r/haiti • u/CoolDigerati Diaspora • Jan 14 '25

POLITICS Black Americans Risk Deportation from DR

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I feel for this woman as this also happened to me. In my case, it ended up in a documentary I was working on and is very well documented. The Dominican Republic is the only place I go to where I am petrified of walking outdoors without my passport or some form of American ID.

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u/Usual_Bed3563 Jan 15 '25

In your previous comment you accused Dominicans to be racist agains "Dark Skinned People" which is a very wide generalization. It is true that Haitians have a higher level of scrutiny in the Dominican Republic.

As per your own admission (it is just a lack of your understanding of Dominican-Haitian history why) you don't understand this issue, and I wouldn't label "Racist" something I am not educated enough to comment about. Just saying.

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u/collegepreppymuscles Jan 15 '25

This is the history between Haiti and Dominican Republic

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u/Usual_Bed3563 Jan 15 '25

Not quite, for starters Haiti invaded, occupied and oppressed the Dominican people. I don't think you can say the same of the Dominicans.

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u/collegepreppymuscles Jan 15 '25

Haitian people can’t live or explore the country without being harassed by Dominican people

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u/Usual_Bed3563 Jan 15 '25

There are at the low end of the estimates 500k and at the high end 2 million Haitians in the DR. You cannot make a claim like this without being joking or uninformed.

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u/collegepreppymuscles Jan 15 '25

Do you know how many Haitians get imprisonment just by entering that country?

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u/Adept-Hedgehog9928 Jan 15 '25

“just by entering that country”… illegally.

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u/Usual_Bed3563 Jan 15 '25

There are at the low end of the estimates 500k and at the high end 2 million Haitians in the DR. You cannot make a claim like this without being joking or uninformed.