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Up to page 100 , we got to see more of the views between Haitians and Dominicans and how they felt towards eachother. Trujillo was not liekd at all in D.r therefor he was assasinated, just as people wanted; the land although was lead to complete chaos after. In the west of Haiti they were having disputes with the president Vincent , his attitude lead him to be killed as well.There does exist a small town in the Dominican Republic called Little Haiti. There Haitian merchant and Dominicans converge to trade, sell, and buy things they need. The town harbors get the same bad treatment and racial conflict between Haitians. Crime, poverty, exist alot within that small town in the Dominican Republican. In addition, trust and love exists between the neighbors, Dominican and Haitian since some dont want more chaos going on. The workers from the small town go to work over on the sugar cane farms. But, the farm owners and government were well known for their mistreatment of workers , which is related to slaves during the 19th century. Dominican workers although have a bad side for many Haitians because they take up many jobs that could of been available for them. The government has a love and hate relationship between the Haitians. The dominicans fear of the haitians because they feel as if they are a weight load on the government, they are met with disdain from some Dominicans, and some politicians fear the Haitians could take over the country. Besides all this dominicans dont completly hate Haiti, but they constantly have many issues with eachother based on many other topics.
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Up to page 100 , we got to see more of the views between Haitians and Dominicans and how they felt towards eachother. Trujillo was not liekd at all in D.r therefor he was assasinated, just as people wanted; the land although was lead to complete chaos after. In the west of Haiti they were having disputes with the president Vincent , his attitude lead him to be killed as well.There does exist a small town in the Dominican Republic called Little Haiti. There Haitian merchant and Dominicans converge to trade, sell, and buy things they need. The town harbors get the same bad treatment and racial conflict between Haitians. Crime, poverty, exist alot within that small town in the Dominican Republican. In addition, trust and love exists between the neighbors, Dominican and Haitian since some dont want more chaos going on. The workers from the small town go to work over on the sugar cane farms. But, the farm owners and government were well known for their mistreatment of workers , which is related to slaves during the 19th century. Dominican workers although have a bad side for many Haitians because they take up many jobs that could of been available for them. The government has a love and hate relationship between the Haitians. The dominicans fear of the haitians because they feel as if they are a weight load on the government, they are met with disdain from some Dominicans, and some politicians fear the Haitians could take over the country. Besides all this dominicans dont completly hate Haiti, but they constantly have many issues with eachother based on many other topics.
Quotation
" The Haitian come to Santo Domingo to escape hunger and violence wrought by decades of brutal and corrupt dictators who have bled Haiti dry" (Wucker 84).
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This quotation reminds me of exactly what I saw when I visited Dominican Republic for the summer last year. When I was there I saw many Haitians who encounterd with Dominicans work wise like the book mentioned. This reminded me of a specific time when I went out with my aunt shopping and I stopped at a little stand of Coconut drinks to buy one. The guy was Haitian and spoke to me in Spanish , and i exchanged words with him.He told me about how he is staying at Dominican Republic for a while to get some money and then go back to his family. As soon as I read this I remeberd the man and how nice he was to me.
it is nice to read your personal connections with the book, and I look forward to how you can challenge/disagree with the book's description of DR.
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