Most Dominicans have a darker skin tone,and they look a lot like black people.Dominicans tend to get mad every time a person "confuses" a Dominican person from a black person,when in reality
they look identically alike.I have been to Santo Domingo several times,I have grew up with Dominicans all my life,I know about they're culture,and I know how they live.These are people who don't want to be nothing like black people in the states,when evidently these people have a culture that was enriched by African
derived music,which is ubiquitous all over the Dominican Republic.Dominicans tend to think that the Spaniards brought all that beauty to the Dominican Republic.These people go as far as calling them selves Taino Indian rather that black or mulatto, just to
show shame of they're heritage and deny it.A 2006 study shows that most Puerto Ricans and some Cubans have Taino bloodlines.73% are mixed,16% are white,and11% are black.Even though most are mixed,many have mixed with Haitians.
2007-02-23
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