cubanit
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First let me introduce myself. My name is genoeva(hen-o-eba).I am Half Dominican and Half Cuban.I was sooooooooo upset at this thread that I paid my 5 dollars to express it. First Let me address this stupid article. Somebody caught a hand full of idotas and gave them air time.People tend to say the dummiest things when thier country A$#@ get in front of someones camara.Not realizing that that people who are unfamiliar with our culture will take the comments that they make and assume any entire country has the same views.
Will here are my views bull^%$.
No not even the majority of dominicans hold these views.No one in my entire family thinks less of Dark skinned Dominicans, Latinos of african Americans for that matter.
I read that several people have had encounters with Dominicans that have said they are not Black. It is commen since that our ancestors come prominantly from Africa.No one can deny this. Just like Italians tend to set themselves apart from whites by saying,"Im Italian". Jamaicans are Jamaican. Phillipinos are phillipino. Cubans are Cuban. Indians are Indian.
Most of the time when someone says are you black they mean ,are you african american. I know that alot of Us take pride in being Dominican.Not that Dominicans are better in any shape or form than Americans. We are just Dominican.To say or believe that an entire population hold the same self hating views about there culture and existance is insane.
I am very proud of my african heritage. And have taken 2 trips to africa to learn about and celebrate it. Im not going to sit here and say that some of us do not hold these views.I am going to say that those that do are a minority.To answer some of the questions raised.
1.Why dont you see any afrolatinas on television?.Most of the American spanish stations are owned and controlled by mexicans.Most of the Novelas you see are Filmed in Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina where there are very few afrolationos.Even they are ignorant of our culture.
2.Clasifications of beauty?Domincan women are very aware of ourselves.It is something that has been drilled into us since birth. Pelo rizo(curley hair)is just as beautiful if not more than straight hair.My mother did not let me perm my hair until i was fifteen.And was annoyed with me when I did.When you go to a salon any beautician will want you to come back more often for moer perms.It equals more money for them.
3.Big butt comment? As far as big butts go.Any one in with a small one or no hips in my culture is looked upon as having had the short end of the gene pool.
4.Killing Blacks?Trujillo was crazy.He was Black so to speak himself.The issue was not that they were black but that they were immigrants.Exactly the same as the overall feeling many americans have towards mexicans.Social services schools healthcare same thing.Trujillo was a dictator many compare to Hitler. When He was doing all the ethnic cleansing his views WHERE NOT shared by the country.Many Dominicans were assisnated for hiding Haitians that lived in our country and for even uttering a word or against trujillo.
5.Cant think of anything more to say other than.We are in may ways the same bubch of grapes.We speak spanish with african and spanish ancestors. A"s speak English with british ancestors etc.
Last comment.I know plenty of AA that speak of good hair bad hair and hold many of the insane views migente(my people ) were talking about in the article.
I mean, some of the stories I've heard in the other thread is heartbreaking - aborting a child because you're afraid it'll be dark skinned with kinky hair? Fear of going outside because you'll ge too dark? It's sickening to me, especially since I've also witnessed it firsthand.
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