Transnational Hispaniola: New Directions in Haitian and Dominican Studies

Authors

Alex Stepick, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

The Americas

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

10-2019

Abstract

Racism on the island of Hispaniola can appear ineluctable and ineradicable. Ever since Haiti’s glorious political accomplishments at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Western world has demeaned Haiti and Haitians. In the twentieth century, the Dominican Republic’s long-lasting dictator Trujillo managed to instill a logic of white supremacy in an overwhelming African-descendent population that resulted in a monumental massacre of Haitians in the Dominican Republic over 80 years ago, and, within the past decade, in political efforts to deny citizenship to Dominicans of Haitian descent.

Description

© Academy of American Franciscan History 2019

Locate the Document

http://doi.org/10.1017/tam.2019.91

DOI

10.1017/tam.2019.91

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30414

Citation Details

Mayes, A. J., & Jayaram, K. C. (2018). Transnational Hispaniola: New Directions in Haitian and Dominican Studies. University Press of Florida, 76(4), 706-708.