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Comment on the culture in the Dominican Republic by Lucas Daniel Smith
Juan Rodriguez, Dominican Ministry of Culture - Black In Latin America
Comment on the culture in the Dominican Republic by Lucas Daniel Smith
The following comment by LDS was reposted from a comment he made to his report titled:
@ Bruce:
Thank you again for posting the video of my old professor (PUCMM) Juan Rodriquez. I also want to add that Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (the black American) in the video is very much like other black Americans who visit the Dominican Republic. Black Americans tend to have an exceedingly burdensome and difficuly time understanding and accepting that they have discovered that Dominicans are not ‘black’ in the way that black Americans are.
From what I’ve seen first hand is that black Americans, after or while visiting the country, soon make it their sacred and imperative mission to make Dominicans believe that they are Africans. Additionally, these black Americans, shortly after facing the harsh reality that they are not “cool” as they were considered to be in the United States, quickly become staunch supporter of Haiti or pro-Haitian. However, they usually never visit Haiti and certainly wouldn’t reside in Haiti.
I love the Dominican Republic and I like the fact that Dominicans have a national identity. Why must everything be decided by color? Why is it some important to black Americans to ‘teach’ Dominicans who they are?
The Dominican Republic is unlike any other Latin American country and the culture here is not something that a black American or any foreigner will be able to quickly understand.
Terms of endearment such as “mi negro/negra” or ‘negrito’ (which is ‘black boy’…black Americans really dont like that one) or morena or morenita are all used by everyone here, even by whites, and such ternms would seem to be afrocentric, but are not. Unless you’ve lived here for a period of time and made lasting friendships and lived among common people which make up the majority of this wonderful country you would probably not be able to understand.
Most black Americans for some reason tend to believe that their version of “black” is the only version or at least the true and correct version. Black Americans tend to be racist towards tAfricans in the United States, which is baffling and once again reinforces the imaginary ‘one version’ or ‘true version’ which would go so far as to reject ‘African-from-Africa’ for that of the ‘African-American.’
Black Americans should consider the following before coming to the Dominican Republic:
1. Are you planning to come here because you’ve seen pictures online of the beautiful shape of the female Dominican body?
Forget about it, its not going to happen for you (unless you pay a lot of money) because your ‘black’ is not the ‘black’ that is popular here. Seriously, the ugliest and whitest nerd American will get far more action here than you will and they will spend significantly less $$$ in the process than you will.
2. Are you planning to come here smoking cigarettes, marihuana and wearing baggy clothing (so out of style my brother)?
I hope you like being looked at like a mentally unstable drug addict and that you like watching porno alone in your hotel room or paying money to tap that ‘fine homeless drug addict sex workers with wrecked body from Hell Comes to Frogtown movie (1988)’ who hobble around the tourists spots in the city.
3. Do you like Haiti and are you pro-Hatian?
Fine, then book a trip to Haiti and stop bothering Dominican brothers and sisters with al the back to Africa nonsense and the Haitian rights double-speak.
4. Are you a black American woman who like to wear their hair in ‘natural’ form?
Then please consider booking a getaway to lovely Haiti because in the Dominican Republic you will be called a ‘nido’ which means that you have a bird nest on your head.
Comment on the culture in the Dominican Republic by Lucas Daniel Smith
The following comment by LDS was reposted from a comment he made to his report titled:
@ Bruce:
Thank you again for posting the video of my old professor (PUCMM) Juan Rodriquez. I also want to add that Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (the black American) in the video is very much like other black Americans who visit the Dominican Republic. Black Americans tend to have an exceedingly burdensome and difficuly time understanding and accepting that they have discovered that Dominicans are not ‘black’ in the way that black Americans are.
From what I’ve seen first hand is that black Americans, after or while visiting the country, soon make it their sacred and imperative mission to make Dominicans believe that they are Africans. Additionally, these black Americans, shortly after facing the harsh reality that they are not “cool” as they were considered to be in the United States, quickly become staunch supporter of Haiti or pro-Haitian. However, they usually never visit Haiti and certainly wouldn’t reside in Haiti.
I love the Dominican Republic and I like the fact that Dominicans have a national identity. Why must everything be decided by color? Why is it some important to black Americans to ‘teach’ Dominicans who they are?
The Dominican Republic is unlike any other Latin American country and the culture here is not something that a black American or any foreigner will be able to quickly understand.
Terms of endearment such as “mi negro/negra” or ‘negrito’ (which is ‘black boy’…black Americans really dont like that one) or morena or morenita are all used by everyone here, even by whites, and such ternms would seem to be afrocentric, but are not. Unless you’ve lived here for a period of time and made lasting friendships and lived among common people which make up the majority of this wonderful country you would probably not be able to understand.
Most black Americans for some reason tend to believe that their version of “black” is the only version or at least the true and correct version. Black Americans tend to be racist towards tAfricans in the United States, which is baffling and once again reinforces the imaginary ‘one version’ or ‘true version’ which would go so far as to reject ‘African-from-Africa’ for that of the ‘African-American.’
Black Americans should consider the following before coming to the Dominican Republic:
1. Are you planning to come here because you’ve seen pictures online of the beautiful shape of the female Dominican body?
Forget about it, its not going to happen for you (unless you pay a lot of money) because your ‘black’ is not the ‘black’ that is popular here. Seriously, the ugliest and whitest nerd American will get far more action here than you will and they will spend significantly less $$$ in the process than you will.
2. Are you planning to come here smoking cigarettes, marihuana and wearing baggy clothing (so out of style my brother)?
I hope you like being looked at like a mentally unstable drug addict and that you like watching porno alone in your hotel room or paying money to tap that ‘fine homeless drug addict sex workers with wrecked body from Hell Comes to Frogtown movie (1988)’ who hobble around the tourists spots in the city.
3. Do you like Haiti and are you pro-Hatian?
Fine, then book a trip to Haiti and stop bothering Dominican brothers and sisters with al the back to Africa nonsense and the Haitian rights double-speak.
4. Are you a black American woman who like to wear their hair in ‘natural’ form?
Then please consider booking a getaway to lovely Haiti because in the Dominican Republic you will be called a ‘nido’ which means that you have a bird nest on your head.
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