So - he's American born and raised. No Dominican-born or raised has ever won a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games.

Roystone: Two things:
1.-A son of Dominicans, by tradition and law is consider Dominican : If I EVER suggest to my friends or cousins that they are not Dominicans that would be a big issue..

2.-He won the gold medal in 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and has keep close tights to his Dominican roots and collaboration to the sport ministry .

Written by: ohhhvictor,
1.-A son of Dominicans, by tradition and law is consider Dominican : If I EVER suggest to my friends or cousins that they are not Dominicans that would be a big issue..


Tradition and Dominican Law are one thing....FACTS are another.

He is American. He just runs under the D.R. flag because he to leave the US team

AnthonyC..
I remember an interview where he said he consider himself Dominican, and he was proud to represent "his country". They even rename " estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez" in his honor.

It's the same thing with other famous Dominican American figures like Alex Rodriguez, Moises alou or al horford :They were born in USA but they consider themselves 100 % Dominicans by law and tradition ( by law in D.R. ,if the parents can proof their roots it's consider as "doble nacionalidad", and therefor are allowed to have Dominican documents of Identifications like cedulas and passports )

wrong roy better check history

Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman (born 10 December 1983) is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008. Díaz Guzman had a

Written by: RoyStone, 28 May 2012 9:18 AM
From: Australia

So - he's American born and raised. No Dominican-born or raised has ever won a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games."

Written by: hellborn25, 28 May 2012 10:56 AM
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
wrong roy better check history

Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman (born 10 December 1983) is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008. "

thanks for getting to info before I posted it hellborn.

Roy, it may come as a shock to you but many nations in the Caribbean have used the USA as a base to uplift their own nations quest for Gold at the Olympics. Just to make the point clear let's take the most successful nation from the Caribbean in the sport of Running or Track and Field: Jamaica.

Did you know that many of its runners were given scholarships to study in USA Universities? And these modern facilities facilitated their development in the discipline.

"A little more than 30 years ago, former world-record sprinter Dennis Johnson decided to take what he'd learned at San Jose State University in the 1960s and set up a competitive, US-style college athletic program here in his home country. The goal: produce world-class athletes, especially track stars."

"Jamaica had long produced some of the world's top high school track athletes, but then they left the island. ...The only hope of continuing track after high school was to get a scholarship to a foreign university."

"Today, Jamaican sprinters still leave, and pad many NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) track rosters."

"Competing in the top US schools was, and is, a fast track out of poverty. The problem, as Mr. Johnson saw it, was that too many Jamaicans never came back home, and some even ran for other Olympic teams. (Donovan Bailey of Canada and Linford Christie of Britain are two examples of Jamaican-born Olympic champions.)

Many people who are from the USA are born elsewhere(other countries), ...they are given US citizenship since at least ONE parent is a US Citizen........Why can't this "rule" be applied to other countries as well? If person from Tanzania or Mauritania (in the continent of Africa) is born and raised in CHINA , does that make him/her Chinese? he may speak Chinese, but the culture/morals/values of the parents who are from Africa are the ones this "Chinese" born person carries.... I would call this person an African who happens to have been born in China. She/he can choose to represent which ever country he/she chooses in international events--Olympics or Miss Universe/Miss World events, etc...

Ok I understand better, This guy is an American guy and he wants represent dr?
I ask myself why!

KISKEYAMAN,
Asks
"Ok I understand better, This guy is an American guy and he wants represent dr?
I ask myself why!"

Me too.

Most Dominican athletes (baseball players if you can consider them as athletes) can't wait to denounce their country of birth and play for an American team. Yes, I can hear the hysterical screams already - "They do it for the money, you kangaroo lover!". Sure, they make more money in a month than most Dominicans do in a life-time, but so do Dominican drug-trafficers, but they are not treated as Dominican heroes.

The Dominican people would be better served picking heroes who are actually Dominican and they can be proud of rather than somebody who calls himself Dominican because it benefits them financially.

A true Dominican would be more proud of a Dominican who even attempted to qualify for the Olympics then the "Dominican of Convenience" known as Felix Sanchez even if he won a dozen gold medals.

