Can New World nations be considered "ethnic groups" in the same way European and Asian nations are?

[Andullero]

Do the European and Levantine-descended elites mainly communicate in English?

Many of them do, specially since they are just as Yankophile as the rest of their elitist brethen. Like them, they have adopted Halloween, Thanksgiving and the like instead of celebrating the local flavors like the carnival.

[Tooting Carmen]

Many of them do, specially since they are just as Yankophile as the rest of their elitist brethen. Like them, they have adopted Halloween, Thanksgiving and the like instead of celebrating the local flavors like the carnival.

In another thread, I pointed out that Mexicans have managed to hang on to their culture and traditions remarkably well considering their geography and history. Unfortunately, the same doesn't seem so true of Dominicans, despite the fact you have a lot of sea separating yourselves from the USA, which Mexico does not.

[Andullero]

In another thread, I pointed out that Mexicans have managed to hang on to their culture and traditions remarkably well considering their geography and history. Unfortunately, the same doesn't seem so true of Dominicans, despite the fact you have a lot of sea separating yourselves from the USA, which Mexico does not.

I posit that the situation would be different if we were like Cuba and PR, as in, having the entire island to ourselves, and having to deal with the big bad gringo as the sole existential threat.

[Tooting Carmen]

I posit that the situation would be different if we were like Cuba and PR, as in, having the entire island to ourselves, and having to deal with the big bad gringo as the sole existential threat.

While of course Haiti is substantially poorer and blacker than DR, at another level I do see a whiff of 'horseshoe theory' in operation: for Papa Doc read Trujillo, for Baby Doc read Balaguer mark one, for Aristide read Balaguer mark two, for Preval read Leonel Fernandes...

[Tutankhamun]

Not yet. But countries like Jamaica and Haiti are advanced in this process.

[Andullero]

Not yet. But countries like Jamaica and Haiti are advanced in this process.

Specially now that the elites are leaving the latter country in droves. Before long it will be a black exclusive ethnostate for sure.