To start with, from the discovery of the Isla Hispaniola by the Spanish, racism has placed a mark in the Dominican Republic’s history. When the Spanish first arrived to the Isla Hispaniola they enslaved the Taino people who were dark skinned. Here racism makes an entrance! The Spanish took them up as slaves, worked them and used them very unfairly. They treated them like animals because of their color and could have cared less that God had created the Tainos the exact same way as them. Even though the Dominican Republic did achieve independence later racism play a huge role in their history. Now a day, in the Dominican …show more content…
For example, when I first arrived in the Dominican Republic in 2013 I could not tell the Dominicans from the Hattians. Now because of the culture and the ways people treat Haitians I can tell if a Dominican or Haitian person walks down the street by the color of their skin. Another place which racism appears is when people see African American frizzy hair they call it pelo malo (bad hair) and they call my hair pelo bueno (good hair) because of its straightness and fineness. This custom creates sadness because God created everybody different and he purposely gave these women frizzy hair while the Dominicans reject it and call it bad. Through many other example racisms in this country shows itself