Roystone, you really have an affinity for the Dominican Republic..wonder why?
Did a Dominican take your wife? or perhaps a Dominican broke your heart and you are giving too much power to that person and are applying your issue to the entire island?
What is your beef?? Just answer that for yourself, Im not interested,....u dig deep down...

Thanks

platano70, asks,

"Many people who are from the USA are born elsewhere(other countries), ...they are given US citizenship since at least ONE parent is a US Citizen........Why can't this "rule" be applied to other countries as well?"

Australia grants citizenship to people born overseas, with neither parent an Australian citizen or resident. All that is required is to obey the law, uphold Australian values and know basic English. You can vote, serve in the military and even become Prime Minister. The current one was born in Wales.

Australians, unlike Dominicans, are not racist. People are judged on how they behave, not where their parents were born.

Roy:

... baseball players if you can consider them as athletes....

Have you ever actually watched a baseball game?

Why don't you at least try watching Baseball Tonight on ESPN or something and see what is involved in being a baseball player?

Roy

What does being "racist" have to do with being from one country or another? or representing the country of your choice when you can?

Platano70:

Roy is a piece of hot garbage.
This "Australian",is a very suspicious individual,WITH NO LIFE,holding a grudge against the DR.

I don't understand,how this "Australian" Citizen talks dung about how great the immigration laws
are in "Australia" the land of his "birth".

This "native Australian" seems to be a little off sometimes regarding some immigration laws down under.

He claims that:

"Australia grants citizenship to people born overseas, with neither parent an Australian citizen or resident. All that is required is to obey the law, uphold Australian values and know basic English. You can vote, serve in the military and even become Prime Minister. The current one was born in Wales."


But I'd love to hear his explanation of this:

"1986 : The Australian Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986 provided that children born in Australia on or after 20 August 1986 would only be Australian citizens if at least one parent is an Australian citizen or permanent resident."

Which is,by the way,the same right the DR has as a sovereign nation,but...............
Haitians and the "Australian" just seem to have a problem,like they have the right to decide what a SOVEREIGN NATION like DR has to do regarding its immigration laws.

@lovingit:

Could you imagine Roy,at the plate staring at a baseball coming at him at 95+ miles per hour.

I'd guarantee you he would soil his pants and leave a pile bigger than the pitcher's mound !

lovingit,

I do not deny that baseball requires strength, speed, fitness, skill and strategy, and is fun to play. However it is not athletics in the strict sense that track-and-field is - purely a matter of running the fastest, jumping the highest, etc.

If more people played baseball instead of watching the experts doing it, then they would be much healthier, happier and even safer.

Trinitario809, asks

But I'd love to hear his explanation of this:

"1986 : The Australian Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986 provided that children born in Australia on or after 20 August 1986 would only be Australian citizens if at least one parent is an Australian citizen or permanent resident."

This Act deals with automatic citizenship of children born in Australia. It does not deny the fact that anyone can become an Australian citizen provided they obey the law, uphold Australian values and know basic English. However they need to apply, it is not automatic.

The Australian Prime Minister was not born in Australia, as were neither of her parents. Many people born outside of Australia are recipients of the Australian of the Year Award.

This could never happen in the Dominican Republic. Dominicans are xenophobic racists. They are happy to take money from foreign tourists, but not to provide good service, hence the abysmally low return rate. They consider Haitians the decedents of black slaves, and Dominicans are the decedents of the white Spanish nobility. If you are born in the Dominican Republic, live, work and pay taxes there, you are still not accepted as Dominican unless your parents and grandparents are. But if you were born, brought up, educated and play for an American team, you are still considered Dominican by other Dominicans, if your parents are of Dominican descent. Is that not racism?

"He was born in New York and raised in California. His only connection to Dominican Republic is that his parents were from there. The whole family has been in the States since before Felix birth. He was at University of Southern California"

iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=dom/athcode=139840/index.html

"There is not a great Dominican community on the West Coast, and I didn’t travel much back to the East Coast. When I went to the Dominican Republic it was for a summer trip or something, it was never for an extended time period."

