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11-28-2005, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MissIvana
Thats so true. I was a team leader at a summer camp for teenage girls this past summer. A Mexican girl from Grand Rapids came. I was the only one who could speak to her to her parents [in spanish]. After the introduction, we began talking about how fast/slow different Hispanics speak spanish [breaking the cultural ice]. She then made a very offensive comment about how "ghetto" Dominicans speak, I almost passed out. I asked her, "what did she think I was?" She was so embarassed, but she explained that she'd never met a Dominican before.
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That's terrible! You see how even among the latino community there are still those prejudices and sterotypes. Even i have experienced it. Even though I am mexican i have been told numerous times that i look puerto rican or cuban (or anything other than mexican). There have been times where i have been around puerto ricans that talk bad about mexicans not knowing that i am mexicana. Once they find out they react like the woman did with you. I don't get it but it's just the way it is. All i can say is I love all my latinos!! 
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11-28-2005, 12:49 PM
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It looks like Aventura will be in Detroit this weekend. http://www.orqasens.com/
Can anyone confirm this? I looked at their website, but they don't have a schedule posted there. |
12-21-2005, 03:17 PM
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Although I am not Dominican myself, my daughter is half-Dominican, and we lived in Washington Heights for the first 5 years of her life (we moved back to Michigan, where I am originally from) in 2001. I can COMPLETELY understand the culture shock you experienced. My daughter, even at her young age, still talks about moving back there. The worst part? Going to the supermarket and paying $1.00 for two platanos, when you know in WAshington Heights you can get at least 10 for $1.00!!!
Hang in there...
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12-31-2005, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Syrita
You are right. I am a mexican from Michigan and it is not very culturally diverse there. Where i used to live (Grand Rapids) there is quite a large population of mexicans and puerto ricans but i haven't seen or met many dominicans there. The city is somewhat segragated. The hispanic community in Grand Rapids resides on a particular part of town.
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Most hispanics outside of Grand Rapids in the suburbs live in Wyoming & Kentwood. You're right mostly all of western Michigan is very segragated.
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01-05-2006, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vickat20
My daughter, even at her young age, still talks about moving back there. The worst part? Going to the supermarket and paying $1.00 for two platanos, when you know in WAshington Heights you can get at least 10 for $1.00!!!
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$1.00? is that it? try $2.99 per lb here in Alaska.
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01-05-2006, 01:01 PM
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OK - you got me beat. It must cost a whole lotta money to get platanos from DR to Alaska I guess  |
01-05-2006, 06:20 PM
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Wife is Dominican and we live near Detroit
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Originally Posted by Alove
Hello all,
I am an new member. I moved to the Metro Detroit area from NYC - the Heights - about a year ago. I have never experienced a culture shock like I did when I moved here. It is a very segregated state, you are either black or white. I miss my peoples. I want to eat MY foods, listen to MY music, etc. Can you believe there is not a spanish radio station here? Quisqueyanos, where are you? 
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Hello,
If interested you can pm me, my wife has been in the US for almost 2 years now. We live in Taylor, MI about 30 minutes from Detroit. She is 28 and her name is Yesenia. We have a son who is almost 3. She has some family in New York as well . She hasn't met any dominicans here where we live but we haven't went looking in downtown Detroit though either. PM me if you would like to email/call her and I will let her know when she gets home from work.
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01-05-2006, 09:10 PM
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i have seen platano 25 for a dollar here in new york
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01-07-2006, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Alove
Hello all,
I am an new member. I moved to the Metro Detroit area from NYC - the Heights - about a year ago. I have never experienced a culture shock like I did when I moved here. It is a very segregated state, you are either black or white. I miss my peoples. I want to eat MY foods, listen to MY music, etc. Can you believe there is not a spanish radio station here? Quisqueyanos, where are you?
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Well, You could always move back to....
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01-08-2006, 12:16 PM
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You may want to send an email to Papillon. He's Dominican and has lived Michigan for quite some time. He hasn't posted for a couple of years, so you're probably better of with a email rather than a PM
http://www.dr1.com/forums/sendmessag...member&u=12279
BTW: You're right about parts of Michigan being very segregated. I know a bi-racial couple that moved there from NJ and they experienced some real culture shock. |
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