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>>> HELLO.
I'M RONNIE ELDRIDGE.
WELCOME TO "ELDRIDGE AND
COMPANY."
I'VE ASKED JESENIA DE MOYA
CORREA TO SHARE HER
THOUGHTS ABOUT LIFE IN
AMERICA TODAY. SHE JUST
GRADUATED FROM THE NEW
SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN THE
CITY'S UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
AND I KNOW SHE HAS MUCH
TO SAY.
YOU DIDN'T JUST GRADUATE.
YOU WON A GOOD NUMBER OF AWARDS.
>> AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE
TITLE SAYS.
>> SO YOU'RE AN EXCEPTIONAL
STUDENT.
>> IF OTHERS BELIEVE SO, I'LL
TAKE THE CREDIT THEN.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT LIFE, BUT I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS.
SO YOU WERE BORN IN THE UNITED
STATES?
>> YES.
>> AND THEN WHAT?
>> MY PARENTS DECIDED THAT THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS THE PLACE
TO RAISE ME.
ME AND MY BROTHER WHEN WE WERE 7
AND 5 YEARS OLD THEY TOOK US
BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND, TO THEIR
COUNTRY AND THAT'S WHERE I'VE
LIVED AND STARTED MY CAREER,
MOST OF MY TIME.
>> WHAT'S THE CAREER IN?
>> JOURNALISM.
I STARTED AS A JOURNALIST THERE,
AS A GENERAL
ASSIGNMENT JOURNALIST
WORKING FOR PRINT AND RADIO
OUTLETS AND SPECIFICALLY WORKING
ON HEALTH, SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
UNTIL TODAY, THAT'S STILL MY
BEAT.
>> SO HOW ARE YOU -- WERE YOU
ALWAYS INTERESTED IN BEING A
JOURNALIST?
WERE YOU A WRITER?
>> YES.
>> IN SCHOOL?
>> WHEN I STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL
WAS WHERE YOU MORE OR LESS START
DEVELOPING THIS INTEREST OR AT
LEAST GETTING A GLIMPSE OF WHERE
IS IT WHERE YOU MORE OR LESS FIT
OR HOW YOU WILL ADD ANYTHING
TO SOCIETY.
PROFESSORS WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME,
YOU ARE A VERY GOOD WRITER.
YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT ENTERING
INTO COMMUNICATIONS OR INTO THE
JOURNALISM CAREER, AND IN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHEN YOU SAY
YOU'RE A JOURNALIST THEY REALLY
CONSIDER THAT YOU ARE A PERSON
THAT IS GOING TO LIVE OUT OF
ASKING PEOPLE FOR MONEY BECAUSE
IT'S NOT A CAREER WHERE YOU
WOULD GAIN MONEY OUT OF OR YOU
WILL NOT LIVE A VERY DECENT
LIFE.
SO IT WAS A BIT HARD TO TAKE THE
ADVICE FROM THE PROFESSORS, BUT
I KNEW THAT WHETHER IT BE
TELEVISION, RADIO OR PRINT AND
WRITING IT ACTUALLY WAS MEANT
FOR ME.
>> YOU KNEW YOU WERE INTERESTED
IN ISSUES?
>> YES.
DEFINITELY.
SOCIAL ISSUES, INJUSTICE.
>> DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE THAT
FELT THE SAME WAY?
>> INTERESTED IN THE CAREER?
>> NOT NECESSARILY.
>> AND IN THE WORLD?
>> OH, WELL, YES.
I HAVE A VERY BIG NETWORK OF
COLLEAGUES, NOT ONLY FROM LATIN
AMERICA, BUT HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES AND THEY ARE INTERESTED
IN TRYING TO SHOW AND
PORTRAY THESE STORIES OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE BEING UNDERSERVED AND
ARE NOT BEING LISTENED TO.
>> THAT IS SO INTERESTING.
IT'S A NATIONAL PRIDE, ALMOST.
>> SURE.
SURE.
WHY NOT?
>> WHAT MAKES YOU -- LET'S TAKE
YOU FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TO NEW YORK?
>> WHY DID I COME BACK?
SOMETIMES I ASK MYSELF THE
SAME QUESTION, RONNIE.
SPECIFICALLY, I HAD A VERY
PARTICULAR INTEREST.
WHEN I WAS IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC THINGS GOT A BIT HARD
IN TRYING TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN YOU'RE A FEMALE JOURNALIST,
A YOUNG FEMALE JOURNALIST TRYING
TO TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM AND FIGHTING AGAINST
INEQUITY, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT
HARD TO GET THE VOICE OUT.
