Felipe Alou Ch 1-3 Flashcards
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La Republica Dominicana
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- En el Mar Caribe, próximo de Haití
- Es famosa por el beisbol y las playas
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Rafael Trujillo
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- Era el dictador en la Republica Dominicana en 1930 a 1961
- Había mucha opresíon política durante su dictadura
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El Corte (The Cutting)
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- Trujillo no le gustaba los haitianos en la Republica Dominicana y quería eliminar los haitianos
- Los haitianos no hablaban español. Hablaban creole.
- No podían hablar la palabra ‘perejil’. Los militares lo asesinaban a ser los haitianos no podían ‘perejil’
- 17000 haitianos died
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Felipe Alou (family)
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- Oldest of six
- Parents: Jose Rojas (carpenter, black) and Virginia Alou (stay-at-home mom, white)
- Siblings: Maria, Mateo, Jesus, Juan and Virginia
- Poor, but lived in a nice house that Jose built for them
- Lived in Haina, Kilometro 12
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Felipe Alou (characteristics)
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- Intelligent and athletic
- Believed he would do something important with his life
- Selected for el Equipo Nacional de Atletismo de la Republica Dominicana in 11th grade for javalin
- He was dedicated to the team and did not talk to girls to distract himself
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El Equipo Nacional de la Republica Dominicana
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- Performed badly at the competition
- Did not win any events or medals
- Athletes were forced to dedicate all their time and energy into training for the team and were prohibited from talking to people of the opposite sex
- If they were found to be violating this, they were kicked off the team
