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Fetti :
Haiti never enslaved Dominicans
2026-08-28 01:42:01
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LaJohannie :
We don’t care how African Americans classify us. We’re Dominican people that’s it.
2026-08-26 03:09:10
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Distant soul 🇩🇴🇵🇷🧪💚 :
Okay so tell me what is my kids
2026-09-13 01:15:50
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jorgebrillante :
She explained it poorly. It all started because a Dominican man in the United States was asked if he was Black; he understood the question as asking if he was African American, so he said no—he said he was Dominican. We Dominicans love being Black. The thing is, here in our country, people aren't categorized by skin color the way they are in the United States. In the U.S., you have to state your skin color when enrolling in school, filling out applications, and so on. That doesn't happen here; here, we are all Dominicans, regardless of skin color.
2026-08-26 13:24:49
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wmstudio46 :
too many topics between like some pp from drl dont use skin color to segregate other ppl around
2026-09-12 17:20:18
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Rosegold :
I am asking when Spanish people had owned slaves? If that is the trauma Europeans brought slavery to America not us!
2026-09-12 17:11:37
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User385164 :
Proud to be Dominican having people begging to claim us you know we the shi😂
2026-08-27 05:44:41
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outterspacespider :
Because they think you asking about African black
2026-09-11 17:10:48
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David Rodriguez :
Here we go again! We are in 2026 still talking about color with Latinos? It’s not about color, it’s about culture. My skin color is white and if someone would ask me if I’m white, my response is “No I’m Puerto Rican”. Is that racist towards white people? We come in all colors but we are the same people. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
2026-08-26 12:52:44
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DeyA :
Im Dominican and her explanation is not the same as mine I’m from the capital of dr and I grew up people calling me negra the problem with that in the USA is that that’s the Afro American ethnicity
2026-08-26 03:42:16
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Jose Diaz :
But why is that so important to black Americans? If Dominicans are black or not, we are the mimicans. Why can't we just be?Why do we have to be what you want me to be
2026-08-27 20:37:31
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🇵🇷🇩🇴Auri🇩🇴🇵🇷 :
I think the first thing worth questioning is your point that when a Dominican tells a Black American “I’m not Black,” it can be deemed disrespectful or racist. Why? If someone looks at another person, classifies them through the U.S. idea of race, and then gets offended when that person says, “That’s not how I identify,” isn’t that backwards? Because now it sounds like the person being labeled is required to accept whatever identity someone else gives them. That’s not acceptance. That’s forcing a label. And that’s exactly why race is such a flawed way to classify people. Dark skin doesn’t automatically mean Black. Medium skin doesn’t automatically mean “Indian.” Light skin doesn’t automatically mean white. There are Indigenous people who look Black, Indians from India who are very dark skinned, Mediterranean people who can be very dark, and people from all kinds of backgrounds who can look like something they’re not. Looking at somebody is not a DNA test. And the funniest part is, I tan. In the winter I can look light skinned. Give me some sun and I’m brown. Let me really get some sun and I get DARK. So what happened? Did my race change three times? Am I white in January, Indian in May and Black in August? My ancestry didn’t move. My skin reacted to the sun. That alone should tell people how ridiculous it is to look at shade and act like you know exactly who somebody is. And listen to what the Dominican woman actually said. SHE explained that in her culture she associates negro with Haitians, while she identifies herself as Dominican, indio or morena. She knows Americans may look at her and classify her as Black, but that’s not how she identifies herself. She never said Haitians were inferior. She never said she hated Haitians. She never said anything bad about Haitians. She even acknowledged that racist people exist.
2026-08-26 01:04:26
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Stephanie :
She answered her question with racism
2026-08-25 22:05:50
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Akkaya Bp 🇺🇸🇩🇴🇪🇸🇮🇱 :
This is not about race; it is about culture and identity. Dominicans are a diverse and mixed people. Many of us from the Cibao have Spanish, Jewish, Italian, Arab, African, Indigenous, and other ancestry. When some Dominicans are asked whether they are Black, they may say no because racial identity is understood differently within Dominican culture. Too many people speak about this subject without understanding our history. There are two nations on the island, and careless comments only create more division where tensions already exist. We should discuss this topic with knowledge, respect, and sensitivity.
2026-08-28 01:29:59
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Suge :
It’s has nothing to do with color , when you ask a Dominican if they blk and they say no it’s because their saying their not blk American their blk Spanish their blk Dominican they have their own culture
2026-08-26 18:24:25
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🌸💕KENJIA D’🥷🌼💐🔆🪐 :
That is not what we are trying to say. She is wrong. When a Dominican say am not black am Dominican they are trying to say they are Hispanic.
2026-08-26 03:57:10
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SH :
⚠️Because Black Americans identify by the color of their skin, BUT Dominicans identity by being Dominicans, not by the color of their skin. Ethnicity vs Race.
2026-08-26 12:25:35
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MatumMama :
She’s saying Haitians are fully black and we are mixed. That’s pretty much it that’s why she says if you say I am “morena” which means brown or colored or melanted it is okay.
2026-08-26 01:06:39
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Te’(Tay)🪶 :
They are right. They’re melanated ppl. Blk is an ethnicity in the US.
2026-08-25 22:14:55
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💋Leslie💕 :
They black
2026-08-28 21:35:45
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Malvína🇩🇴♠️ :
If you see that am dark skin, why would you ask me if am black? If I obviously look black. Wouldn't the question should be, where are you from?
2026-09-09 22:20:21
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Westly loiza :
They are black!
2026-08-26 11:04:00
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Sasha Guillaume :
This goes back to 1800s when they looked for help from other counties to help free them from Spain instead of Haiti. they looked to Colombia - who Haiti had just helped get freed instead of Haiti... then Spain returned to power than the finally accepted Haiti help when Boyer united the country but colorism both in Haiti and DR (as she is discussing) lead them to want independence so they did not get ostracized from world market as was happening to Haiti then and currently. when France put slave dept on Haiti, island was unified and the DR did not want to be caught up paying back that debt. so as soon as Boyer was overthrown (on some colorist stuff) the DR took opportunity to split. On a personal note, my 5th or 6th generation grandpa led revolt against colorist in Haiti 1843 but was executed. DR split in 1844 -> the celebrated independence day from Haiti 😶 instead of from Spain which their colorist never wanted to leave.
2026-08-25 22:15:10
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Junior Cruz :
She definitely has Haitians ancestry she dark not Indian
2026-09-04 16:58:34
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