Lautaro previously said:



To tell you the truth, were it not for this forum and the other one that went down, I'd avoid these issues altogether. It gets tiresome and annoying to be correcting some of these mofos time and again only for the explanations to fall into deaf ears.

guillermone previously said:

I know what you mean Lautaro and the feeling is mutual. I am getting sick and tired of explaining as well. The most interesting part when ever people ask about Dominican race, the ones who seem to better grasp the concept are the white-anglo. If fact I remember one girl of Italian/Irish ancestry who stated out of her own personal interpretation, that she considered many Dominicans as simply darker skin caucasians just as there are lighter skin blacks. I found that to be a quite unusual and different way to look at things. However with regards to US blacks they are the most adamant and insist that anyone of "color" is just as black as natives from the deep jungles of Africa. To each his own.

USADR previously said:


We've been exposed to it for years, to the point where we can predict what is going to be said next.
It becomes apparent that their obsessiveness is fueled by a combination of 'ugly Americanism" (or more specifically, AfroAmericanism), blatant ethnocentric biases, the exportation of alien idealogies and identity politics, and the projection of their own issues..
It becomes apparent that certain populations, like Brazilians and Dominicans for example, would be targeted, while others (like for example those in Africa) are not.

saru2191 previously said:

Most African American don't seem to care about what we, or other Afro-descendant Latinos are, or choose to identify as. If one observes DR and Aframs relations in real life, one quickly notices that they view most of us as racially and culturally different from them. Unfortunately certain crusaders from this group relentlessly hound us with an unhealthy obsession. Why? I don't know. Maybe it hurts their egos that we choose not to identify as them, and probably feeds on their insecurity on their Blackness, and how they think others view it. It could also just be a mixture of ignorance, arrogance, and ethnocentrism. However, as I said these race baiting crusaders don't make up the mindset of the majority.

guillermone previously said:


Good analysis.........I also agree it is an ego thing and no doubt is has to do with their insecurities. And misery loves company, insecure people like other people to be insecure as well and perhaps also a combination of everything mentioned in varying degrees.

tschotschua previously said:


People have to break the chains of Mental Slavery, they are still stigmatize by labels and standards impose onto them but even worse they stick to them and feel themselves very proud of

It is a subtle matter, what to do (?) Just refuse to see the light

ElTorodeiCibao previously said:

The whole crews here, lautaro and saru I miss ABF. Good to see USADR too.