I do not think there is racism in Puerto Rico against Dominicans. There is some discrimination.
I am 35 years old and went to college in the US. I have lived 31 years in
PR.
Dominicans and Pricans are a mix of Taino, slaves and spaniards. My point is, we are the same race.
However, there is a fact that a lot of dominicans came to
PR looking for better living conditions, and many PRicans were not happy in having to compete for jobs with dominicans. It is also a fact that dominicans coming to
PR were not as educated as locals. Therefore, the kind of jobs they found were mostly construction and hard labor.
In terms of "getting along"....we are brothers. I have many dominican friends here in Puerto Rico and in the DR too. Most of my friends have dominican friends as well and we get along just fine. We might make fun of their accent, but mexicans make funs of the Prican accent too....so no big deal.
DR and
PR have a lot of business together. DR only makes more business with the US.
Dominicans in
PR even had an impact in the last election.
The last decade has been very positive for dominicans in
PR. I think we can't hardly feel any mistreatments towards dominicans anymore.
What do you all think?