Zoe Saldana Under Fire for Problematic Remarks on Dominican Independence Day
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The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' star receives death threats and hateful messages after she blasts Somos team for a post explaining the complicated history of Dominican Independence Day.
Mar 3, 2021
AceShowbiz -
Zoe Saldana caught heat for her responses to an Instagram post explaining the complicated history of Dominican Independence Day. The "
Guardians of the Galaxy" star received death threats and hateful messages after she commented on a post on Refinery29's Somos Instagram account on February 27.
The 10-slide long post, which was a collaboration with InCultured Co., asked readers, "What to the Afro-Dominican is the 27th of February." It detailed how the split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic has influenced the anti-blackness often both internalized and/or experienced by many Afro-Dominicans to this day.