For hundreds of years, the Dominican Republic and Haiti have endured constant conflict between their countries, often marked by violence and political upheaval. This conflict is deeply rooted in racial stereotypes and racism, made worse by the manipulation of national leaders who desire power and economic success. Michele Wucker's work "Why The Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola" compares this struggle to cock fighting, a sport popular in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
[...] (Wucker, 103) In Michele Wucker's work Why The Cocks Fight, the conflict that continually occurs on the island of Hispanola is compared to a traditional cockfight. Cockfighting is a popular sport in both cultures, and much like the two nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the birds are enclosed in a small area with not much space to move. The birds are manipulated to fight against each other, which can be compared to how both nations manipulate their people into despising the opposite [...]
[...] Why the cocks fight: Dominicans, Haitians and the struggle for Hispaniola For hundreds of years, the Dominican Republic and Haiti have endured constant conflict between their countries, often marked by violence and political upheaval. This conflict is deeply rooted in racial stereotypes and racism, made worse by the manipulation of national leaders who desire power and economic success. Michele Wucker's work The Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola” compares this struggle to cock fighting, a sport popular in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. [...]
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