"Growing up most of my friends where African-Americans. I kind of fit in better with them, again because I grew up in neighborhoods where there were no Dominicans."

Himself.

So apart from his genes, I can't see how the Dominican Republic can take any credit for his success. He did the country a big favor. What has the country done for him?

kakaman, he is going to represent D.R. because you don't take shower cabron.

Roy says:

"This Act deals with automatic citizenship of children born in Australia. It does not deny the fact that anyone can become an Australian citizen provided they obey the law, uphold Australian values and know basic English. However they need to apply, it is not automatic."

Roy:
Who has the right to Dominican citizenship?
In addition to being the offspring of a Dominican citizen, you can acquire Dominican citizenship through marriage. A foreign woman who marries a Dominican has the right to Dominican citizenship. This does not work in reverse. A foreign man who marries a Dominican woman does not have the automatic right to Dominican citizenship.

cont...

.....If I do not meet the above conditions, how can I apply for Dominican citizenship?
Law 1683 dated 1948 and its modifications establishes that a person is eligible to obtain Dominican nationality after:

Having resided in the country for at least six months after having obtained legal domicile (permanent residence card).
Having resided continually in the country for at least two years.
Having resided continually in the country for at least six months and having formed a business or purchased real estate.
Having served in the Dominican Armed Forces.
Have obtained a special concession from the President which may be granted for having served the DR with merit.

IN YOUR FACE!

Roy said:

"The Australian Prime Minister was not born in Australia, as were neither of her parents. Many people born outside of Australia are recipients of the Australian of the Year Award."

Roy,

When you elect a Chinese,Indian,Muslim,Black,even better,A TRUE AUSTRALIAN (ABORIGINAL),then you could gloat about it,in the meantime....keep it in the "down low".

Roy says:


""This could never happen in the Dominican Republic."

Roy:
And on many parts of the world for that matter,including Haiti and the land of your Queen Elizabeth.
Then I guess the rest of the world is just racist.

Roy says:

"this could never happen in the Dominican Republic" (electing a foreigner)

Roy:

Been there,done that!
We had a president..wait,a brutal Dictator
(Ulisses hereaux),and by the way,he was Haitian...so..

IN YOUR FACE!

Roy says:
"Dominicans are xenophobic racists"

Roy,feast on this:

"In their words: Racism in Australia"

The government has called for input from community groups on new ways to tackle racism, as indigenous and non-Anglo Australians describe their experiences of it.
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The government has called for input from community groups on new ways to tackle racism, as indigenous and non-Anglo Australians say it is still rife.

...........


The Australia Human Rights Commission hopes that a series of public consultations will help it to evaluate where and how racism is being expressed across the nation.

A discussion paper released today outlines possible responses to a 2011 report that showed growing numbers of Australians who said they had experienced discrimination based on their ethnic background or appearance.

Australia is undoubtedly racist
David - from Australia , 2 months ago says:
Having travelled and lived all around the world, I'd be surprised if anyone thinks Australia is not racist. There is a low demand to be politically correct, and a high tolerance for racist jokes and comments here. As an Asian Australian I am frequently hearing jokes that are offensive to me socially and in the work place. I have socialised with Australians in both USA and New Zealand whose race based comments and humour did not receive a warm welcome when spoken out of Australia. A non racist mind set starts with good examples at home, at school and by those in positions of high public exposure. When racist comments of Tony Abbot and Pauline Hanson can be televised and tolerated without public outcry we know we are in trouble!

Racists Are Cowards says:
Asian Yes - from Sydney, 2 months ago
Is spitting at a person, shouting at a person when you drive by someone considered racism? How would you rate this kind of behaviour? I experience this almost daily, my family does, my friends do. It happens everywhere in the world? No mate, don't make yourselves believe that is true. Racists are mostly cowards, I discovered over the years. They will not face the victims or their own unhappiness, they only attack when they know they can get away. No racist would be man enough to admit it.

