Why are Dominicans wholly convinced they aren't black?

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Yeah some but not most

Enuff to make it worth mentioning.

 

[beanz]

I Probably make more paper than you. Fallback.

U get paid to post on the coli?

 

[DeadTilTomorrow]

Delete.

 

[-----]

U get paid to post on the coli?

Naw homey. I post for free.

 

[Juven]

Serious question. I've NEVER met a Dominican that acknowledges themselves as black. If you call them that they get extremely offended and always have to clarify to you that they identify as "Dominican", or one of the ethnicities from the DR like taino (I think that's what it's called).

Do these nikkas not understand that nationality/ethnicity is not tied to race?

What blows my mind even more is not only do they not acknowledge themselves as black, but some of them genuinely think they're above them. I've had Dominicans dudes who're darker than me with nappier hair deadass look me in the eye and have the nerve to make disparaging comments about black people to me. Like...what?

you sure? what were your personal experiences like

 

[3rdWorld]

Again, the only problem with this is that many Dominicans look like Black Americans so they find themselves in places with blacks and it can get tense sometimes.

So they come to the US, and go seek out areas where the people look like them but then turn around and claim they are different..ok dominic00ns..

 

[GreatestLaker]

Ok, let me see if I get it right. In the Caribbean the non blacks include:

Some Cubans (white)
Some Puerto Ricans (white and mestizos)
Some Dominicans (mestizos and white)
Some Trini (East Indians)

Any other Carbbeans that are not black?

Filipinos
Chinese
Syrians
Mulattoes
Douglas

There are a lot of non-black people in the Caribbean.

 

[GreatestLaker]

Are Chinese and Arabs in all islands or just in Trinidad and Guyana? I just remember I know a Jamaican Chinese dude who looks black but has a last name Chung.

They are all over. Most of the Arabs in the Caribbean are Syrian.

 

[Cave Savage]

Enuff to make it worth mentioning.

The vast majority of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans do not look black to me

 

[Magic 8 Ball]

They are all over. Most of the Arabs in the Caribbean are Syrian.

Which islands have the most Syrians and Arabs population? I am guessing Trinidad?

 

[Birnin Zana]

Ive heard ppl say to Haitians they're not black theyre French or you're not really black your Nigerian etc etc.

Lol, I've heard that as well. Silly stuff.

Africans, AAs, Afro-Latinos, and caribbeans outside of majority black countries (there, they will use ethnicity or nationality instead) are reffered to as black all over the world, especially if they "look" the part. Like someone said, a lot of folks can't tell the different between race, nationality and ethnicity.

 

[BigMan]

Which islands have the most Syrians and Arabs population? I am guessing Trinidad?

Haiti or Jamaica has the most, T&T doesn't have that much Arabs

They are all over. Most of the Arabs in the Caribbean are Syrian.

most are actually Lebanese but we call them Syrian

 

[beanz]

Haiti or Jamaica has the most, T&T doesn't have that much Arabs

most are actually Lebanese but we call them Syrian

idk how many we have in DR, but my wife was born in DR and she is actually part turkish. my uncle's wife's maiden name is Abad and she was also born out there

 

[BigMan]

idk how many we have in DR, but my wife was born in DR and she is actually part turkish. my uncle's wife's maiden name is Abad and she was also born out there

yeah i know a lot of Arabs and other people from the Ottoman Empire went to Latin American countries, especially Mexico and Brazil

 

[Respectable Man]

blackness has a negative image it seems some black people want to disassociate themselves from that