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**Mello** · 08-16-2012, 01:41 PM

Hmmmmmm, did I say that ALL Dominicans were poor? And the last time I checked the figures were 49% of Diminicans living below poverty level, certainly not all but a damn good majority. You keep thinking its only cultural if that makes you feel better. Again I challenge someone with the $$$ to throw around and good business sense to open up a few "old folks homes" free to those who can't afford and salary scale for those who can and then give me the statistics on how many abuelos y abuelas remain in the family home.
The comment was made that we, as Americans, don't care for our elderly with is not true for the majority, it is a matter of work/lifestyle and means. Don't assume about my people and I won't assume about yours (nanny nanny boo boo)

Just wanted to say.. I was 15 years old, we were upper middle class living in Coral Gables, Fl in a house worth about 900k US now.. My greatgrandmother was 88 years old still living with my both my parents, and both of my siblings all under the same roof. Other members of my family told my mom to send her off to a home for old people somewhere, and my mom said that she would die before she would let someone else take care of her grandmother. We are dominican, and rich or poor, we take care of our elders. I don't care what kind of assumptions you are trying to make based on some hypothetical scenario. The majority of the americans I knew while spending my 20 years of living in the US, military service, college education, choose to send their elders off to resthomes or retirement communities.. it's a fact that Dominicans have a more intimate and deeper connection with their elders than Americans do. sorry.

08-16-2012, 01:41 PM	#16
Mello Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 495 Senior Member	Hmmmmmm, did I say that ALL Dominicans were poor? And the last time I checked the figures were 49% of Diminicans living below poverty level, certainly not all but a damn good majority. You keep thinking its only cultural if that makes you feel better. Again I challenge someone with the $$$ to throw around and good business sense to open up a few "old folks homes" free to those who can't afford and salary scale for those who can and then give me the statistics on how many abuelos y abuelas remain in the family home. The comment was made that we, as Americans, don't care for our elderly with is not true for the majority, it is a matter of work/lifestyle and means. Don't assume about my people and I won't assume about yours (nanny nanny boo boo) Just wanted to say.. I was 15 years old, we were upper middle class living in Coral Gables, Fl in a house worth about 900k US now.. My greatgrandmother was 88 years old still living with my both my parents, and both of my siblings all under the same roof. Other members of my family told my mom to send her off to a home for old people somewhere, and my mom said that she would die before she would let someone else take care of her grandmother. We are dominican, and rich or poor, we take care of our elders. I don't care what kind of assumptions you are trying to make based on some hypothetical scenario. The majority of the americans I knew while spending my 20 years of living in the US, military service, college education, choose to send their elders off to resthomes or retirement communities.. it's a fact that Dominicans have a more intimate and deeper connection with their elders than Americans do. sorry.
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