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Hard to believe. Self-hatred doesn't lend itself to positive results. Just saying.
its not self hatred. the persons ancestors doesnt have to have much to do with that person. i couldnt care less about my "ancestors" but i do well enough.
Disagree. The Dominican Republic ranks second and the United States 114th in the world's happiest countries. I would doubt that a country filled with self-hatred would rank so high in this index.
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Originally Posted by Lucario
The Dominican thing does not surprise me at all. In many ways they're the most African of all Caribbean Latinos, and the least likely to embrace that heritage. Dominican culture is filled with self-hatred.
Disagree. The Dominican Republic ranks second and the United States 114th in the world's happiest countries. I would doubt that a country filled with self-hatred would rank so high in this index.
Who's doing the ranking? How is happiness measured?
Unfortunately, it is racism within the Puerto Rican community that would have any Puerto Rican claim to be white or be accepted into the Anglo community. It is similar to light skin African Americans trying to pass as white because they are so fair skinned. Your wife should embrace her heritage and look into her ancestry. I’m sure she is a mixture of Spanish, African and Indian and thus should identify with that. As far as the stigma of being Puerto Rican in NYC especially it is hard to escape. Many of the immigrants that came during the 1950’s were poor and uneducated, where as in PR there are so many amazingly educated and proud people that she should get in touch with. I grew up in NYC with many Puerto Ricans and they either lived in the projects or their parents were supers etc, but their children went on to college. Similar to all immigrant groups in the states.... to be white in America you need to be descended from the Quakers. If you are Puerto Rican you cannot be a white American
There are many white folks not descended from Quakers or English for that matter. And not every single person in PR is a mixture of races, many if not most are. The posters wife could have parents from Galicia or Ireland.. not too many Taino or Africans there.
Disagree. The Dominican Republic ranks second and the United States 114th in the world's happiest countries. I would doubt that a country filled with self-hatred would rank so high in this index.
What do you define as happy? How can you quantify happiness in a research study? What's the measure? Sorry, I don't put much stock into research that tries to measure intangibles.
Disagree. The Dominican Republic ranks second and the United States 114th in the world's happiest countries. I would doubt that a country filled with self-hatred would rank so high in this index.
i dont believe both of those things mentioned in this post (this and the other guys response) are mutually exclusive. my wife stayed in dominican republic for a time period as a missionary. i would believe she would classify them as happy. however, from what i have heard, they also have negative perceptions about some of their characteristics. like their "pelo malo" and dark skin.
but i think that you can have your issues with your physical characteristics and background and still be happy.
oh and being happy doesnt mean dominicans love living in their country. im sure a lot of them would love to leave to another country if they could. but the puerto ricans take the ones they catch and ship them back to the dominican republic.
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