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Originally Posted by contasm
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.
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It isa simple, the first real "Dominicans" were the Tainos just like the first Americans were the native indigenous peoples. Gradually over time they have been assimilated into the imported population of Spanish and Africans, etc, ie the were never wiped out as has been historiucally claimed(see Tainos in the DR thread for more info, incl DNA results).
At this point a Dominican for the most part is tri-racial entity with all of the appurtant cultural and linguisitc influences as well.