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Are Dominicans divided by skin tone?

I was talking to a white guy yesterday who said he travelled to the Dominican Republic and was shocked at how divided the Dominicans were regarding skin tone. He said, literally, on one side of the block is all darker Dominicans, but in the tourist areas it is all light Dominicans. The restuarants only hire light Dominicans in the day, but by lunch and dinner, there is an all-white staff.

I don’t doubt it. Most Dominicans, most Hispanics really, like to say there is no racism in their country and they don’t see race or color. Like the Black Dominicans just happen to be the poorest and most discriminated against. Whatever, not buying it.

And it doesn’t help with most Dominicans I know are the most racist people out there. They pick on dark skin and nappy hair (and straighten the heck out of their hair and skin bleaching is a booming industry there). They don’t like Black people and deny they are part Black or Black even when it is obvious like they look Mulatto or even straight up Black. They are very prejudice against Haitians, who are noticeably darker, ever since Rafeal Trujillo voted to kick all Haitians out of DR becuase they were “darkening” the country. Some argue this is about not liking labels or wanting to embrace all that is in them. Whatever cool, I am not for the One Drop Rule either so I bought into it for awhile but noticed it wasn’t the Black lable like they claimed, they want to say they had no African heritage period.

I knew a little Dominican girl who believed the only way you could be beautiful is if you had straight blonde hair and blue eyes. I knew another dark skinned Dominican of obvious African ancestory and she was so messed up in the head. She wore blue contact lens and would lie and say they were her eyes (she later admitted this). She really hated her skin color and hair texture and felt White people were better. Look at the women Dominicans send to beauty pageants. In a country with so many Black mixed people, they have only had two women with noticeably African admixture represent their country. I have been to Dominican American (never actually been to DR itself) restuarants and noticed the service the clientele recieved went steadily down the darker they got. I know of Dominican American businesses that outright refused to serve Black people by glaring at the person until they left and treated them very badly. I could go on for days, point is I don’t doubt it one bit. Many Dominicans are racist, but try to get one to admit it.

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