SO I THOUGHT THAT PROBABLY I
NEEDED BETTER SKILLS OR BETTER
TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
THESE OBSTACLES THAT I WAS
HAVING, AND I THOUGHT THAT CUNY
WAS A PRETTY GOOD PLACE TO GET
THAT AND TO FIND THAT, AND I DID
AT THE CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM WHERE I STARTED AND
THANK THE LORD, FINISHED MY
MASTERS DEGREE IN SPANISH
LANGUAGE JOURNALISM.
>> SUCH A GREAT THING.
DID YOU IMAGINE THE COUNTRY TO
BE THE WAY IT IS?
>> NO.
I'M DEEPLY SURPRISED.
WHEN I LEFT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO I
WAS YOUNG, I WAS VERY YOUNG, BUT
YOU WOULD STILL GET A GLIMPSE OF
HOW THINGS ARE.
I MEAN, I WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON
HEIGHTS, AND I CAME BACK TO THE
SAME COMMUNITY AND IT IS SO
DIFFERENT.
VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT'S DIFFERENT?
>> THERE'S MORE LATINOS,
DEFINITELY AND DOMINICANS,
DOMINICAN YORK, DIFFERENT
SPECIES DOMINICAN, AND ACTUALLY,
I FIND IT SOMEHOW A VARIANT OF
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AND I
THOUGHT OF THIS COUNTRY AS A
VERY INDUSTRIALIZED AND VERY
ON-POINT AND ADVANCED COUNTRY,
RELATED TO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY
LIKE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND IN
SOME WAYS I DON'T SEE A
DIFFERENCE AND THAT'S WHAT
SURPRISED ME, ACTUALLY.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A
DIFFERENCE, WERE YOU SURPRISED
ALSO THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE
ISOLATED?
DO YOU FEEL THAT THE
POPULATION IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
PEOPLE OR IS IT LATINOS ALSO
MORE OTHER THAN DOMINICANS?
>> LATINOS-
>> DID YOU THINK THERE WOULD BE
A COLOR LINE HERE?
>> I DIDN'T.
ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE.
>> OH, YES.
JUST TAKE THE ONE LINE FROM
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND TRAVEL 20
BLOCKS AND WHEN YOU POP OUT OF
THE SUBWAY, YOU WILL SEE A WHOLE
DIFFERENT --
>> WORLD.
>> -- A WHOLE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY, A WHOLE DIFFERENT
WORLD, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE
ARE -- I WON'T SAY SEGREGATED,
BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE
SOMEHOW IN LITTLE CLUSTERS
AROUND THE CITY.
>> AND IS THAT FORCED, DO YOU
THINK?
WHAT MAKES THAT FORCED?
>> I KNOW THAT FOR YEARS
MINORITY POPULATIONS HAVE HAD
DISPROPORTIONATE OPPORTUNITY, OR
AT LEAST I'VE READ, SO THIS IS
WHY WE HAVE NOWADAYS
COUNCILWOMEN AND COUNCILMEN THAT
ARE FROM LATINO BACKGROUNDS.
WE HAVE CONGRESSMEN FROM
DOMINICAN BACKGROUNDS THAT THEY
ARE PUSHING FOR CHANGES AND
CHANGES IN TRYING TO GET THESE
PEOPLE FROM BROWN AND BLACK
BACKGROUNDS AND ASIAN
BACKGROUNDS HAVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHER PEOPLE
HAVE HAD, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO
LOOK VERY FAR TO ACTUALLY FIND
THAT.
DO YOU THINK THAT THEY'VE GOT
ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE
THEY'RE REPRESENTING?
>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION,
RONNIE, AND I THINK WE WOULD
HAVE TO DIG DEEPER TO FIND OUT.
>> IT'S A HARD QUESTION.
PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
POLITICAL SYSTEM, IN A WAY.
SURE, AND IT'S HARD WHEN YOU
COME FROM A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND
WITH A DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND YOU
DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE TO
UNDERSTAND CERTAIN THINGS AND
THAT IS WHY WE UNDERSTAND AND I
AM VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM
THAT I AM PART OF, TOGETHER WITH
OTHER 12 GRADUATES.
