User talk:Satiro28

Dominican Americans
Please stop vandalizing the list of Dominican Americans with names of individuals that have no Dominican ancestry and/or who have never lived in the USA. John Lithgow is NOT Dominican. His father is a US Citizen born in Dominican Republic. Due to laws that prohibited dual citizenship in the past his father did not have Dominican citizenship, nor does have ancestry. His father can be added to the list with the mention that he was "born in the DR" however John does not qualify for inclusion. Furthermore, Johnny Ventura and Juan Luis Guerra have never lived in the USA. Therefore they do not qualify as Dominican-Americans because they were not born in the USA nor emigrated. Please refrain from adding these names as it can be labeled as vandalism and will be reported to an administrator. Thank you for your understanding.--XLR8TION 17:34, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

I did not Johnny Ventura nor did I add Juan Luis Guerra, and in regards to John Lithgow my intention was not to vandalized the page but to clarified certain points, he may not be Dominican American from the ethnic standpoint, but he surely would be Dominican American from the Legal view since Dominican Laws follw the jus solis and the jus sanguis on nationality therefore since his father was born and also lived in the Dominican Republic his father would be considered Dominican then and now and since Mr. Lithgow was the son of a Dominican he would be considered Dominican too. Furthermore, I personally know several Dominican families with the last name Lithgow living in the Dominican Republic that claim are relatives to Lithgow Mr. Lithgow

U.S. law before the recent changes in Dominican laws clearly stated that dual nationality was illegal. It took a Supreme Court decision and the fact that Dominican law also prohibited dual nationality until the 1990s. Mr. Lithgow's father was born in the DR simply because his mother was there when she had labor pains. is father can be added to the list with the mention that he was "born in the DR" however John does not qualify for inclusion. Many Americans such as John Sununu (born in Cuba), John McCain (born in Panama), etc. were born in Latin countries, however, they always had U.S. citzenship and do not have any cultural, blood, political ties to the countries they were born. John Lithgow does not refer to him as Dominican, does not speak Spanish, etc. Just like Sununu and McCain, their children do not get added to list of Cubans and Panamanians simply because their father was born there. Many Haitians born in the DR are denied Dominican nationality. They deserve to be recognized as Dominican more so than John Lithgow. Once again, John's father can be added to the list with the mention that he was "born in the DR" however John does not qualify for inclusion. His name will be removed. Thank you for your understanding.--XLR8TION 18:59, 8 July 2007 (UTC)