What is Reconoci.do?
'''reconoci.do''' is an [[activist]] group in the [[Dominican Republic]]. The group fights [[discrimination]] against Dominicans who have [[Ancestor|ancestors]] from [[Haiti]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Erika|date=2020-06-11|title=Anti-Racist Activists in Santo Domingo Were Harassed by Nationalists & Arrested by Police|url=https://remezcla.com/culture/anti-racist-activists-in-santo-domingo-were-harassed-by-nationalists-arrested-by-dominican-police/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Remezcla|language=en-US}}</ref> There is a very long history of this kind of discrimination in the Dominican Republic. In the [[1930s]], the country even [[Parsley Massacre|massacred]] people it thought were Haitian. Recently, it has tried to take [[citizenship]] away from people it believes are Haitian.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chancy|first=Myriam J.A.|date=2013-11-21|title=Apartheid in the Dominican Republic: Are you Haitian?|url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/81854|access-date=2021-03-20|website=SKNVibes}}</ref> reconoci.do holds [[Protest|protests]] against these actions and helps Dominicans with Haitian ancestors develop positive identities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zecca Castel|first=Raúl|date=2019-12-29|title=“Black Dolls” A project against racism and for the empowerment of Dominican women|url=https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2019/12/29/black-dolls-a-project-against-racism-and-for-the-empowerment-of-dominican-women/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=DominicanToday|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Political movements]] [[Category:Politics of the Dominican Republic]]