THIS IS WHY THESE JOURNALISTS
FROM THE SPANISH LANGUAGE
PROGRAM ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
PEOPLE THAT CAN'T UNDERSTAND
THESE TOPICS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE
THEY COME FROM A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY THAT HAS A DIFFERENT
CULTURE AND UNDERSTANDING, THEN
THEY CAN DIGEST THESE THINGS IN
A CERTAIN WAY AND ALSO BRING THE
IDEAS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE AND
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE
FOR YEARS, AND I MEAN, A LOT OF
DECADES WHEN I SAY YEARS, AND
PUT THEM ON THE TABLE AND HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY
WANT AND KNOW.
>> DOES IT LIMIT YOU THEN TO
LATINO PUBLICATIONS?
>> NO.
NOT NECESSARILY.
I SPEAK ENGLISH, I WRITE ENGLISH
AND I DO IT PROFICIENTLY IN BOTH
LANGUAGES.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE ONLY
GOING TO WORK WITH
LATINO-FOCUSED MEDIA OUTLETS OR
ETHNIC COMMUNITY OUTLETS.
WE CAN WORK IN ANY MEDIA OUTLET
AND THE IDEA IS ACTUALLY THIS.
IT'S TO SHOW THE LATINO
EXPERIENCE IN THE U.S. IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE
COMPLEXITY OF THIS COMMUNITY,
AND WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM IT,
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE MAIN
PURPOSE OF OUR PROGRAM.
>> RIGHT.
DID YOU VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS?
I SOUND LIKE I'M ASKING ONE
QUESTION AFTER ANOTHER.
YOU WERE ABLE TO VOTE WHEN YOU
WERE IN THE DOMINICAN, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> DID YOU?
>> THE LAST ONE I DID.
I DID FROM HERE.
>> I KNOW THAT.
>> YES, I DID.
>> YOU DIDN'T EXPECT A COUNTRY
LIKE THIS, DID YOU?
OR DID YOU?
I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED A LEADING
QUESTION.
I'M JUST SHOCKED AT THE COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU SURPRISED AT ALL?
NO?
>> I CAN'T SAY I'M SHOCKED.
>> YEAH.
>> I WOULD SAY RATHER, I AM
HOPEFUL THAT THINGS CAN CHANGE.
I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY LARGE
COMMUNITY OF DOMINICANS HERE IN
THE U.S. SPECIFICALLY IN THE
NORTHEASTERN AREA AND BECAUSE OF
THIS DIASPORA WE HAVE A
POPULATION THAT ARE LEARNING
THINGS THAT COULDN'T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY BEFORE, AND THAT
OPENS EYES.
>> COMMUNICATIONS.
>> SURE.
SURE BECAUSE DOMINICANS HERE ARE
VERY, VERY CONNECTED TO THEIR
HOMELAND.
IF THEY WERE BORN HERE OR IF
THEY WERE BORN BACK IN DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC THEY ARE STILL
CONNECTED AND WHEN THEY GO BACK
OR JUST MAKING A CALL NOT ONLY
ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING
THOSE CONNECTIONS AND TIES
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE, THE CULTURE
AND THE VALUES THAT DOMINICANS
HAVE WITHIN THEIR EDUCATION AND
UNDERSTANDING, BUT YOU'RE ALSO
HELPING THEM SOMEHOW BRIDGE AND
GAIN NEW UNDERSTANDINGS ON THE
WORLD ITSELF.
LIVING ON AN ISLAND IS NO JOKE,
RONNIE, SO, IT'S GREAT TO BE
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
OUTSIDE.
>> SO DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE
ENABLING THEM TO UNDERSTAND MORE
ABOUT OR GIVING THEM THE POWER
TO DO MORE IF THEY WANTED TO?
>> YES, AND WE ARE ALSO --
>> AND?
AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.
>> YOU HAVE BE AN ADVOCATE
WHEN YOU'RE HERE.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ETHNIC
COMMUNITY MEDIA OUT'LLS HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN PRIZED OF.
SOMEHOW WE ARE ADVOCATES FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT NOW MAINSTREAM
MEDIA IS ASKING US HOW DO WE
COVER AND HOW DO WE CREATE THIS
THAT IS A BARRIER THAT WE CAN
PROTECT OUR AUDIENCE FROM, ALL
OF THIS NEW POLITICS, ALL OF
THESE NEW RHETORICS AND ALL
THESE NEW IDEAS FROM
ADMINISTRATIONS LIKE THE ONES WE
HAVE NOW PUSHING FOR CERTAIN
THINGS.
SO YOU SENSE A WHOLE NEW ENERGY
IN THE FIELD OF DIVERSITY?
THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT
TRANSNATIONAL COVERAGE AND MEDIA
OUTLETS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
JOURNALISTS THAT HAVE LANGUAGE
SKILLS AND HAVE INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCE AND HAVE DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS.
IT'S A WHOLE NEW WAVE AND WAYS
OF COVERING FOR MAINSTREAM MEDIA
OUTLETS AND THAT WILL CREATE A
BIG SHIFT FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AS A DOMINICAN AMERICAN, DO YOU
FEEL CLOSER TO AMERICA OR TO
OTHER LATIN COUNTRIES?
>> I AM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
IF I GO BACK TO THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC I WOULD BE LA GRINGA OR
THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD CALL ME
BECAUSE MY PASSPORT IS BLUE AND
HAS AN EAGLE ON THE FRONT, AND
IF I COME HERE TO THE U.S. I
WILL BE DOMINICANA BECAUSE I WAS
RAISED THERE AND I LIVED FOR 18
YEARS IN THE COUNTRY.
I CAN'T SPEAK SPANISH IN A
NEUTRAL WAY BECAUSE ALL OF MY
SLANG COMES FROM THE COUNTRY AND
THAT'S THE THING, YOU KNOW?
SO I AM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE,
RONNIE.
>> YEAH.
SO IF THE -- I WENT INTO
POLITICS BECAUSE I THOUGHT I
COULD CHANGE THE WORLD.
DO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR KIND OF
THING?
NOT INTO POLITIC, BUT YES IN
JOURNALISM.
>> I MEAN, IT'S ALL PART THE
SAME.
THEY'RE ALL INTERRELATED.
JOURNALISM IS THERE TO ENCOURAGE
AND DEVELOP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> DEFINITELY.
THE IDEA THAT JOURNALISM HAS IN
THE END IS TO TRY TO PUSH FOR
SOCIAL CHANGE THAT CAN HELP
THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN UNDERSERVED OR MISINFORMED.
>> YOU DO FEEL YOU HAVE A
MISSION?
>> WE ALL DO.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PUERTO
RICO AND WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE?
>> PUERTO RICANS HAVE GONE
THROUGH A LOT, AND AS FELLOW
CARIBBEANS I UNDERSTAND HOW IT
IS TO BATTLE AGAINST THE
AFTERMATH OF A NATURAL DISASTER
AND IN PUERTO RICO'S CASE, IT IS
VERY COMPLEX BEING A U.S.
TERRITORY.
AND BEING AMERICAN CITIZENS
AND NOT HAVING THE SAME
TREATMENT AS OTHER U.S. --
>> AMERICANS.
>> IT'S VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE SO CLOSE
US TO HAVE TO STRUGGLE IN THE
WAY THAT THEY ARE DOING SO, AND
I THINK THAT MEDIA OUTLETS FROM
PUERTO RICO, SPECIFICALLY THE
CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM BACK IN PUERTO RICO
AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS HERE IN
THE U.S. MAIN TERRITORY, THEY
ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO SHOW
THE REAL FACTS BEHIND WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
>> THIS NEW RECOUNT OF THE DEATH
TOLL AND STUFF.
>> AND THE GOVERNOR SAID HE
ASSUMED THAT HE HAS TO TAKE THAT
IN HIS HANDS LIKE IF THEY WERE
ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS TO TAKE
THAT.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WERE
WITH TRUMP?
HE WAS IN A TIGHT SPOT.
HE NEEDED THE MONEY.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> AND HE OFFENDED OTHER PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIS
COURTESY OR SOMETHING, IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN
POLITICS YOU HAVE TO TAKE A
STAND OR A POSITION, RIGHT?
>> YOU SHOULD, AND WE UNDERSTAND
THAT, RIGHT?
BUT SOMETIMES IT HAS A COST OR
EVERY TIME IT HAS A COST AND WE
HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT COST IS
THAT GOING TO BE?
IS IT GOING TO BE A FINANCIAL
COST?
IS IT GOING TO BE A REPUTATION
COST?
IS IT GOING TO BE PEOPLE'S
LIVES?
AND THERE WASN'T A GOOD MEASURE
OF WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES
THERE.
>> INTERESTING.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR
CURRENT DEBATE ON SEXUAL
HARASSMENT?
>> EVEN THE MEDIA HAS ITS OWN
CASES WITH ME TOO, AND --
>> IS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC A
MORE MACHO SOCIETY THAN HERE?
