Not all the time. I seen for myself when I mentioned humans starting in Africa, I got the face from a dominican chick. Granted she was ignorant of her African roots, but as time went on, she started opening up. I'm proud of herYoure viewing this through an African American lens
blackness in DR, and Latin American as a whole, isnt as cut and dry as it is in the US
there isnt really a one drop rule, there's never been a civil rights movement, and nationalism > race
the whole "I'm not black, I'm Dominican" thing is really semantics. In DR & Latin America, black = African American. Even in the Caribbean black = African American
If you were to ask "Do many of your ancestors originate from Africa" you'd get a different answer
It is true what you're saying, though