 Sezvo Dominican Republic iri iyo bedzi nyika muCaribbean yakawana rusununguko rwayo kubva kuHaiti, nyika yevatema, nyika nevatungamiriri vayo vakakurira kuzvidza uye vakaramba chinhu chipi nechipi chakabatana neHaiti. Mutongi weDominican, Rafael Trujillo, akaedza kuita kuti nyika yacho iite seyeEurope nokurambidza tsika dzechitendero netsika dzokuAfrica. Muna 1937, Trujillo akarayira kuurayayavaHaiti 20 000 vanogara pamuganhu weDominican. Mutsivi wake, Joaquín Balaguer, uyo akawana simba muna 1966, akachengetedza kuti Dominican Republic yakanga iri Caucasian Western Nation, pasinei nokuti vanhu vatema nevanosanganiswa mumarudzi munyika 84. VaDominican vane ganda rakasviba vanopiwa ugari uye maruramiro avanhu chero bedzi vasingazivikanwi savatema. Panzvimbo pezvo, kuti vazivikanise ganda ravo rakasviba nezvimiro zveAfrica, vaDominican vanoshandisa shoko rokuti Indio oscuro kana kuti muIndia Mutema. 