Kari416 previously said:

ofcourse there is racism in the Dominican as there is everywhere else

in every culture its always prefered to be the lighter of the bunch within the blacks and indians aswell!

In dominican theres a certain kind of racism i believe because its ignorant more then others a black Dominican is not called el Negro but more el Moreno.

like in Santo Dominigo in Ensache Naco the nightclub La Praia if ur too dark you cant get in??? in Dominican?? out of every country where most of the population is of a darker skin tone. id understand in argentina lol but Dominican! common now. thats ridiculous.

dreadlocks previously said:

here is the deal, yumnuk. i have met numerous african american tourists who have told me that they were on their first visit to the DR, and that they would never return. why? because, they said, of the way they were treated by Dominicans. they observed that the locals fawned over the whites, while treating them like trash. i am not in a position to determine whether or not they were being overly sensitive, or overreacting. but i know for a fact that if i am in a line at the colmado, the owner will seek to put the white customers ahead of me. on one occasion, he even ordered the cashier to cancel my transaction, put my stuff to the side, and attend to the canadian lady who was behind me. in his mind, that is the pecking order. the white lady is first, and you are next. that , my friends, is the definition of racism. when i sit at a table with my white friends for dinner, the waitresses invariably try to hand the bill to one of them, but never to me. reflexively, they believe that they are the ones in the position to pay. it happens all the time. my white friends liked to eat at a certain steakhouse in the capital. the waiters treated them like kings when they went alone. when i went along, they would sit us at the worst table over by the kitchen, even if there was nobody else there. i stopped going to such places with them, just so they would not have to be inconvenienced like that. so, all who try to tell me that the DR does not have serious racial problems that need addressing, you are talking to the wrong guy. i have seen dark skinned Dominicans allow a white person to cut in front of them in a line at the bank, and they allowed it with a smile. i wonder if they would have been that pleasant and permissive had it been a person ten shades darker?

vacanos previously said:

im not surprise this thread started by a afrocentrist racist ala al sharpton. is what they do to feel entitled. they are knocking down dominicans instigating that we are the most racist country in the world. they are linking color with country. their point is to embarrased us so we have no choice but to accept the haitian into our country and sbsorbed their misery.

dreadlocks previously said:

USADR, thanks for a well reasoned, even handed response. after reading the verbiage emanating from the miniscule brains of vacanos and Gizmo (if one could accuse them of having brains), it is refreshing to see sane responses from you and the poster before. try reading this article, in order to get some idea of what people see;

http://www.nathanielturner.com/kiiniiburasalaam2.htm

and, trust me, this is not the first time i have heard these things

dreadlocks previously said:

Kari416 has mentioned yet another club in the capital which restricts the entry of dark skinned people. add that to Bella Blu, and the two clubs which disallowed the entry of US consulate attaches, and this behavior seems to appear normative.

dreadlocks previously said:

here is the deal, yumnuk. i have met numerous african american tourists who have told me that they were on their first visit to the DR, and that they would never return. why? because, they said, of the way they were treated by Dominicans. they observed that the locals fawned over the whites, while treating them like trash. i am not in a position to determine whether or not they were being overly sensitive, or overreacting. but i know for a fact that if i am in a line at the colmado, the owner will seek to put the white customers ahead of me. on one occasion, he even ordered the cashier to cancel my transaction, put my stuff to the side, and attend to the canadian lady who was behind me. in his mind, that is the pecking order. the white lady is first, and you are next. that , my friends, is the definition of racism. when i sit at a table with my white friends for dinner, the waitresses invariably try to hand the bill to one of them, but never to me. reflexively, they believe that they are the ones in the position to pay. it happens all the time. my white friends liked to eat at a certain steakhouse in the capital. the waiters treated them like kings when they went alone. when i went along, they would sit us at the worst table over by the kitchen, even if there was nobody else there. i stopped going to such places with them, just so they would not have to be inconvenienced like that. so, all who try to tell me that the DR does not have serious racial problems that need addressing, you are talking to the wrong guy. i have seen dark skinned Dominicans allow a white person to cut in front of them in a line at the bank, and they allowed it with a smile. i wonder if they would have been that pleasant and permissive had it been a person ten shades darker?

Kari416 previously said:

ofcourse there is racism in the Dominican as there is everywhere else in every culture its always prefered to be the lighter of the bunch within the blacks and indians aswell! In dominican theres a certain kind of racism i believe because its ignorant more then others a black Dominican is not called el Negro but more el Moreno. Dominican racism isnt as blunt as in other countrys but is still there. like in Santo Dominigo in Ensache Naco the nightclub La Praia if ur too dark you cant get in??? in Dominican?? out of every country where most of the population is of a darker skin tone. id understand in argentina lol but Dominican! common now. thats ridiculous.

TuPapaupa previously said:

La Praia, the one on Lopez De Vega, right?.

You really don't want to know the tongue lashing (pela de lengua) que le di a un manager there for treating a black friend of mine as if he was a piece of gargage.

I must say I had fun with that imbecile.