Reconoci.do
reconoci.do is an activist group in the Dominican Republic, fighting discrimination against Dominicans who have ancestors from Haiti.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]There is a long history of this kind of discrimination in the Dominican Republic. In the 1930s, the country even massacred people it thought were Haitian. Recently, the Republic attempted to strip citizenship from people it believes are Haitian.[4][5]
History
[edit]Reconci.do was founded in November 2011, after the Dominican Central Electoral Board suspended the validity of birth certificates and identity papers of Dominicans of Haitian descent.[6]
In March 2013, a protest was organised by reconoci.do outside the Dominican Central Electoral Board in Santo Domingo over the Board's refusal to provide Dominicans of Haitian descent with identity documents.[7][8] The protest was violently broken up by police, with 15 activists being arrested and at least one injured after being tear-gassed while lying prone on the ground.[9] The arrests were condemned by Amnesty International.[10]
In March 2015, an exhibition was held at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the group.[11]
In June 2020, the group organised a solidarity protest called "A flower for Floyd" after the murder of George Floyd, but were attacked by the far-right Old Dominican Order and several reconoci.do organisers were arrested by police.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rights Revoked: Denationalization in the Dominican Republic Today- Lunchtime Talk with Javiela Evangelista & Reconoci.do". emr.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Estrella, Amarilys (2020). "Muertos Civiles: Mourning the Casualties of Racism in the Dominican Republic". Transforming Anthropology. 28 (1): 41–57. doi:10.1111/traa.12170. ISSN 1548-7466. S2CID 216490292.
- ^ "[Letter from The Dominican Republic] | Displaced in the D.R., by Rachel Nolan". Harper's Magazine. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Chancy, Myriam J.A. (2013-11-21). "Apartheid in the Dominican Republic: Are you Haitian?". SKNVibes. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Zecca Castel, Raúl (2019-12-29). ""Black Dolls": A project against racism and for the empowerment of Dominican women". DominicanToday. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Atrakouti, Amal. "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 'We are part of a global anti-racist movement'". www.civicus.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Group, 2006-2020, Merit Designs Consulting. "Top Haitian-Dominican activist rebukes government's plan for foreigners". DominicanToday. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Interview: Lives on Hold for the Dominican Republic's Haitian Minority". Human Rights Watch. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Document". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "The National Police, the shady side of the Dominican Republic?". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Reconoci.do: Dominicans of Haitian Descent | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art". jsma.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "#BLM beyond the US: Anti-racist struggles in Latin America". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Ramirez, Erika (2020-06-11). "Anti-Racist Activists in Santo Domingo Were Harassed by Nationalists & Arrested by Police". Remezcla. Retrieved 2021-03-20.