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But that's where you are wrong, Dark skinned Dominicans are being violated by this law as well. People who were born there in the last 80 years, not just people who crossed the border are being denied citizenship. Almost all of them are dark-skinned, this isn't just Haitians here. Dark skinned people have been getting killed for years in DR, this is fact please do your research. Whites were brought in to "whiten" the population of DR during the 30s. Straight from Wikipedia about the Dominican president of 1938
All racism is wrong, no matter what the country or race. The message has been lost among arguments about identity, to the point where some people are actually defending the Dominican government on this law.
Everyone knows Trujillo and what he was about, no one is denying that, those were very dark times and speak to any Dominican light or dark and see if the Trujillo era is something to be proud of, dude was an extremist, a dictator, ruthless and very racist.
While there is still a racist issue in the island, just like any other place in the planet, this whole thing is NOT just based off racism, this has been going on for 2 years and is plan put in place to control immigration....people were given a deadline to get their papers in order, the sad part is that resources are scarce, a lot of Haitians live in poverty, along with many Dominicans as well, some can't read or write, some simply didn't care to get their things in order....bottom line, the country has become over populated, The Haitian population can't possibly become the majority in DR...where would that leave DR?...yeah going back 80 years is an excessive measure and that's about the only thing that has me scratching my head....other than that, I just see it as country controlling the influx of another nation. Imagine you live next door to somebody and they have 30 family members, who all one day decide to move into your house and take over because you happen to have AC and Direct tv and they are less fortunate and only have a fan and cable....I bet you wouldn't be too happy either.