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Push for Creole courses in schools stokes historic anti-Haitian feeling in Dominican Republic
- In early September 2026, a Dominican Republic lawmaker introduced a bill requiring public schools to offer Haitian Creole courses.
- The proposal triggered swift and fierce public backlash.
- Some Dominican nationalist groups said the requirement would bring students closer to Haiti.
- Haitian Creole has been maintained by migrants for hundreds of years but is largely excluded from public signs and hospitals.
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Push for Creole courses in schools stokes historic anti-Haitian feeling in Dominican Republic
Young people of Haitian descent hang out in the Batey La Lima community, surrounded by a massive sugarcane plantation in the coastal city of La Romana, Dominican Republic. AP Photo/Matias DelacroixIn early September 2026, a lawmaker in the Dominican Republic introduced a bill that would require all public schools in the Caribbean nation to offer courses in Haitian Creole. It was met with a swift and fierce public backlash. Since then, Dominican …
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