Why are Dominican Americans mostly ignored in U.S.

[Damian]

Except for just baseball, I never see Dominicans in American movies, music or television, and there has been Dominicans in America for a long time.

Mexicans, Cubans and Boricuas get more attention, I'm half Dominican and I know almost nothing about my roots.

Many Americans are ignorant about Dominicans, In the south where I live, people think Dominicans are a foreign black group. They're invisible in most America mainstream.

[Hillbilly]

There are several outstanding Dominicans in other fields than baseball. They just don't go around hooting "I'm a Dominican, see? I can dance merengue and drink Presidente!!" all the time.

José Fernández is one actor that comes to mind: He was the bad guy in one of the Crocadile Dundee movies..

Oscar de la Renta, of course. Nobody knows Rafael Padilla: I think that is the name,...he's one of the chief training pilots at American, and has given the check rides to the Air Force One pilots...

At the Cleveland Clinic there are several outstanding heart surgeons. One of the outstanding doctors in Phoenix is Dominican...

And José Luis Guerra can fill a stadium almost anywhere in the world...

HB

Yeah, I almost forgot Julia Alvarez, the author...best seller in English and Spanish..

[Danny W]

Michel Camilo - brilliant jazz/classical pianist, world famous. - D

[Keith R]

Never see Dominicans in movies??? Rarely, maybe, but I can't say never. Just saw a pretty good independent film a couple of weeks ago that won critical review here in U.S. last year, "Washington Heights." Was by Dominicans, with Dominicans, about Dominicans.

And what about Maria Montez, all those decades ago?

[Tony Cabrera]

Damian, you need to read a little bit more, there are actors/actress; Zoe saldana, miguel a nunez (half dominican, like you) etc..., try to subscribe to
this magazine called: dominican time at of new york city. It is on the internet.
good luck

[Keith R]

As for not seeing Dominicans on TV... well, there's always that blonde lady on the morning talk show on Univision or Telemundo whose name escapes me at the moment... my wife loves her but I don't. The wife of some well-known Dominican producer...ah yes. Charytin. Not a shining example, but Dominican nonetheless.

[dominicangirl]

Judy Reyes from the tv show Scrubs on NBC.
She plays Nurse Carla Espinosa.

[FuegoAzul21]

There are few other dominicans too , but i think they stay low key about being Dominican cuase it might hurt thier careers (notice that many played strong African American roles)merlin santana(R.I.P) was Dominican ,he was on the steve harvey show , then there is alphonso ribeiro (carlton) from fresh prince of belair , i think one of the guys from fast in furious was dominican , i think his name is something morales ,michelle rodriguez is half dominican , she was in some surfing movie ,and the one where she is girl boxer ( i forgot most of the names of the movies) , she has had a few and as for u not knowing ur roots ,thats more your fault than any one elses(it could be your parents fault too) , and most people in the south have probably never met a dominican and know of them ONLY through baseball , so that explains the foriegn black people thing

[Chareena]

Originally Posted by Tony Cabrera

try to subscribe to this magazine called: dominican time at of new york city. It is on the internet.
good luck

Couldn't find it. What is the address to their website?

[Porfio_Rubirosa]

Originally Posted by Keith R

..."Washington Heights" ... [w]as by Dominicans, with Dominicans, about Dominicans

You mean by Boricuas, with Boricuas, about Dominicans. Ask your wife, she'll tell you. Dominican York falsificados!