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Originally Posted by ohomem_t
.. As far as the Spaniards, I think that some people from D.R. may be ignorant to the fact that the first Dominicans were Spanish colonists, and so may look at them as a completely different people.
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I did not want to touch this one with a ten-foot pole !!!! But I’m glad Mr. Lu did, and very diplomatically I must add.
Yes.. A revision of “DR” or “Hispaniola Island” or “Name given to Island before Spaniards” history is definitely required by Tony. The concepts of “first Dominicans”, “real Dominicans” are delicate perceptions that merit discussion and study from many different angles. Emphasizing the European part of the
Dominican equation seems to be the “preferred” one, but again, it is just one of many that deserves a closer look. Perhaps some DR1 “anthropologists” or/and “historians” might want to contribute to this thread.