Racism in the Dominican Republic
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In Latin America, there is more flexibility in how people racially categorize themselves: they identify themselves mostly based on skin color and facial features and not so much their ancestry, allowing for more "[[racial fluidity]]."{{cite journal |last1=Rodrigues Pinto |first1=Simone |date=2018 |title=Racismo de Estado e Anti-Haitianismo na Construção do Nacionalismo Dominicano |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/7390810.pdf |journal=Meridional: Revista Chilena de Estudios Latinoamericanos |issue=10 |pages=45–70 |doi=10.5354/0719-4862.2018.50855 |doi-broken-date=12 July 2025}} For example, a person who has some degree of Black ancestry can identify as non-Black if they can 'pass' as such. The Dominican Republic had established the rhetoric that the Dominican Republic was a white nation. |
In Latin America, there is more flexibility in how people racially categorize themselves: they identify themselves mostly based on skin color and facial features and not so much their ancestry, allowing for more "[[racial fluidity]]."{{cite journal |last1=Rodrigues Pinto |first1=Simone |date=2018 |title=Racismo de Estado e Anti-Haitianismo na Construção do Nacionalismo Dominicano |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/7390810.pdf |journal=Meridional: Revista Chilena de Estudios Latinoamericanos |issue=10 |pages=45–70 |doi=10.5354/0719-4862.2018.50855 |doi-broken-date=12 July 2025}} For example, a person who has some degree of Black ancestry can identify as non-Black if they can 'pass' as such. The Dominican Republic had established the rhetoric that the Dominican Republic was a white nation. |
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Contemporary incidents of discrimination include the [[2013 Dominican Republic–Haiti diplomatic crisis|2013 Court ruling]], and the earthquake that impacted Haiti in 2010, which then led to the Dominican government revoking the [[Citizenship by birth|citizenship birth]] from the [[Constitution of the Dominican Republic|Constitution]], affecting hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the Dominican Republic at the time. The Court's decisions reflect long-standing racialized exclusion and argue that these racial boundaries are derived from nationalism and fears of "Haitinization."{{Cite web |date=19 November 2015 |title=Dominican Republic: 'Without paper, I am no one': Stateless people in the Dominican Republic |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr27/2755/2015/en/ |access-date=21 November 2025 |website=Amnesty International |language=en}} |
Contemporary incidents of discrimination include the [[2013 Dominican Republic–Haiti diplomatic crisis|2013 Court ruling]], and the earthquake that impacted Haiti in 2010, which then led to the Dominican government [[Loss of citizenship|revoking]] the [[Citizenship by birth|citizenship birth]] from the [[Constitution of the Dominican Republic|Constitution]], affecting hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the Dominican Republic at the time. The Court's decisions reflect long-standing racialized exclusion and argue that these racial boundaries are derived from nationalism and fears of "Haitinization."{{Cite web |date=19 November 2015 |title=Dominican Republic: 'Without paper, I am no one': Stateless people in the Dominican Republic |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr27/2755/2015/en/ |access-date=21 November 2025 |website=Amnesty International |language=en}} |
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Anti-Haitian policies are common in the Dominican Republic, as mass deportations and police raids continue among dark skinned communities. The government deports thousands of people weekly, a practice that garners criticism from the [[United Nations]], who accuse the Dominican Republic of violating humanitarian rights.{{cite news |date=7 October 2024 |title=Haiti foreign minister blasts Dominican Republic's mass deportation plan |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haiti-foreign-minister-blasts-dominican-republics-mass-deportation-plan-2024-10-07/ |work=Reuters}} |
Anti-Haitian policies are common in the Dominican Republic, as mass deportations and police raids continue among dark skinned communities. The government deports thousands of people weekly, a practice that garners criticism from the [[United Nations]], who accuse the Dominican Republic of violating humanitarian rights.{{cite news |date=7 October 2024 |title=Haiti foreign minister blasts Dominican Republic's mass deportation plan |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haiti-foreign-minister-blasts-dominican-republics-mass-deportation-plan-2024-10-07/ |work=Reuters}} |
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