Electrical-Bed8577 t1_iyasq4q wrote on November 30, 2022 at 12:40 AM

Reply to comment by raypkm in Dominican sugar imports tied to forced labor rejected by US by tnick771

I'm guessing you have never been to Hispaniola. I encourage a trip there to see some truth.

raypkm t1_iyat5xb wrote on November 30, 2022 at 12:43 AM

I am Dominican. I go often, both sides of my family are from there. I have formally researched this topic and have interviewed many folks about the relationship been Dominicans and Haitians. I am not speaking of ignorance or white knighting defending the United States.

Electrical-Bed8577 t1_iyatt56 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 12:48 AM

So then maybe I misunderstand your comment ... who is or is not racist? Dominicans? West?

raypkm t1_iyaybnn wrote on November 30, 2022 at 1:22 AM

Dominicans are def racist lol

Nemphiz t1_iyedc0o wrote on November 30, 2022 at 7:45 PM

Isn't that generalization, racist?

Electrical-Bed8577 t1_iyezg7f wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:08 PM

None that I met. Definitely extremely classist but I saw and heard no racism. Our guys drove us around much of the island, including past the armed guards at ... Haiti mountain border over the months we were last there. Unless you count trying to have enough babies to outnumber everyone else as a race case... I just didn't see it.

raypkm t1_iyf0360 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:13 PM

Thank you for sharing your personal experience. I don’t think it beats out my lifetime of intimately knowing my own culture, language, politics and people. But you know. Different opinions I guess

Electrical-Bed8577 t1_iyfbvt2 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:38 PM

Just saying we didn't see it, not competing. Many other questionable things seen, but not racism. We care for people there and visit often. I'm sorry for your experience.