Do Dominicans Identify As Black?

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About two weeks ago, I asked my cousins in our group chat, there are five of us on there, all of us are Dominican and one is Puerto Rican, if any of them identify as black. I asked because I know many Dominicans don’t, and that question brought up a very valuable discussion.

The question steamed from the book I’m currently reading, “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo, and she explained that race is…