Cultural Diversity In The Dominican Culture

Eye dimelo mani which means, "hey what's up" are a few of the Spanish phrases used in the Dominican culture dialect. All the members of my family were born in the Dominican Republic, a small island in the center of the Caribbean Ocean which shares its borders with Haiti and to its sides stand Puerto Rico and Cuba. The first person of my family that started the voyage to the U.S. was my father. At the time, my father came to the U.S. it was the late 80's, and the Dominicanos (Dominicans) in the island who got the privilege to get a visa; all dream of coming to New York City, "the city that doesn't sleep". When it was my time to go to the U.S., I was eight years old, fluently only in Spanish with a Dominican accent. You see there is Spanish but then there's Dominican Spanish, and from there

This new cultural change is mostly being prompted by the cultural diversity within schools. Cultural diversification has allowed more and more people within the culture to realize that other cultures have very different views on the topic of education. This new cultural change can be clearly seen in Washington Heights by its leadership. Many Dominicans who have managed to go to college and earn a degree are joining the NYPD. New York finest over the years has seen a rapid increase in the numbers of Dominican applicants who would like to attend its academy. One of the many Dominicans who today are making a difference is Capt. Fausto Pichardo. Capt. Fausto Pichardo is the first Dominican commander and chief of the 33rd precinct in Washington heights. In an article by Cabrera, Nuñez a member of the community in Washington Height said, "' "I'm excited about it."'. He continues by saying, "I think it's extremely important to have someone who was born and raised here and grew up like myself and could relate to your family and