Comments on: Junot Diaz Had To Put Aside His Dominicanosity For A Hot Minute To Collect His Pullitzer http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/ Spicy Coverage: Gossip, media, culture and lifestyle for Latinos. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:19:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Guest http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-34545 Guest Sun, 10 May 2009 13:33:04 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-34545 Leave Junie alone! I gew up with him and he is as Dominican as Apple Pie! He also has the street cred of Angela Landsbury. Leave Junie alone!
I gew up with him and he is as Dominican as Apple Pie!
He also has the street cred of Angela Landsbury.

]]> By: T http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16721 T Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:06:24 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16721 I experienced this, too. It's disappointing. I experienced this, too. It’s disappointing.

]]> By: J http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16720 J Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:43:05 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16720 I just puked in my mouth a little. But alas and most regretfully, I know firsthand that what you say is true, Cara. Go watch him work on tour! It's quite the spectacle. I just puked in my mouth a little. But alas and most regretfully, I know firsthand that what you say is true, Cara. Go watch him work on tour! It’s quite the spectacle.

]]> By: Cara de leone http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16719 Cara de leone Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:51:40 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16719 Junot Diaz is a pathetic ASS!!!! Ask the many women he tries to sleep with on tour. He uses readings as foreplay. Junot Diaz is a pathetic ASS!!!! Ask the many women he tries to sleep with on tour. He uses readings as foreplay.

]]> By: Bite Me Middleclass Latinos http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16718 Bite Me Middleclass Latinos Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:55:00 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16718 Don't CONFLATE? CONFLATE? Who is pompous here La Whiteness. What really is your point except you are a Diaz hater? (Let me guess you are a frustrated novelist / short story writer who is confused with White all the time?) Do you HAVE a point? Because all you do is distort what the guy says. Your fact are not fact. You distort. Anybody could do that. But La Palinda if you're so sure of your problems with Diaz why don't you go and debate him? WHy throw stones? If you believe what you are writing go debate it out. Our community could use intellectual discussion but not more bonchinche and bitchiness. If you need to distort clearly you don't have anything on the guy. But hey, go to one of his events. Spout your ignorance. And I agree with Miranda. GIve me a list of positive things you've said about Dominican writers. I think your hate is showing, Sarah Palinda. Don’t CONFLATE? CONFLATE? Who is pompous here La Whiteness. What really is your point except you are a Diaz hater? (Let me guess you are a frustrated novelist / short story writer who is confused with White all the time?) Do you HAVE a point? Because all you do is distort what the guy says. Your fact are not fact. You distort. Anybody could do that. But La Palinda if you’re so sure of your problems with Diaz why don’t you go and debate him? WHy throw stones? If you believe what you are writing go debate it out. Our community could use intellectual discussion but not more bonchinche and bitchiness. If you need to distort clearly you don’t have anything on the guy. But hey, go to one of his events. Spout your ignorance. And I agree with Miranda. GIve me a list of positive things you’ve said about Dominican writers. I think your hate is showing, Sarah Palinda.

]]> By: La Linda http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16717 La Linda Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:41:10 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16717 Boo to the hoo, We Miranda. Maybe if you had bolded your capital letters as well, people would take you seriously. Don't conflate making fun of Junot for being a pompous ass with hatred of Dominicans. Your own ignorance is showing. Boo to the hoo, We Miranda. Maybe if you had bolded your capital letters as well, people would take you seriously.

Don’t conflate making fun of Junot for being a pompous ass with hatred of Dominicans. Your own ignorance is showing.

]]> By: We Miranda http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16716 We Miranda Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:22:52 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16716 YOU PEOPLE ARE BEING JERKS! JUNOT DIAZ DID NOT SAY HE REPRESSED HIS DOMINICAN-NESS FOR A PULITZER OR FOR ANY REASON. I AM ONE OF THE COORDINATORS OF THE NORTHERN MANHATTAN ARTS ALLIANCE EVENT AND I WAS PRESENT AT THE CHARLA. WHAT DIAZ SAID WAS THAT HE WAS TOLD BY HIS PARENTS AND BY OTHERS TO SUPPRESS HIS DOMINICANNESS IN ORDCER TO SUCCEED BUT THAT HE REFUSED TO DO SO. YOU MENTION THE FIRST PART OF HIS STATEMENT BUT LEFT OUT THE IMPORTANT PART. WHY? THIS KIND OF MEANSPIRITED BOCHINCHE IS A DISRESPECT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE EVENT AND TO THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY WHO CAME TOGETHER TO HEAR ONE OF OUR OWN WHO HAS ALWAYS DEFENDED DOMINICANS. FACED WITH THE TRUTH EVEN THE NEWSPAPER THAT MISQUOTED DIAZ HAS RETRACTED THEIR STATEMENTS BUT YOU CHOOSE TO PASS ON A DISTORTION. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE TAPE OF THE CHARLA PLEASE COME TO THE ALLIANCE. WHAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO IS NOT A DOMINICAN ARTIST SELLING OUT TO THE GRINGOS BUT A DOMINICAN ARTIST DOING HIS BEST TO PROMOTE POSITIVITY AS A DOMINICAN, AS AN IMMIGRANT, AS A NEW WORLD AFRICAN. PLEASE STOP HATING ON DOMINICANS. IS THERE ANYBODY ON THIS WEBSITE WHO HAS EVEN MET THIS ARTISTI AND TALKED TO HIM AT ANY LENGTH OR IS IT JUST MORE CONVENIENT TO GO AFTER HIM THAN TO CHECK WHAT HE’S ACTUALLY ABOUT? HE’S PUBLISHED OR HELPED PUBLISH MORE YOUNG LATINO WRITERS THAN ANYBODY I KNOW AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN DOMINICAN COMMUNITY SINCE BEFORE YOUR WEBSITE WAS AROUND. YOU PEOPLE ARE BEING JERKS!

