It is possible to be black and Dominican: Notes on the British, Cocolos and Dominican Sancocho

Since 2007, the Dominican Government has been carrying out a policy
to denationalize Dominicans of Haitian ancestry with its application of
Resolution 012-07. We interviewed fifteen people affected by the policy, all
of whom had previously been recognized by the State as Dominicans only to
later see their lives suspended by the Resolution. This situation has affected
thousands of young Dominicans, not only in the legal sense- including the
loss of rights such as access to education, employment in the formal sector,
free transit, and the right to vote—but also in the emotional realm—in their
family relationships and the feelings generated after being humiliated by
National Registry officials, amongst others.