Kind of a double standard then - far more acts of racism and genocide were committed under our current flag than ever occured under the Confederate Battle Flag. You’re just choosing to be ignorant, and I cannot respect that.

-Freemasonry dates back to about 1717, no earlier. It was a trend/fashion to include fake antiquity n gentlemen’s clubs.

-It had some shady stuff, but nothing too big, in the past. The anti-masonic movement was a little overblown, butthere was a lot of corruption.

Really? Because I do believe that the American flag flew over all 12 slave holding States at the start of our nation (Vermont being the only State that entered the union with slavery abolished.) I’m quite confident that the US flag was flying as Federal Troops force marched the Cherokee out of Georgia during the Trail…

Being a Southerner (and passive supporter of the flag for that reason) I’ve watched the flag virtually (and probably rightfully) disappear from public prominence over the course of years. All that this whining and complaining is going to do is inspire everyone who wants to make a statement to go out and fly the flag.…

I know! I’m from the north, so I never really cared about the confederate flag one way or the other, but the Duke brothers are just a couple good ol’ boys, never meaning no harm! I guess, in fairness, they have been in trouble with the law since the day they was born.

I’m not a southerner and I don’t like NASCAR, but this whole flag thing is pure BS.

All for it being banned from state and federal buildings. Should have never been there in the first place. And I’d never fly that thing anywhere but this is getting silly.

Pro tip: If you blend in and act like you belong somewhere, most people wont think twice. This is true “almost” everywhere.

ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Funny how it’s still whitey’s fault that the Dominican’s don’t want Haitians on their side of the island. EVERY. FUCKING. DAY. with this shit, Gawker. Just plaster on the tab :WHITE PEOPLE ABUSE ALL BLACK PEOPLE. ALWAYS and get it over with already. I’ve been to both places, and let me tell you -…

Been following this for a while.
This is really colonialism coming alive.
The Spaniard raped afro-descendents, hate the french raped afro descendents, just as the french and Spanish hated each other during colonial days.

It’s truly disgusting.

Most light skinned latin@s living in their native country think of themselves as white. Some are shocked to find out they aren´t when they immigrate north.

I assume you guys have different definitions of “white”. Dominican Republic is latino, some people consider that white, others don’t.

Your lack of reading comprehension saddens me. I have no idea how you get through life so completely confused by straightforward statements.

Just because YOU refuse to read about it doesn’t mean it’s not being reported. Less Gawker, more BBC.

Please can we forward this article to all the dumb people who say “if everybody was mixed there would be no more racism” South America and Caribbean countries are very very racially mixed yet racism can still be rampant

This is an important topic and I appreciate that this article is publicizing the plight of Dominicans of Haitian descent after the horrible Supreme Court ruling in 2013. However, it fails to mention anything about the regularization process that the current Dominican government has created to address the problem and…

Just this:

I’ll never understand the blatant racism in Latin America. In El Salvador (where my dad is from), most people are mixed with Spanish and Native American (Pipil, Lenca). Yet if you look more Native than Spanish, you’re discriminated against. Like “Oh yes, I’m brown, but he’s browner” kinda bullshit. :/

transgender is so last month. Transracial is the new wall to break down.