Gaby Desangles is criticized for celebrating US independence on Dominican TV

[NALs]

Recently, the well known Dominican TV & radio personality, Gaby Desangles, celebrated the US independence in English on Dominican TV. This has caused a storm of criticisms by Dominicans saying that the independence of another country shouldn't be celebrated in the DR and also on doing it in English on Dominican TV.

What msny people seem to forget is that while Gaby Desangles is Dominican, has lived in Santo Domingo since she was a girl, etc; she was born in The Bronx, NYC, USA. As much that the DR is her country of origin, the USA is her country of birth. Plus, she is a dual citizen of both countries. Since when a person can be criticized for celebrating the country of her birth?

 

[RDKNIGHT]

people always find something to complain about..

 

[windeguy]

Much ado about nothing.

 

[aarhus]

In the DR some also celebrate US thanksgiving and halloween.

 

[NALs]

@aarhus

That's another issue, especially since most that do that aren't Americans and have never lived in the USA. Lets see if these same people will celebrate Haiti's independence and put the Desseline every January 1. lol Other than Haitians, I don't see that right either. That's like a family that was persecuted, some members tortured and/or killed by Trujillo to celebrate his birthday ever October and put the song "Sigue a caballo."

 

[keepcoming]

I am confused, what is wrong with Dominicans (never lived in the US) celebrating Thanksgiving, Halloween, etc... They may have never lived in the US, but they have television, they see all the hoopla surrounding these Holidays. My spouse has an aunt, never been to the US, never wanted to go to the US. But yet she celebrates a few "American" holidays. She says, "it is fun to celebrate different holidays".

 

[NALs]

Ask her if she csn tell you why those holidays exist without searching on the WWW or speaking to other people. There is no connection between the purpose of those holidays and them, unlike Dominican holidays. I have jet to see any Dominican celebrating Haitian holidays despite nowadays Haitians are everywhere in the DR and the maid/cleaning lady in many homes is a Haitian.

 

[aarhus]

I am confused, what is wrong with Dominicans (never lived in the US) celebrating Thanksgiving, Halloween, etc... They may have never lived in the US, but they have television, they see all the hoopla surrounding these Holidays. My spouse has an aunt, never been to the US, never wanted to go to the US. But yet she celebrates a few "American" holidays. She says, "it is fun to celebrate different holidays"

I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. People should do what they want to do. The DR is very americanized.

 

[keepcoming]

Ask her if she csn tell you why those holidays exist without searching on the WWW or speaking to other people. There is no connection between the purpose of those holidays and them, unlike Dominican holidays. I have jet to see any Dominican celebrating Haitian holidays despite nowadays Haitians are everywhere in the DR and the maid/cleaning lady in many homes is a Haitian.

No, she is happy celebrating and that is fine. There is absolutely no reason to read more into it. Just an elderly woman who sees these holidays being celebrated on TV, etc.. and thinks it would be fun to celebrate them too. No harm in that at all.

 

[Lucifer]

Another "celebrity" showing off her knowledge of the English language in a country where the majority of its inhabitants have deficiencies with the official language: enchufle for enchufe, haiga instead of haya, and never have encountered an esdrújula word they can't mangle.

 

[NALs]

I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. People should do what they want to do. The DR is very americanized.

That is actually part of the problem. There are some Dominicans that consider any Dominican music chopo music. When you go to parties they have, only genres from the USA and in English are played. You think they are gringo Americans. Some Dominicans want nothing to do with the DR and they simply had the "bad luck" to be born in the DR and be descendants of Dominicans. To say that they hate the people isn't much of a stretch.

 

[keepcoming]

That is actually part of the problem. There are some Dominicans that consider any Dominican music chopo music. When you go to parties they have, only genres from the USA and in English are played. You think they are gringo Americans. Some Dominicans want nothing to do with the DR and they simply had the "bad luck" to be born in the DR and be descendants of Dominicans. To say that they hate the people isn't much of a stretch.

I have never met a Dominican who was not proud to be a Dominican, born and to be a descendant of Dominicans. As far as music, I also have never met a Dominican who considers Dominican music chopo. They might not listen to it as much, but it is not because they think it is chopo. I have been in the DR a very long time. Everyone I have met/known are very proud of their Dominican heritage.

 

[NALs]

I have never met a Dominican who was not proud to be a Dominican, born and to be a descendant of Dominicans. As far as music, I also have never met a Dominican who considers Dominican music chopo. They might not listen to it as much, but it is not because they think it is chopo. I have been in the DR a very long time. Everyone I have met/known are very proud of their Dominican heritage.

Well, I have including what are known as "vende patria." A certain someone that I know even said "you see me in front of other people always having a pro-DR, but in reality I'm not proud of the DR." That wasn't much of a surprise to me given both, he usually emulates other Dominicans in public, but in private he has made several comments about the DR and Dominicans that very clear is the opposite. Plus, one time he once said one of the things he likes about the USA was that the streets are full of "gente bonita" (in Dominican speak, aka white people). That guy hasn't been back to the DR in over a decade and I will not be surprised if he ever goes back. When the DR was going through the Baninter crisis, you shoukd had seen how happy he was that the DR was melting.

 

[chico bill]

Hey we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, St Patrick's Day, Mother's Day (which started in the US), also Father's Day (well OK father's Day is casi nada) and Christmas, all of which weren't created in DR.

And they have a Dominican Day parade in NYC.

Didn't some of the members of this forum bathe themselves in the bubbles of Prince Charles's inauguration ?

It's all cultural appropriation.
I heard Rey beats a Tambora

Gaby should wear this like a Red Badge of Courage

You don't get flak until you are over the target

 

[AlterEgo]

Our local Dominican community in NJ certainly celebrated it.

 

[Lucifer]

Gaby should wear this like a Red Badge of Courage

And this is the closest the so-called "celebrity" will get to Stephen Crane.