EVEN MORE?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY MORE MACHO
BECAUSE WITH THE MOVEMENT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT FAR
AWAY AND HERE IS WHERE I
ESTABLISHED THAT WE HAVE MORE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF LATIN
AMERICA.
WE HAVE A VERY, VERY -- VERY,
VERY CLOSE CONNECTION, AND
IT'S -- TO ME IT'S REMARKABLE TO
SEE HOW A MOVEMENT LIKE ME TOO,
IS SHIFTING THE WAY WE'RE
LOOKING.
NOT ONLY OUR POLITICAL
REPRESENTATIVES, BUT OUR MEDIA
PEOPLE AND EVEN THE MOST FAMOUS
PEOPLE FROM HOLLYWOOD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INDUSTRIES
THAT SOMEHOW MADE THIS COUNTRY
OR HAVE BOOKED THIS COUNTRY
AND -- AND WOMEN HAVE NEVER BEEN
TREATED EQUALLY, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> THAT'S A UNIVERSAL KIND OF
THING?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE DEALT
WITH IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
AND I KNOW COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE
DONE THE SAME IN CENTRAL AMERICA
AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND
APPARENTLY, THIS HAS NO END.
>> IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN YOU
SAID THAT SOME OF YOUR TEACHERS,
IT SHOWS ALSO HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHEN YOU
COME IN THAT YOU'RE A GOOD
WRITER.
THAT KIND OF SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGEMENT IS SO IMPORTANT
AND IT'S LACKING IN SO MANY
PLACES.
DOES YOUR MOTHER FEEL SHE HAD
THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES?
>> MY MOM?
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S ODD BECAUSE MY MOTHER
WAS RAISED HERE IN NEW YORK, AND
THEN SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES,
BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE WAS
RAISED UNDER A VERY
MALE-ORIENTED SOCIETY OR
MALE-ORIENTED VALUE, SHE ALWAYS
THOUGHT SHE HAD TO BE THE
SHADOW OF HER HUSBAND SOMEHOW,
AND THAT AFFECTED HER CAREER.
SAY A DIFFERENCE IN GENERATION
NOW, I'M MARRIED AND I LOVE MY
HUSBAND, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE
HAVE BOTH TO WORK OUR PATHS TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF US, OUR CAREERS AND HAVE
ALSO OUR IMPACT ON SOCIETY.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT JUST TYPICAL.
I COME FROM A GENERATION WHERE,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GO TO SCHOOL
OR YOU GO TO COLLEGE.
YOU GET A JOB FOR A LITTLE WHILE
AND YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE
CHILDREN AND THAT'S YOUR LIFE.
IT IS SO HARD, RIGHT?
>> YES, IT IS.
AND WE ACCEPT IT SO MUCH MORE.
IT IS SO INTERESTING AND IT WAS
MUCH HARDER AND IT IS STILL
HARD.
WOMEN ARE IN TOUGH POSITIONS IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC?
>> I CAN SPEAK FOR THE INDUSTRY
I KNOW, AND IN THE SIX
NEWSPAPERS WE HAVE IN THE
COUNTRY, WE HAVE ONLY ONE WOMAN
IN A POSITION OF POWER, AND SHE
IS THE SUB DIRECTOR FOR THE
NEWSPAPER DIARIO LIBRE
AND THAT IS THE
ONLY WOMAN WE HAVE IN POWER FOR
THE MEDIA OUTLETS.
>> IN THE GOVERNMENT?
>> YES, WE DO.
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS MARGARITA
FERNANDEZ WHICH SHE HAS BEEN FOR
QUITE A WHILE IN POLITICS AND
PART OF A VERY INTERESTING GROUP
OF LEADERS FROM A VERY LIBERAL
PARTY THAT WE HAVE IN DR,
SO WE DO HAVE.
>> DO YOU THINK THE
COMMUNITY HERE, THE WOMEN ARE
AS EMPOWERED?
>> YES, I DO THINK.
WE NEED MORE ORGANIZATION, I
WOULD SAY.
I KNOW THAT DOMINICANS ARE AT
LEAST HALF OF THE LATINO
POPULATION HERE IN THE CITY, AND
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LATINOS
INVOLVED, NOT ONLY IN POLITICS,
BUT ANY OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY
AND WIDE, AND I THINK THAT IT'S
SOMETHING ABOUT ORGANIZING.
WE ARE EMPOWERED.
IT'S JUST THE THING ABOUT
GETTING TOGETHER AND STARTING TO
FIND THOSE SPACES WHERE WE CAN
MAKE DIFFERENCES.
