>'When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always
>asks, "¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?" (What do
>you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don't
>understand it, and it's the same people asking the same
>question. So I say, time and time again, "Yo soy una mujer
>negra." ("I am a black woman.") "Oh, no, tú eres
>trigueñita." ("Oh no, you are 'dark skinned'") I'm like, "No!
>Let's get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black
>woman.")'


and she's a sci-fi geek who's into Dune & 2001? I think I'm in love...