Too Black to be Dominican: The Olympic Medalist Derided as Too Foreign

Too Black to be Dominican: The Olympic Medalist Derided as Too Foreign

ast week, Luis "Luisito" Pie defeated Spain's Jesús Tortosa in the 58 kg taekwondo bronze fight, and emerged with the first medal of the Rio Olympics for his country-the Dominican Republic. However, a feat that should have brought joy to sports fans throughout his homeland, reignited a national debate about nationality, race, and who qualifies as Dominican.

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You can ascribe this to national borders, but it's fundamentally colorism, its roots in white supremacy. The legacy of European colonialism continues.