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What I am about to say is not intended as racist.Its not intended as a joke but as a serious discussion on an extremely delicate subject. Its intent is to talk a little about something peculiar within the DR and Haiti.
This is another interesting nuance about the DR and Haiti.Its funny how so many Dominicans revile, complain and wish death upon their neighbor.Yet the vast majority of Dominicans have haitian blood.Its also funny how if you ask most Dominicans what they are, they will minimize their African heritage which is more predominant than their Spanish influence.
The DR is a mulatto country yet the word mulatto is in itself trying to hide their African reality.Why is this?
I remember once I was with my grandfather in Boca Chica.The locals thought we were tourists cause we are white.I'm not saying white by Dominican standards which is a whole thread to itself but by European standards.Of course when we opened our mouths they said " A peo ellos son cibaenos."This was the first time I came into contact with purely black Dominicans.While we were talking about directions ,one of the guys cedula(I.D. card) fell on the floor and I picked it up.This guy was clearly of African origin yet his card said Indian.My gramps explained to me that most people in the DR have that designation.
Why is there this desire to repress their African origin? Its plainly obvious to all that the DR is more African than Spanish.
A guy like Pena Gomez who was of African extraction yet was ridiculed as such by people who in themselves are black though of a lighter shade.Most people downplay this side.
Amongst latinos there is a joke that seems to be offensive.There are 3 things that will never occur.1 ACuban that doesn't talk split 2A Puertorican that works 3A white Dominican
Offensive as it seems it tells you the perception that people have of the DR which is true.
School education minimizes this. It goes so far to state an erroneous fact that the ancestors of the DR people were the Taino Indians.All of this in an effort to extricate the truth that the present day people are descendants of African slaves with minimal Spanish blood mingled in them.
What I am about to offer is a simplistic solution to complex cultural and linguistic problems.
1) Dominicans must realize their true origin as descendants of Haitians and Africans.This would be accomplished by changing the school curriculum and gov't intervention with the help of the media.
2)They must understand they have much more in common with their neighbor than with Spain or Latin America.
3)Using this foundation, begin a process towards national reconciliation which would strenghten both countries.This would be based on understanding and not on suscipicion.
4)Begin a process of unification between both sides and hopefully end up one day as one island nation with one common gov't and economy.
This was Pena Gomez's dream and it was a beautiful idea.That two groups of people who have much more in common could share instead of hate.It truly saddens me that his life was cut short
Being cut short by that cancerous demon.Being cut short by repulsive rascist elements within the DR that ridiculed this genius for his skin color.These same morons not realizing they are of the same stock.
I know with total certainty as the world desires to become closer in every sense of the word that Pena Gomez dream will one day become a reality.
This is another interesting nuance about the DR and Haiti.Its funny how so many Dominicans revile, complain and wish death upon their neighbor.Yet the vast majority of Dominicans have haitian blood.Its also funny how if you ask most Dominicans what they are, they will minimize their African heritage which is more predominant than their Spanish influence.
The DR is a mulatto country yet the word mulatto is in itself trying to hide their African reality.Why is this?
I remember once I was with my grandfather in Boca Chica.The locals thought we were tourists cause we are white.I'm not saying white by Dominican standards which is a whole thread to itself but by European standards.Of course when we opened our mouths they said " A peo ellos son cibaenos."This was the first time I came into contact with purely black Dominicans.While we were talking about directions ,one of the guys cedula(I.D. card) fell on the floor and I picked it up.This guy was clearly of African origin yet his card said Indian.My gramps explained to me that most people in the DR have that designation.
Why is there this desire to repress their African origin? Its plainly obvious to all that the DR is more African than Spanish.
A guy like Pena Gomez who was of African extraction yet was ridiculed as such by people who in themselves are black though of a lighter shade.Most people downplay this side.
Amongst latinos there is a joke that seems to be offensive.There are 3 things that will never occur.1 ACuban that doesn't talk split 2A Puertorican that works 3A white Dominican
Offensive as it seems it tells you the perception that people have of the DR which is true.
School education minimizes this. It goes so far to state an erroneous fact that the ancestors of the DR people were the Taino Indians.All of this in an effort to extricate the truth that the present day people are descendants of African slaves with minimal Spanish blood mingled in them.
What I am about to offer is a simplistic solution to complex cultural and linguistic problems.
1) Dominicans must realize their true origin as descendants of Haitians and Africans.This would be accomplished by changing the school curriculum and gov't intervention with the help of the media.
2)They must understand they have much more in common with their neighbor than with Spain or Latin America.
3)Using this foundation, begin a process towards national reconciliation which would strenghten both countries.This would be based on understanding and not on suscipicion.
4)Begin a process of unification between both sides and hopefully end up one day as one island nation with one common gov't and economy.
This was Pena Gomez's dream and it was a beautiful idea.That two groups of people who have much more in common could share instead of hate.It truly saddens me that his life was cut short
Being cut short by that cancerous demon.Being cut short by repulsive rascist elements within the DR that ridiculed this genius for his skin color.These same morons not realizing they are of the same stock.
I know with total certainty as the world desires to become closer in every sense of the word that Pena Gomez dream will one day become a reality.