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Originally Posted by AmericanSentiment
Is it true Dominicans burned & destroyed their history books and tried to rewrite where they came from? I read history that after Colombus arrived searching for gold Spain killed off all the Indians in the 16th century & begin bringing slave from Africa to DR Now a majority African-Dominican in the country.
Also I read in a history book most Dominicans judge themselves by skin color, a lighter shade they like to call themselves Indian.
I just want to know if any of this is true by Dominicans abroad & Dominicans on the island.
Also are Christopher Colombus bones still on the island?
Are Dominicans living abroad & at home ashame of their heritage as Afro-Dominicans?
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Had a conversation with one of my employees the other day. He's black with African features and he didn't believe me when I told him that he's from African decent. It took me awhile and with the help of someone I was finally able to convince him. Even my wife who's Dominican had a hard time believing me in the beginning when I told her that her ancestors were African.
They think of Africans being like the Haitians.