Some truths, some half truths
I guess he didn't noticed the statues and busts of Gregorio Luper?n, heck, even Jos? Francisco Pe?a G?mez has busts of him throughout the country and he was of pure Haitian ancestry! And that's the tip of the iceberg.
I think he address some of this instances of "changing" features in the statues. Now I have lived in DR for 3 yrs, and I have seen some of these statues and I can tell you they do not look like the actual descriptions of them.
I have not been to that particulat slave museum but as you typed it all I could think was, why don't they have any of the images of the dressed heads of state, why just the one of the man in shackles?
As a black man living in the DR, speaking a great spanish, I have often been confused as a Haitain resident or immigrant and been subjected to some harsh words and actions. then upon finding out Im American/Trinidadian they say "oh i thought you were Haitian" as if it justifies the shyt they said or did.
I do feel he could have gone further in many many many ways!
Some of his views are baised and he is making no attempts to hide the pride in being in the first Black run republic of the new world. Most people don't even know that was possible, and its 2011! SO much is not taught to us. Growing up, even amongst other caribbean descendants, the haitian kids had it tough, speaking with an accent far different and us saying things like the country is poor. I never heard any of the good things until speaking to and seeing for myself. They have so many RICH ppl and places there, so much rich history and the first to do what we have never been able to do in the the USA