He wouldn't have been influenced by the systemic racism of the US which caused him to want to conform to the "white" idea of beauty. Per your account, that's the reason for his behavior. If he grew up in DR, the majority of citizens are black so the standard of beauty would be determined by that population. FYI...Michael Jackson had vitiligo which caused light colored spots on his skin. That is why he bleached his skin. In addition, he obviously had a lot of other issues unrelated to being black which tainted his behavior.
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Read up on Dominican Republic history. It is different from the rest of the Carribean. You'd find it interesting. Their path was mixed with Haiti's.
It means the late colonial period wasn't colonial at all. Nor was it about slavery. The whole island won independence.
The problems had more to do with debt, lack of civil institutions, and overmilitarization.
MacDre
PREMIER
Okay, you obviously don’t know much about slavery and the plight of blacks.
MacDre
PREMIER
Okay, if you say so. So more white His-story and ethnocentrism to save the day. How did Africans get to the DR?
Haitians revolted against the French not the Spanish and are paying for it to this day. All of the Caribbean, including the Bahamas where my family is from is ran by white folks.
What’s your opinion as to why there is a caste system in the DR? Why do folks from the DR hate Haitians? Finally, why does the British government have records of having to free my Bahamian uncles (who were never slaves) because they were captured by the Spanish and taken to Cuba and the DR as slaves?
MicPaPa
GOLD
...you forgot; "all without the ability to obtain an ID to produce for voting."
BTW, I like Russian dressing and vodka...go ahead, let me have it.
I actually do. However, I really don't want to get into a debate about it on a soccer forum. I simply wanted to point out the Sammy Sosa was not born in the US. You obviously have a personal narrative by which you are defining yourself so spending more time on this is pointless. Take care!
MicPaPa
GOLD
...just Amazon and Trump? care to name some Dems, or nah?
Justkickinit
SILVER
Yet another hijacked thread... some of you people really need a hobby... or go run for local office and see if anyone really wants to listen to any of you. They just may... 
MicPaPa
GOLD
...yet here you are, is this a hobby?
Citing surging cases, the Los Angeles and San Diego school districts will be remote-only in the fall.
www.nytimes.com
This is going to have a potential big impact on families and field availability.
What kind of fall season is possible now? Facility availability seems like a bottleneck at this point not even going into the guidelines.
A Record 5.4 Million Americans Have Lost Health Insurance, Study Finds (Published 2020)
California’s governor announced a sweeping rollback of the state’s reopening and Los Angeles and San Diego school districts will be online-only in the fall. Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to the White House.
This is going to have a potential big impact on families and field availability.
What kind of fall season is possible now? Facility availability seems like a bottleneck at this point not even going into the guidelines.
Justkickinit
SILVER
Hardly. Was simply looking for some outside info or perhaps something different then what I know or have heard regarding the current soccer environment and experiences of returning to play. There are other threads for your discussions. Simply desiring potential information that pertains to the thread title. I’d imagine others would agree.
notintheface
GOLD
None. There aren't enough fields to practice on. There aren't enough fields to play on. Even in the smaller communities where maybe there are enough fields, the discrepancy between communities means any kind of scheduling is impossible. We're done for 2020.
You took a country that has been mostly black ruled for almost 200 years, and tried to make it a story about white men. And then accused me of ethnocentrism. Show some respect to the people of DR. It’s their story, not mine.
Your uncles probably were freed during the brief period of restored Spanish rule between 1861 and 1865. Spain tried to retake some colonies it had lost during the post-Napoleonic era. It didn’t work out too well for them.
Haiti invaded DR just after the Haitian war of liberation, which was an ugly four way fight between slaves, France, Spain, and England. Haiti‘s military occupied DR for decades, which may be part of where the animosity comes from.
MacDre
PREMIER
Why does the DR have a caste system similar to India?
I really dont know. Spanish colonies had the whole purity of the blood theory. But I never thought if it as caste-like. I always thought it was just classic racial discrimination.
Have a great week.
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On that note us soccer has release at update to return to play:
www.topdrawersoccer.com
If that article is correct in referencing this and it's followed
"Each phase should follow sequentially, with Phase I suggested to last four-six weeks and Phase II three-six weeks before progressing to Phase III"
We would be 7-12 weeks out once started which we haven't yet for MLS Leagues teams for example. In other words October would seem be the earliest start for games but I haven't looked into the details just yet.
On that note us soccer has release at update to return to play:
U.S. Soccer releases final phase of return | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer
U.S. Soccer has released the final phase of its five-phase PLAY ON campaign, providing coaches, players, parents, referees and administrators with the complete return-to-play guidelines during COVID-19 to help ensure the safety of all participants.
www.topdrawersoccer.com
If that article is correct in referencing this and it's followed
"Each phase should follow sequentially, with Phase I suggested to last four-six weeks and Phase II three-six weeks before progressing to Phase III"
We would be 7-12 weeks out once started which we haven't yet for MLS Leagues teams for example. In other words October would seem be the earliest start for games but I haven't looked into the details just yet.
Well this didn’t age well. 174 dead in AZ in a single day, a new record! CA also just broke its previous high for deaths in a single day. 174 is more than 38 right? How many people in AZ need to go see Herman Cain every day before you admit you’re an idiot?
So glad Covid-19 petered out, especially in Florida. 30 deaths a day is about the same as 252 right? And good thing AZ opening up has only resulted in 30 or so deaths a day - if you don’t count the other 140.
How high do these numbers need to get before you agree that AZ’s plan was stupid?
Desert Hound
DA
You are not too bright. That is not a single day high.
Deaths get reported at different times. So that 174 number is spread out over a number of days.
AZ still shows as its highest day 80 people.
We are on the down side of the positive curves now. Cal who has stricter measures in place saw a spike in cases.
The countries you love to point too as examples of getting it right...France, Spain, Germany are all experiencing spikes again. Hong Kong is having issues again.
It is going to happen. You cannot stay locked down for some indeterminate amount of time...which seems to be your preferred plan.
I know you like to hide in the basement and hug your dolls, but at some point you have to get off your ass and start living life again.
Sure. But let’s assume for the sake of argument that reopening is only killing 80 people a day. 80 is the new 30?
How many people need to die every day before it’s too many for you? 100, 1000, everyone?
Yeah, Germany is really up a creek now. They were up to five deaths yesterday. So was Spain. France was up to fifteen. Hong Kong had one, too. That’s 26 deaths out of a combined population of over 200 million. Not sure they can come back after that kind of horrific spike.
Why couldn’t they be sensible and do things like Arizona?