The Future Belongs to the Deviant: black geographies at the limits of the nation in the Dominican Republic

There's something sinister about Santo Domingos Zona Colonial (It goes beyond the obvious history of colonial dispossession, Indigenous genocide, and African dehumanization and enslavement). It is palimpsestic–it is as much in its contemporary role as a touristic zone as it is in its history as the “first city” in the new world. Upon 3 days of being there I had already been verbally harassed by two white women tourists inside of the area's grocery store, which is frequented by tourists as well as residents, as the Dominicans around me just watched quietly.