Answer:
In the Dominican Republic, "blackness" is often associated with being Haitian and those who possess more African-like phenotypic features are often victims of discrimination. The discrimination Haitians and Dominicans of darker skin tone endure led to the trend of Dominicans denying their African ancestry.
Explanation:
To become rich rural owners, these immigrants took the English gentleman as a model. T. Harry William, Richard Current and Frank Freidel show that "the first settlers assumed the English ideal of the gentleman", that is, "a person with special privileges, but also with special obligations, including serving the community and helping the less fortunate (...) Neither in England nor in the colonies did the English believe in social equality
