Comments on: “Hispaniola”: Short Film Explores Race in Haiti & the Dominican Republic http://matadornetwork.com/change/hffny-hispaniola/ travel culture worldwide Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Taina Germain http://matadornetwork.com/change/hffny-hispaniola/#comment-48038 Taina Germain Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:05:59 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=145#comment-48038 I think this is a great step for the whole Island. I've witnessed this, of how judgment and perception is conducted based on race and/or racial background. This not only happens in D.R. It happens in R.H as well. The ancestral background of many individuals varies through out the whole island. [Backgrounds of African, Spain, French, Polish, Greek, German etc.]. As far as I've observed this is a mentality that the worse of us hold. The best of us find common grounds and practice equality and unity. Not only do these prejudicial feuds happen in Hispaniola, but also in Africa, this issue happens there as well. [Though it has progessed] the Island of Hispaniola is far from civil development in this modern day, It is all up to the people. Take the united states as an example, our country has greatly changed through out the decades concerning civil movements, equality rights and unity as a people. Taina Germain I think this is a great step for the whole Island. I’ve witnessed this, of how judgment and perception is conducted based on race and/or racial background. This not only happens in D.R. It happens in R.H as well. The ancestral background of many individuals varies through out the whole island. [Backgrounds of African, Spain, French, Polish, Greek, German etc.]. As far as I’ve observed this is a mentality that the worse of us hold. The best of us find common grounds and practice equality and unity. Not only do these prejudicial feuds happen in Hispaniola, but also in Africa, this issue happens there as well. [Though it has progessed] the Island of Hispaniola is far from civil development in this modern day, It is all up to the people. Take the united states as an example, our country has greatly changed through out the decades concerning civil movements, equality rights and unity as a people.

Taina Germain

]]> By: HyderabadChick http://matadornetwork.com/change/hffny-hispaniola/#comment-47245 HyderabadChick Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:52:15 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=145#comment-47245 Not media, I guess - but there is the book by Edwidge Danticat: Farming of Bones Not media, I guess – but there is the book by Edwidge Danticat: Farming of Bones

]]> By: maisie http://matadornetwork.com/change/hffny-hispaniola/#comment-46496 maisie Tue, 05 May 2009 20:56:40 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=145#comment-46496 just watched this film and have been living in the DR for about 8 months. these issues are not only relevant but core. so there must be another way to explore them-- honestly, the movie's simplification of the issues is not simply educational-- it's also patronizing. this isn't simply a bad rich light-skinned dominican man vs. kind poor dark-skinned haitians, and when it's portrayed that way it simply reinforces the dualistic thinking (us vs them) that is behind all prejudice. isn't there other media we can direct people to? just watched this film and have been living in the DR for about 8 months. these issues are not only relevant but core. so there must be another way to explore them– honestly, the movie’s simplification of the issues is not simply educational– it’s also patronizing. this isn’t simply a bad rich light-skinned dominican man vs. kind poor dark-skinned haitians, and when it’s portrayed that way it simply reinforces the dualistic thinking (us vs them) that is behind all prejudice. isn’t there other media we can direct people to?

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