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Dominicans in the U.S. Can you identify?
LMAO i do not like bachata! some people pretend to revoke my DR card when they hear that but its all in good fun. Alot of people are proud of where they are from. Ask a Korean, East Indian, (American *gasp*),etc. Most of the time theres some nationalism and pride involved in their culture. Of course some adhere more than others.
Its natural to have warm, fuzzy feelings for "your land" and the people and culture that make it unique. Not everyone can just turn away from everything and everyone they know and pretend its all irrelevant.
Point is, just because that pride isnt natural for you doesnt mean it wont be for millions of other folks worldwide.
I love British Rock so you all have some good stuff to brag about lol I think as long as you dont see yourself as BETTER than anyone, you can be as proud as you wanna be. But its my Dominican culture that leads me to believe that. Yours may differ.
Its natural to have warm, fuzzy feelings for "your land" and the people and culture that make it unique. Not everyone can just turn away from everything and everyone they know and pretend its all irrelevant.
Point is, just because that pride isnt natural for you doesnt mean it wont be for millions of other folks worldwide.
I love British Rock so you all have some good stuff to brag about lol I think as long as you dont see yourself as BETTER than anyone, you can be as proud as you wanna be. But its my Dominican culture that leads me to believe that. Yours may differ.
The Dominican Republic is a sucess, just think about this!! DR a small country in terretory and population is in word of mouth arround the world for many different reasons.
Proud to be Dominican....
YouTube - Republica Dominicana: Dominicano Soy
JJ
Proud to be Dominican....
YouTube - Republica Dominicana: Dominicano Soy
JJ
welll,American is trickier
For me, national pride is trickier what with being the current evil empire of the moment, of the hemisphere..But I was really proud to see that we had elected an AA (I would have been proud even if he were Republican).. and there are lots of things I am proud of in our history.
Today I had a strange moment with a cabbie here in SD... he was asking about Nueva Yo... which is the generic USA, right?
and so... well,it is much cheaper to live there, right?
and in America, there are no rich and poor, verdad? Everyone is clasa media, right?
no wonder they are willing to pay 15000 pesos to the buscones !!
For me, national pride is trickier what with being the current evil empire of the moment, of the hemisphere..But I was really proud to see that we had elected an AA (I would have been proud even if he were Republican).. and there are lots of things I am proud of in our history.
Today I had a strange moment with a cabbie here in SD... he was asking about Nueva Yo... which is the generic USA, right?
and so... well,it is much cheaper to live there, right?
and in America, there are no rich and poor, verdad? Everyone is clasa media, right?
no wonder they are willing to pay 15000 pesos to the buscones !!
Obama's momma was pure WASP, so are you proud of that half of him too? I'd be more proud if they elected a woman, but when it comes down to it with amount of dirty tricks involved with whomever gets elected it's hard to be proud of the process. Most countries have reasons to be proud, and most countries that have moments in their history that cause shame. Slavery, treatment of citizens during war, treatment of natives....etc, murder of immigrants......etc. If you are proud of the accomplishments, you have to accept responsibility for the failures too.
sure am
kansas mom who married an African when it was against the law in many states to do that? and raised him on her own at times. took him around the world.... sure... proud of that side of him too... but that was not the tricky part in the US--- one drop rule, remember? I do try to accept the failures but in the end,I guess I voted with my feet.
kansas mom who married an African when it was against the law in many states to do that? and raised him on her own at times. took him around the world.... sure... proud of that side of him too... but that was not the tricky part in the US--- one drop rule, remember? I do try to accept the failures but in the end,I guess I voted with my feet.
is one still an African American if one is only half vaguely African some-where a few generations ago, and when is it o.k dispense with the African title, is one still an African American if one is the off-spring of white south africans that emigrated to the USA......some questions I have no answers for..... Im just puzzled by the title African American
Tomorrow I'm gonna to take the camera with me to shot some of the sign in the downtown so that you can see that things are changing here in the US 60% are posted in Spanish.
JJ
guess it is a peculiar american experience thing
guess you had to go through the history with us,,, the slavery, the civil war, the segregation, the jim crow laws, the lynching, the sit ins, the segregated lunch counters and schools and swimming pools and hotels and drinking fountains, all that.... and the black panthers and dr king and ALL of it... and no, if you are a white south african, it would probably be best not to mention it unless you have a good history of fighting for justice.... it was just our history which no other country shared, really and so no other country could begin to understand it.
So African Americans who used to be to be Black who used to Negro who used to Colored who used to be N&$&$# are pretty proud of the title-----
It has been a long road up from the middle passage to the White House
guess you had to go through the history with us,,, the slavery, the civil war, the segregation, the jim crow laws, the lynching, the sit ins, the segregated lunch counters and schools and swimming pools and hotels and drinking fountains, all that.... and the black panthers and dr king and ALL of it... and no, if you are a white south african, it would probably be best not to mention it unless you have a good history of fighting for justice.... it was just our history which no other country shared, really and so no other country could begin to understand it.
So African Americans who used to be to be Black who used to Negro who used to Colored who used to be N&$&$# are pretty proud of the title-----
It has been a long road up from the middle passage to the White House
Give 'em a chance JR, they have only been round for a couple hundred years or so. That isn't even long enough to grow a decent lawn.
They are doing O.K. considering.
:bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny::bunny:Didn't most people have identity issues as an adolescent.....???
The funny thing is that we are hyphenated Americans only when we're in the US. When we leave there [vacation, work, retire elsewhere] we normally only identify ourselves as American.
I don't know WHY that is, but it is....
Make no mistake, I am American first and foremost. My ethnicity is secondary, but it is what it is, and I am proud of my ancestry .
I remember meeting my husband's 98 yr old Dominican grandmother after we got married (back when I spoke NO Spanish), and she asked him if I was American and he said yes. Then a bit later he mentioned that I was Italian, and she said 'but you said she was American'. And he reminded her that she was Italian too, and she nodded and smiled. [My husband is of Italian and Spanish ancestry, but he identifies himself ONLY as a Dominican.]
Give 'em a chance JR, they have only been round for a couple hundred years or so. That isn't even long enough to grow a decent lawn.
They are doing O.K. considering.
Didn't most people have identity issues as an adolescent.....???
That was a bit mean. So....
As opposed to the U.K. which is like a middle aged man with a comb over who thinks he has still got it with the ladies while the kids are laughing at him behind his back.
He has several nice lawns, though....
I understand your confusion
I once made a list of the languages that I spoke in terms of making myself understood by the people from different countries and British English was 24th. I do not remember if South African English was on the list but I suspect it would have been lower. A common language does not mean much, I am afraid.:bunny::bunny::bunny:
I once made a list of the languages that I spoke in terms of making myself understood by the people from different countries and British English was 24th. I do not remember if South African English was on the list but I suspect it would have been lower. A common language does not mean much, I am afraid.:bunny::bunny::bunny:
Had a few too many Cubas last night by the look of it.:bunny:
Shame on me!!
Sorry to all Americans - especially the hyphenated ones.
For the record, I still think the USA is the greatest country on earth - in principle.
What with all the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness,
the huddles masses thing and actually managing to get out from under the British.
I did chuckle when I read it though.