I REMEMBER ON A COVERAGE THAT I
WAS DOING IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
HOW WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE
LACK OF A STRATEGIC DISTRIBUTION
OF ARTS AND RECREATIONAL CENTERS
FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE IN
NORTH OF MANHATTAN, AND AS
WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING THAT'S
HIGHLY DOMINICAN CONCENTRATED
AND I THINK 71% OF THE COMMUNITY
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS,
INWOOD AND MARBLE
HILL IS DOMINICAN, BUT
WE ALSO HAVE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN
NORTH MANHATTAN, AND WE HAVE A
NEW GROUP OF ASIAN-AMERICANS AND
AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT ARE
MOVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND WE WERE ASKING, DO WE HAVE A
PLAN IN NORTHERN MANHATTAN OR DO
WE EVEN HAVE THE SPACES FOR ALL
THESE COMMUNITIES TO HAVE
RECREATIONAL MOMENTS IN THEIR
LIVES?
DO WE HAVE SAY A RANCHO TO BE
ABLE TO DANCE THE WEEKENDS WITH
OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OUR
FRIENDS?
DO WE HAVE A MOVIE THEATER?
WE DO NOT HAVE ONE.
>> YOU USED TO HAVE A BIG ONE.
>> YES.
IT WAS 181st AND IT'S NOT THERE
ANYMORE.
WE HAVE TO TRAVEL DOWN TO 125th
TO BE ABLE TO WATCH A MOVIE, AND
THESE ARE BASIC THINGS.
I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE ALL
THIS?
HERE'S WHY I THINK THAT WE NEED
TO ORGANIZE.
THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THE
DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE
THERE AND PUSH FOR THESE THINGS
TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S A
HISTORY, AND I THINK THAT'S
ALWAYS HAPPENED.
I REMEMBER DEALING WITH THE YMCA
UP THERE.
THAT WAS A VERY ACTIVE THING.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL?
>> IN WHICH WAY?
>> WELL, EDUCATION IS SO
IMPORTANT.
DO YOU THINK THE KIDS UP THERE,
THE DOMINICAN CHILDREN HERE ARE
GETTING AN EQUAL EDUCATION?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER
INTO THAT, RONNIE.
I THINK THEY DO HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES HERE --
>> BUT THEY HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THAT'S THE THING.
TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY
ARE GETTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT
THEY MAYBE WON'T HAVE IN THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
THAT'S ONE THING.
ANOTHER ONE IS WHAT DO THEY GAIN
IN AN EDUCATION SYSTEM AND
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THAT THEY
WON'T GET HERE.
WHICH VALUES WOULD THEY GAIN?
>> THAT IS SO INTERESTING.
>> OR SENSE OF -- I DON'T KNOW,
PATRIOTISM OR RELATIONSHIP TO
THEIR PARENTS' HERITAGE OR THEIR
PARENTS' CULTURAL VALUES.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT YOU WILL GAIN HERE.
THERE ARE OTHERS THAT YOU WON'T.
I JUST -- I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING WHICH OF THOSE ASPECTS OR
OPPORTUNITIES THAT KIDS NOT ONLY
FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OR
DOMINICAN PARENTS, BUT LATINOS
IN GENERAL.
HOW ARE THEY BEING TREATED?
>> WHAT'S YOUR FUTURE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN
TOMORROW.
OF COURSE, YOU NEVER CAN PREDICT
THAT, BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
HAPPEN TOMORROW?
YOU WANT TO BE OFFERED A
WONDERFUL COMMUNICATIONS
POSITION?
>> EVERY GRADUATE WOULD LOVE
THAT, RONNIE.
I DEFINITELY, BUT NOT ONLY
OFFERED.
I MEAN, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATING MY
OWN MEDIA OUTLET.
>> OH, INTERESTING.
>> IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY -- IF
SOMEONE OFFERS ME SOMETHING
RIGHT NOW, YES.
DEFINITELY.
LET'S NEGOTIATE.
WE'LL GET TO SOMETHING.
WE CAN ALSO CREATE NEW AREAS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS.
>> AND FOR EVERYBODY
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT, IT
BENEFITS EVERYBODY.
WE'VE COME TO THE END OF THIS
PROGRAM.
IT'S BEEN SO INTERESTING AND
I'VE BEEN SO GLAD TO MEET YOU.
>> IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, RONNIE.
THANK YOU.
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