my Dominican friends about DR and get mixed reviews about how I'll be perceived and that's why I'm here.
Why am I being warned about my brown skin and social life in DR?
Are the stereotypes true about not being treated the same as the next person because of my color?
What's the stero-type about Haitans?
What is a "gringo"?
I'm hearing that it's better to be "American" than a brownskin Dominican? Why?
Should I just say I'm American?
I plan to do cancer research while I'm there, but I would also like to volunteer and teach english, can anyone point me in the right direction?
So many questions, but that's enough for now. Respond and let me know your thoughts.
Thanks,
NYC2DR
I am a New Yorker (Manhattan, NYC) where I work as a Cancer Research Chemist. I live like a New Yorker. I'm no fool about crime etc, so that's no issues for me. I'll leave the "bling" in the US.
I'm used to having my own, making my own money, but I am very conscious about life and giving back, so I'm moving to the DR.
I am opening a healthcare clinic in a few years (in NYC) that will be geared toward lower-income people. It will be in a lower-income Latino neighborhood (primarily Dominican, Black and PR). With that in mind, I am moving to the DR in January 2010 to live there for a yr to become fluently bilingual. I ask my Dominican friends about DR and get mixed reviews about how I'll be perceived and that's why I'm here.
Why am I being warned about my brown skin and social life in DR?
Are the stereotypes true about not being treated the same as the next person because of my color?
What's the stero-type about Haitans?
What is a "gringo"?
I'm hearing that it's better to be "American" than a brownskin Dominican? Why?
Should I just say I'm American?
I plan to do cancer research while I'm there, but I would also like to volunteer and teach english, can anyone point me in the right direction?
So many questions, but that's enough for now. Respond and let me know your thoughts.
Thanks,
NYC2DR