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Time to Break Relations with the Dominican Republic

If ever a country in the geographical space called the Caribbean ever proudly demonstrated its racism, if ever a country ever openly expressed anger towards its neighbour that country is the Dominican Republic.

Scholars of History and Cultural Studies know the Dominican Republic has a huge racial blemish not dissimilar to the latent Cuban Racism against its Afro population.

It is now time for Jamaica and other Caribbean countries take active  steps to deal with the Dominican Republic.  

A racist country and a country in our geographical sphere which always believes it’s white, acts  white  and  possess a racist attitude towards not only its Haitian neighbours but its Haitian  community  entrenched inside its territory.

  

To make matters even worse, the  Dominican  Republic continues to deport citizens born in their country only because they are of Haitian descent. Its recent rambling for mass deportation is alarming to every country that is a member of the International community.

It is good however, according to the government that the PNP administration and government will not support the Dominican Republic’s attempt to gain membership in  Caricom.

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That is good from our government as the Dominican Republic has too long practiced apartheid and hooliganism.

For those of us who do not know Caribbean history or those of us who pretend that there is not a history of events or even a historiography of Dominican Republic abuses, let me remind you that less than a hundred years ago , in fact in 1937 up to 20,000 Haitians were murdered by Dominican Republic soldiers and militiamen flooding the Massacre river with bodies and literally turning the river red with the blood of Haitians.

The Dominican Republic has the notorious record of maltreatment towards its neighbor with historical accounts dating back to the 19th century. In recent years there have been many beatings and killings of Haitians who provide the lowest class of labour to the Dominican Republic.

Defying  international law the Dominican Republic is bullying a weak and marginalized set of West Indians. The Dominican Republic showers the most receptive welcomes for its Lebanese, Syrian, Jewish, German , Italian and Spanish minorities, yet it treats its Haitian minorities like they are sub-humans.

I said it is now time  to break off international or bilateral relations with this country. It is an injustice to have a Caribbean neighbor with its “Spanish apartheid”

  

Why should we deal with a country which thinks itself white, whose philosophy and psyche is white so much that Haiti which is black is a perpetual enemy. Jamaica does not need to deal with people who think themselves superior knowing deep in themselves that the blood of Africa runs in their veins just like the other Caribbean countries.

It is my opinion that we  break all ties with this apartheid country that seeks to continue create mayhem, murder, fear and oppression for our black brothers and sisters of Haitian descent.

Maurice  Christie

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