Dominican Republic before the 1960s

[San Rafael]

Pictures of Dominican Republic in the 50s, 40s, 30s and earlier.

[San Rafael]

[samario]

What happened after 1960?

[samario]

What happened after 1960?

[perikolez]

What happened after 1960?

I dont think that they represent average dominican people of 1960. They are predominantly european and more european by far than nowadays dominicans. They are probably from hight class. Even in La Habana which sufered a Detroitization, with black masive inmigration, and White masive emigration, you find nowadays many more whites and prodominantly europeans than in Dominican Republic. Then it is imposible a racial change from people of the photos in 1930-1940-1950 to nowadays dominicans without a masive inmigration. I dont think that 90% of dominican mulatos and dominican blacks are inmigrants from Haití or anglocaribean islands. Their ancestors were also in Dominican Republic in 1930-1940-1950.

[Duffmannn]

What happened after 1960?

Photographical cameras became cheaper and more people could afford them.

[Zuh]

Not just DR but also Mexico in the 1960s seem they were more whites and blondes even in Mexico city looked very noticeable.

[Daven]

Not just DR but also Mexico in the 1960s seem they were more whites and blondes even in Mexico city looked very noticeable.

Santo Domingo was probably more caucasoid before the 60s simply because of the fact that it was a smaller city where most of the country's elites and upper middle class people were located. This means they composed a higher percentage of the population back then compared to now. I imagine that when the very poor from the southwest and eastermost provinces started migrating to the capital in masses the city became more SSA. Either way I'm not implying most of the people in SD looked like the pictures above necessarily. But the percentage of pred. caucasoids was probably higher. Right now is more like 15% and they're not even that visible on the streets because of the clasism bias.

[Daven]

I dont think that they represent average dominican people of 1960. They are predominantly european and more european by far than nowadays dominicans. They are probably from hight class. Even in La Habana which sufered a Detroitization, with black masive inmigration, and White masive emigration, you find nowadays many more whites and prodominantly europeans than in Dominican Republic. Then it is imposible a racial change from people of the photos in 1930-1940-1950 to nowadays dominicans without a masive inmigration. I dont think that 90% of dominican mulatos and dominican blacks are inmigrants from Haití or anglocaribean islands. Their ancestors were also in Dominican Republic in 1930-1940-1950.

I don't think the OP said the pictures were representative or implied the DR got "blacker". But it's also not unrealistic to think that when the Haitians have been migrating since the 1920s. To that add the fact that the lower classes started having more children. This doesn't mean the increasing was huge of course. It was just a few points from the average At least from the Republic era the DR has always been majority mulatto. You all know Trujillo tried to increase Europeans in the country but that plan failed. Only 2,000 españoles migrated and most of them left anyways. The jews also left and they were a couple of hundreds only. The Haitians stayed in cities like La Romana where their descendants today are very evident on the other hand. They weren't too many compared to now obviously but their influence is obvious. And yes, in the eastermost provinces the cocolos modified the demographics for sure. They came earlier though. Mind you that Santo Domingo doesn't belong to any particular Dominican region btw.

[Daven]

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