Angel Luis Joseph Dominican Baseball Racism
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A Haitian-Dominican Baseball player, Angel Luis Joseph, just lost a US$350,000 Baseball contract with the San Francisco Giants because he is the son of a Haitian sugar cane worker and the Dominican government refuse to give him a birth certificate in order to obtain a visa to the United States.
QUESTION: Can he travel to Haiti and get a birth certificate and play as Haitian?
This topic is also open for discussion in the following website:
dominicantravelblog.com/dominican-...
This type of Racism is called "AntiHaitianismo", Spanish for "anti-Haitianism", Antihaitianismo is a racist bias against Haitians and descendants of Haitians by Dominicans.
So strong is this sentiment in the Dominican Republic that a young man is being denied a future in the United States because of racism against Haitians.
One question that has been raised on Youtube is:
Can he travel to Haiti and get a birth certificate and play as Haitian?
Malanduye, a Youtube user thinks it is a simple matter but is it?
Here is one reply so far on youtube:
"I just read about this, I agree he can go to haiti to get a birth certificate, the contract will come up again.
But on the real the Dominicans need to get a hold of themselves with this racist BS." (clnmike/Youtube)
What do you think
Prevalhaiti.com, December 21 2008, 10:09 AM
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