The Study of Racialism Discussion of U.S. Racialism Please read The Rules before posting.    FAQ   Search     Register     Log in  ' Search found 99 matches The Study of Racialism Forum Index Author Message   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 20:58   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? It is apparent that you have some emotional attachment to the issue, just as I do, so I see we really won't get anywhere with the topic. All I will state is that I live here in the DR and I have c ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 17:12   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? sagascend With all due respect, your reasoning, while prolific and constant, doesn't convince nor sway my personal opinion and something I witness on a daily basis. Furthermore, my opinion is s ...   Topic: What about Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground? chip Replies: 37 Views: 2039 Forum: Improving U.S. Society   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 16:59   Subject: What about Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground? I do not believe that Obama had or has a meaningful relationship with Ayers or any domestic terrorist. It completely contradicts his known behavior, which is nothing if pro-establishment. This is a ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 16:22   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? Well, I would agree with you overall as far as the bolded. But who exactly are Westerners? NA or Europeans.   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 16:21   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? You've actually asserted different things throughout your posts, which led me to the original question. You've said that race is not significant in the DR, that the racial classification system is ba ...   Topic: Muslim - Arab - Terrorist are Synonymous for Some Republican chip Replies: 93 Views: 3897 Forum: Improving U.S. Society   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 15:53   Subject: Muslim - Arab - Terrorist are Synonymous for Some Republican There are Muslims all over the world. Good and bad, just like with everyone else. There certainly are. I don't believe in mistreating a group of people is the right thing to do, however I am comp ...   Topic: When will One Dropping be a thing of the past in the US? chip Replies: 19 Views: 3410 Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 15:46   Subject: When will One Dropping be a thing of the past in the US? You've actually asserted different things throughout your posts, which led me to the original question. You've said that race is not significant in the DR, that the racial classification system is ba ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 15:24   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? It's best to look at all of those experiences together to ensure that too much emphasis is not being placed on nationalism, to the exclusion of other issues. Ironically, I would say far and away t ...   Topic: Sarah Palin Doesn't Know What She is Running For chip Replies: 28 Views: 1543 Forum: Improving U.S. Society   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 14:30   Subject: Sarah Palin Doesn't Know What She is Running For Speaking of VP's, Biden isn't exactly without controversy: http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/21/biden-predicts-international-crisis-if-elected-mccain-reacts/   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 14:28   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? I wouldn't compare the evolution of German national consciousness to the development of the DR. What Frank was referring to is the creation of an Italian American or German American ethnicity in t ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 13:54   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? I still think most of the problem can be attributed to nationalism - from MW: nationalism: 1: loyalty and devotion to a nation ; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation ...   Topic: Liberal Media Attack Machine against 'Joe the Plumber' chip Replies: 35 Views: 1212 Forum: Improving U.S. Society   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 13:22   Subject: Liberal Media Attack Machine against 'Joe the Plumber' McCain's campaign and tactics could explain a lot of the negative coverage IMO. No matter where you sit on the spectrum, his management (or lack thereof) of his primary and presidential campaigns ha ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 13:17   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? Sure. The Haitian 'race' is despised in the DR, quite unselfconsciously by people who are not that genetically different. This type of racism is uncommon in the U.S. but it is quite common in the ...   Topic: Liberal Media Attack Machine against 'Joe the Plumber' chip Replies: 35 Views: 1212 Forum: Improving U.S. Society   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 12:52   Subject: Liberal Media Attack Machine against 'Joe the Plumber' The so called neutral press, yeah right! The Washington Post reports that news coverage of McCain is twice as much negative as that of Obama. According to the study, 57 percent of news stories sho ...   Topic: What is your favorite Caribbean food? chip Replies: 21 Views: 4174 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 12:34   Subject: What is your favorite Caribbean food? bistec encebollado, fritos verdes con mojo colombiano, ensalada verde con agrio de naranja, y por supuesto arroz y habichuela al estilo dominicano - para chuparse los dedos!   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 12:32   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? That is not my understanding of the Dominican system... It may be true for many but certainly not all. My understanding is based on living here and speaking the language, however, I understand pe ...   Topic: Liberal Media Attack Machine against 'Joe the Plumber' chip Replies: 35 Views: 1212 Forum: Improving U.S. Society   Posted: Wed 22 Oct 2008 16:25   Subject: Liberal Media Attack Machine against 'Joe the Plumber' Forget Ayers. oh how convenient!   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Wed 22 Oct 2008 16:15   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? If the classification system in the DR is fluid and the cultural tenet of antihaitianismo paired with illegal immigration exists, then brown Dominicans who call themselves white would have to be ide ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Wed 22 Oct 2008 15:19   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? How do you explain extremely brown Dominicans who refer to themselves as whites? No "influx" of slaves or Haitians created that phenomenon. What are they identifying with if their appea ...   Topic: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? chip Replies: 91 Views: 6561 Forum: Caribbean Basin   Posted: Wed 22 Oct 2008 14:29   Subject: What Influences Dominican Self Identity? Eventually because of the influx of slaves and also Haitians in later years and intermarrying the whites were relegated to a minority class. 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