Now let's have some responses to this article:

The Australian way says:
anon A - from sydney, 24 days ago
There are so many times that I have experienced racism in Australia because of my nationality. And I was born in Australia. I think that racism is certainly a large part of Australian culture unfortunately. Im sorry to say that a lot of people who come from other countries, including people from America and Europe agree that Australian culture is entwined with racism. This may be because of older generations passing on racist views to children or even the media. But people notice these things.

Roy says:

I do not deny that baseball requires strength, speed, fitness, skill and strategy, and is fun to play. However it is not athletics in the strict sense that track-and-field is - purely a matter of running the fastest, jumping the highest, etc.

If more people played baseball instead of watching the experts doing it, then they would be much healthier, happier and even safer.

The same would apply to SOCCER LOVERS.

...Dumb...

Trinitario809,
The same applies for every spectator sport.

Trinitario809, ejaculates;

"Now let's have some responses to this article:
The Australian way says:
anon A - from sydney, 24 days ago
There are so many times that I have experienced racism in Australia because of my nationality. And I was born in Australia. I think that racism is certainly a large part of Australian culture unfortunately. Im sorry to say that a lot of people who come from other countries, including people from America and Europe agree that Australian culture is entwined with racism. This may be because of older generations passing on racist views to children or even the media. But people notice these things."

This is not an article from a credible source. It is a anonymous opinion! Is that the best he can find? Really!

Roy,you pussy.....you've got nothing,as usual.

Trinitario809

Thumbs up to you, you have done extensive homework to shut this dumb ass .... he deserves no more attention.......our Dominican times is too precious .......

Trinitario809, vomits

"Been there,done that!
We had a president..wait,a brutal Dictator
(Ulisses hereaux),and by the way,he was Haitian...so..
IN YOUR FACE!"

Wrong again. He was born in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.

platano:

This guy is a loser with no life and fixated on Dominican affairs,really odd for an "Aussie"
This creep,breathes,eats,sleeps and masturbates to DT...What a pathetic soul.

Roy said:

"So apart from his genes, I can't see how the Dominican Republic can take any credit for his success. He did the country a big favor. What has the country done for him?"

You should probably ask him yourself in person.
I'd call for precaution,you should dock and cover in cowardly fashion,like the kind of coward you are,you f2cking asshole.

All you do is stink up this pages by letting out your hot stinky gas.
Get a life Haitian.

Dominican racism - 20,000 people slaughtered because they couldn't pronounce "perejil"!

Actually 3,000.

You Haitians up the number every 5 to 10 years or so.

And I won't have to elaborate on the abuse of the Aboriginals, the REAL AUSTRALIANS since you're not Australian.

keep me posted

Wikipedia says 20,000
Trinitario809 says 3,000
I wasn't there. I think I'll go with Wikipedia.

Australian Aborigines enjoy substantial benefits not available to other Australians. If that's abuse, then I would love to be abused.
What benefits do Tainos get in the Dominican Republic? Well they can't because you killed them all!

Australian Aborigines enjoy substantial benefits not available to other Australians. If that's abuse, then I would love to be abused.
What benefits do Tainos get in the Dominican Republic? Well they can't because you killed them all!


we did`t kill the tainos , the spaniards did that

By the way did you know roy that white people only been around 6000 thousand or so years on this earth , you guys are a bunch jonny come latelys.

hellborn25,
Try to keep up. I wrote ages ago that Caucasians evolved from black Africans thousands of years ago. We did not "arrive" - we evolved Also if Dominicans are not descendents of the Spanish, and do not acknowledge their African ancestry, then where have the come from?

hellborn25,
Try to keep up. I wrote ages ago that Caucasians evolved from black Africans thousands of years ago. We did not "arrive" - we evolved from mutations being more adaptable to new environmental factors prevailing in Northern Europe. Also if you are not descendents of the Spanish, and do not acknowledge your African ancestry, then where have you come from?

Dominicans do acknowledge there african side , they just dont want to be label as just african , and ones again you love to sterotype dominicans as just being racist ? which is bullshit and you know it . I will same some but not all of them . Dominicans prefer to identified themselves though there culture , customs , sovereignty, and its really know different from the way cubans and puerto ricans identified themselves . Dominicans are what they are , there a multi racial group , and thats the way its always gonna be.