People are amazed as to why Dominicans are the way they are like lacking work ethics, wanting hand outs, and as long as there is a Presidente in front of them they are not going any where. I came to the conclusion that Dominicans are the way they are it's because of the mix of diferent races they are mixed with. First take the Spaniards, they came to the new world to conquer rape and pilage in the name of God and the Queen of Spain. Second take the indiginous Tayno and Carib Indians that Columbus found naked hanging from trees and living in caves, very unlike the other Indians of the new world like the Mayans Astecs and Incas that built cities and monuments and infrastructure that still exist today. Last but not least, the Haitians that were brought to the island as slaves from Africa. They dominated the DR for many year. You take that mix and you get a Dominican that's dishonest and will screw you if he can, ingrained from the Spaniards, thats waiting for a hand out which is the mind set of the Haitians(Criss Colon made that comment on one post) and last the DNA from the Tayno don't let them have the pioneering spirit to build an infrastructure(except in big cities with the help of others). It pisses me of when the first "mordida" starts in customs when you arrive there. I will catch a lot of flack for this comment ,even though I am Dominican, I call a spade a spade.