JUNOT DIAZ DID NOT SAY HE REPRESSED HIS DOMINICAN-NESS FOR A PULITZER OR FOR ANY REASON.

I AM ONE OF THE COORDINATORS OF THE NORTHERN MANHATTAN ARTS ALLIANCE EVENT AND I WAS PRESENT AT THE CHARLA.

WHAT DIAZ SAID WAS THAT HE WAS TOLD BY HIS PARENTS AND BY OTHERS TO SUPPRESS HIS DOMINICANNESS IN ORDCER TO SUCCEED BUT THAT HE REFUSED TO DO SO.

YOU MENTION THE FIRST PART OF HIS STATEMENT BUT LEFT OUT THE IMPORTANT PART. WHY?

THIS KIND OF MEANSPIRITED BOCHINCHE IS A DISRESPECT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE EVENT AND TO THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY WHO CAME TOGETHER TO HEAR ONE OF OUR OWN WHO HAS ALWAYS DEFENDED DOMINICANS. FACED WITH THE TRUTH EVEN THE NEWSPAPER THAT MISQUOTED DIAZ HAS RETRACTED THEIR STATEMENTS BUT YOU CHOOSE TO PASS ON A DISTORTION.

IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE TAPE OF THE CHARLA PLEASE COME TO THE ALLIANCE. WHAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO IS NOT A DOMINICAN ARTIST SELLING OUT TO THE GRINGOS BUT A DOMINICAN ARTIST DOING HIS BEST TO PROMOTE POSITIVITY AS A DOMINICAN, AS AN IMMIGRANT, AS A NEW WORLD AFRICAN.

PLEASE STOP HATING ON DOMINICANS. IS THERE ANYBODY ON THIS WEBSITE WHO HAS EVEN MET THIS ARTISTI AND TALKED TO HIM AT ANY LENGTH OR IS IT JUST MORE CONVENIENT TO GO AFTER HIM THAN TO CHECK WHAT HE’S ACTUALLY ABOUT? HE’S PUBLISHED OR HELPED PUBLISH MORE YOUNG LATINO WRITERS THAN ANYBODY I KNOW AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN DOMINICAN COMMUNITY SINCE BEFORE YOUR WEBSITE WAS AROUND.

]]> By: Guana Bust A Nut http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16715 Guana Bust A Nut Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:47:27 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16715 <i>What do you think of Diaz’s comments about suppressing his “Dominicanness?”</i> The idea that "Dominicanness" or "Latinoness" is something that must be suppressed (to succeed) is an American invention. I respect what Diaz has accomplished, but his comments are just so misguided; it's not even funny. It's sad. It's a poverty issue. It's lack of resources. It's being disadvantaged. Etc. These problems are not unique to Hispanics. Most people around the world are disadvantaged in one way or another. What do you think of Diaz’s comments about suppressing his “Dominicanness?”

The idea that “Dominicanness” or “Latinoness” is something that must be suppressed (to succeed) is an American invention. I respect what Diaz has accomplished, but his comments are just so misguided; it’s not even funny. It’s sad.

It’s a poverty issue. It’s lack of resources. It’s being disadvantaged. Etc. These problems are not unique to Hispanics. Most people around the world are disadvantaged in one way or another.

]]> By: From the Heights http://guanabee.com/2008/10/junot-diaz-had-to-put-aside-his-dominicanosity-for-a-hot-minute-to-collect-his-pullitzer/#comment-16714 From the Heights Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:56:26 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4873#comment-16714 No doubt he could not have achieved half of his success without his Dominicanness. But it's become commercial. I think that is everyone's biggest gripe with this dude. No doubt he could not have achieved half of his success without his Dominicanness. But it’s become commercial. I think that is everyone’s biggest gripe with this dude.

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