USADR previously said:



Thanks for the input.
For Dominicans that live in the USA, have any of you run into stereotypical generalizations from other people?
I find this to usually be the case with people outside the Dominican strongholds of the tri-state area.
I have a pet peeve with stereotypes because it seems the average person has a horrible sense of perception despite seeing clear evidence that will run contrary to their stereotype.
I'll use Mexicans as an example. Anyone that lives in NJ/NYC will attest to the fact that it is full of Mexicans from Puebla/Tulcingo who tend to show heavy Amerindian features. They do not resemble Mexicans in telenovelas. But I won't stereotype all of Mexico as looking like that, yet when it comes to us (we're only like the 4th or 5th largest Latino group in the USA and limited to specific geographic zones) these same Mex. from California will be quick to stereotype while at the same time get angry as the stereotypes we have of them on the East Coast. It seems like Sammy Sosa & David Ortiz are the fav. poster boys for our 'look' despite them seeing very public examples that do not support that view (Charytin, Juan Luis Guerra, etc.) It's like they don't see these people or don't want to, or when cornered they'll just say these people are very rare, like a Unicorn or something in DR.

muchacho previously said:

Dayummmmmmmmm....

Y'all have been busy I see. Ha ha ha ha....

Me? Had to take an adjunct position out of NYC. Kinda sucks but hey, that's what happens when you're not tenured and the economy is in the shit hole.

Anyway, going back to Macoris (San Francisco) to spend Xmas on my mountain and watch the guaraguaos hunt from the marquesina overlooking my piece of the rio.

Kick ass boys! It's almost an honour to read the postings of some of those whose line of reasoning is so much like mine. Lautaro, USADR...damn you if you bastards don't make me PROUD to be Dominican!!!

jemesouviens1804 previously said:

You know what I find hypricritical USDR, is how so many Dominicans go and spew diatribes and say very, very, nasty things about Haitians and when we go out and defend ourselves, ancestors, and country, we are portrayed as being rude, playing the race cards and all sorts of stupid s***. Haitians who go to DR are only interested in one thing...And thats feeding their families. But what I hear from many of your countrymen is that we are invading, trying to make your country black, spreading diseases, taking away jobs, forcing you to learn French/Kreyol, spreading Noirism, and thats just to name a few. Instead of trying to find things that bring out the similarites between us, we've stoop down to petty insults and bringing up events that happened before any of us were born. Talk about how our flags are beautiful, how Meringue/Compas are basically the same, how the war of Restoration was won with Haitian help, how the town of Ouanaminthe was named after a Dominican woman,how theres a Dominican company helping to provide electricity/Potable water in rural Haiti. All I read on this damn website is insults after insult after insults from both Haitians and Dominicans. I don't see or hear Indians still whining about the British occupation, and Angolans are not finding a reason to s*+^ on the Portuguese every single chance they get.....Oh but not the Dominicans and Haitians. Dominicans complaining theres too much ugly Haitians in DR, and Haitians saying DR are enslaving them and forcing them to cut sugarcane... Balaguer-Trujillo this, Dessaline-Boyer that. For goodness sakes all four of these men are dead. We are nothing but a bunch of kindergardeners discussing politics. If this type of disgusting behavior continues they will never be cordial relations between the peoples and country....Its getting to a point where I'm thinking of leaving this site. Aside from Cibeano, Lautaro, Talia, AfroLatino, Jaboa, nobody post anything progressive.

cibaeño75 previously said:

Goulet will do whatever it takes to get to 10, 000 posts..even revive an old argument from a poster who no longer posts! LOL...

Damn, whatever did happen to jemesouviens and jabaohaitian? Are you guys out there or what?