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**Binuilienzync** · 06-10-2011, 01:18 AM

not that it did not happen.... just that 1937 was a very long time ago and it appears that NOTHING that the DR does will ever erase that incident.

Killing that many innocent men, women and children tends to stick around in peoples memories. How could you erase that incident other than by bringing those killed back to life? 1937 is not a very long time ago. Charlemagne slaughtering the Saxons was, but some of those people killed in 1937 could still be alive (and some of the murderers probably are).
Pointing out the many good things the DR has done after the earthquake and the difficulties it has in shouldering the refugee problem is necessary (and was done in the article). But acting as if the massacre and the deep rooted resentment Dominicans harbor for Haitians are not an issue here is ridiculous.

I also don't see what the problem with that article is. It is pretty well balanced in my opinion and not at all judgemental. They mentioned the massacre, so what? It happened, it still has an influence on Dominico-Hatian relations, so there is a point in talking about it. They also talk about low wages, police taking skin color as an indication for being Haitian, bad living conditions of the refugees and people who have been born in the DR being denied citizenship. Those are all facts, whether you like it or not. They were pretty neutral in their analysis, and you can easily make an argument for the use of much harsher words in the description of Mr Taveras, his party or the people who put up the signs in Santiago.

06-10-2011, 01:18 AM	#1
Binuilienzync Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	not that it did not happen.... just that 1937 was a very long time ago and it appears that NOTHING that the DR does will ever erase that incident. Killing that many innocent men, women and children tends to stick around in peoples memories. How could you erase that incident other than by bringing those killed back to life? 1937 is not a very long time ago. Charlemagne slaughtering the Saxons was, but some of those people killed in 1937 could still be alive (and some of the murderers probably are). Pointing out the many good things the DR has done after the earthquake and the difficulties it has in shouldering the refugee problem is necessary (and was done in the article). But acting as if the massacre and the deep rooted resentment Dominicans harbor for Haitians are not an issue here is ridiculous. I also don't see what the problem with that article is. It is pretty well balanced in my opinion and not at all judgemental. They mentioned the massacre, so what? It happened, it still has an influence on Dominico-Hatian relations, so there is a point in talking about it. They also talk about low wages, police taking skin color as an indication for being Haitian, bad living conditions of the refugees and people who have been born in the DR being denied citizenship. Those are all facts, whether you like it or not. They were pretty neutral in their analysis, and you can easily make an argument for the use of much harsher words in the description of Mr Taveras, his party or the people who put up the signs in Santiago.
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