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If you’re not sure what’s going on in the Dominican Republic, here’s the 411:

Background information:

In the Dominican Republic, there’s a huge difference in being ‘moreno’ (brown) and negro (black)

If you’re Haitian, you’re considered black and being black in the DR means you’re a second class citizen. Meaning, denial of job opportunities, public education, job accounts and health care. (sounds familiar doesn’t it?)

Dominican hatred of Haitians extends back to 1822, when Haiti invaded and conquered the Dominican Republic and promptly freed the slaves.

In 1912, the Dominican government passed a law limiting the number of black-skinned people who could enter the country.

In 1939, Dominican President Rafael Trujillo ordered the genocide of Haitians costing approximately 30 000 lives.

What’s happening today:

About a quarter of a million people will be made stateless. They will have no homes, no passports, and no civil rights. There are several reasons for this, but the primary reason is racism.

According to a ruling by Constitutional Court; Dominicans born after 1929 to parents who are not of Dominican ancestry are to have their citizenship revoked. The ruling affects an estimated 250,000 Dominican people of Haitian descent.

Many of the Dominican-born Haitians have never been, or even know anyone in Haiti.

The criteria the government will use in deciding who is to be deported out of the country is “dark-skinned Dominicans with Haitian facial features.”

In other words, Dominica has said: if you’re black, bye.

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Dominicans are black so this is a lie. 70% of the population is mixed (call them light skin blacks or whatever you want) and 15% are black and Yes Dominicans are racist towards Haitians, and we do have that lighter skin > darker skin ideal (just like the rest of the world). Having said that, they aren't deporting "black people", they are deporting illegal immigrants (including those born there which I don't agree with). I do think its horrible that they don't want to negotiate to give the immigrants a legal status, but that's also understandable bc DR is a third world country and lower class Haitians aren't doing much to help it out. It's a political and economical decision, influenced a little by racism and ribaldry. I want to accentuate that Dominicans ARE very racist against Haitians and I'm pretty sure many Dominicans citizens are happy to see the immigrants go. That's racism, this is not necessarily it.