Transcript HarvestofEmpireDominicanRepublic - Fictions of Latino Masculinities

Harvest of Empire:
Dominicans: From the Duarte to the George
Washington Bridge
Natasha Rodriguez
Julissa Antigua
Timeline
May 30, 1961 — “El Jefe”, General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo was
assassinated
Mid 1960s — Dominican Diaspora
April 1965 — uprising that lead to first democratically elected
president
1961-1986 — 400,000+ Dominicans legally immigrate to the US;
44,000 move to Puerto Rico
1990 — 300,000+ Dominicans live in NYC
Expected total: 700,000 by early millennium
One of the largest migrations to the US in the past 40 years [pg.
117]
1990s—Dominicans are 2nd largest Hispanic group in northeast
July 4, 1992 — first Dominican riot in US
Trujillo
•Ruled from 1930-1961
•Bloody rein
•Assassinated by fellow officers in Samana
•Kennedy and CIA ousted Trujillo
•Trujillo was previously supported by US
•Corrupt — connections gave you privilege
•Access to Passports were very hard to
come by
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsrk
bRwbpqQ
Post-Trujillo
Juan Bosch: first democratically elected president
(1965)
Land reform and communist movement  friction with
sugar growers and US
Overthrown after 7 months in office; exiled in Puerto
Rico
Colonel Francisco Caamaño: led revolt to bring Bosch
back to power
Most radical group of Spanish speaking immigrants in
US history
Caamaño!
•Caamaño: son of infamous
general during Trujillo-era
•Constitutionalists: Bosch
supporters
•Loyalists: opponents
Corruption
“Telephones were tapped, hotel rooms were wired with
microphones. Mail was opened, cables scrutinized. Worst of all, as
the dictator’s secret informers seeped throughout the land, no
man could know whether his neighbor, or his lifelong friends, or
even his brother or son or wife, might inform against
him…Everyone feared. No one trusted anyone.” [pg.120-121]
Second night of revolt: military planes dropped bombs on
downtown
Third day of revolt: air force attacked Duarte bridge
50+ people were killed
Constitutionalists still held gateway to city
Civilian support for rebels plummeted, government soldiers
dropped posts, generals surrendered
April 28: President Lyndon Johnson sent marines
US officials leaked wrongful claims that Communists controlled
rebellion and Americans were in danger
Joaquin Balaguer took power (longtime aide for Trujillo)
Right wing violence against Bosch supporters
Dominican migration to the US
•US helped Dominicans come over to diffuse crisis
•Standard of living in DR shot down in 1980s-
1990sover 60% of population in DR earned poverty
wages
•Went largely unnoticed at first
•Seen as “blacks who happened to speak Spanish” [pg.
117]
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7_oQzDYM
w&feature=related
•Discrimination from other Hispanics
•Newspapers: recorded accounts of Dominicans in violent
crimes and drug trafficking
•Whites blamed Dominicans for increase in crime
rates
•Problem with the newspapers
•1) Did not explain why so many Dominicans came
to US
•2) Did not advertise immigrants’ success
Distinct Diaspora
Began as refugees started to flee in mid-1960s
Dominicans were not classified as refugees
Cubans were classified as refugees — fleeing Castro
Cubans received federal assistance upon arrival; Dominicans did
not
Better educated
Successful in business enterprise
Ex: bodegas
Tension between Dominicans and Puerto Ricans
Conflicts between Latino communities are similar to Latino
immigrants vs. white American
I think if the U.S. offered more visas, everyone would leave the
country. That’s how bad things are” – Estela Vasquez 1993
Professional Athletics
Notable Dominicans
Citations
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