Blackness in Hispaniola

I am quite fond of Haitian History's insightful and brief review of the many faults of Henry Louis Gates' approach to blackness and relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Undoubtedly, the most serious mistake in the documentary series is the fixation with a US-based understanding of 'blackness' to elucidate 'blackness' in Latin America. Moreover, as Haitian History says, Gates never defines 'blackness' in the series. In addition, the episode on Hispaniola just lacks nuance, research, and makes false claims (such as one denying Dominican recognition of Afro-Dominican agency and contributions, even going so far as to claim there are no statues of black heroes in the DR).