Totalitarian Pedagogy in the Tropics: Indoctrination During the Trujillo Era

Introduction
The First Teacher and Self-Loathing
Counterinsurgent Indoctrination
Censorship
First Families and the Cult of Personality
The Goat and Traditional Gender Roles
Anti-Haitianism, Slavery and the 'Dominican Race'
Balaguer and Batlle: Race, Religion and Trujillo's Brains
Catholic Complicity
Racial Revisionism, Indigenísmo and Fascist Propaganda
Nationalistic Fervor and Anticommunism
Origins of the Trujillato
Control Tactics: Spying, Intimidation, and the Public Forum
Dissemination of Dissident Works
Plan Bienal and the Literacy Campaign
Conclusion
Images


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Totalitarian Pedagogy in the Tropics: Indoctrination During the Trujillo Era

Introduction
The First Teacher and Self-Loathing
Counterinsurgent Indoctrination
Censorship
First Families and the Cult of Personality
The Goat and Traditional Gender Roles
Anti-Haitianism, Slavery and the 'Dominican Race'
Balaguer and Batlle: Race, Religion and Trujillo's Brains
Catholic Complicity
Racial Revisionism, Indigenísmo and Fascist Propaganda
Nationalistic Fervor and Anticommunism
Origins of the Trujillato
Control Tactics: Spying, Intimidation, and the Public Forum
Dissemination of Dissident Works
Plan Bienal and the Literacy Campaign
Conclusion
Images


Available:
PDF
Mobi/Epub

My Real Identity

My biological paternal grandfather was Luis Pimentel from Valverde Mao. As Junot Diaz would say, "he knew someone up in el palacio." He died when my father was young, and my grandmother later remarried. Luis never legitimized my father; he was a man of mystery.

Miguel Abreu later married my grandmother, Barbara Collado, and he adopted and raised my father, Dario Collado; in death Dario Abreu. I'm eternally grateful to the Abreu family. 

I feel no guilt: Luis Pimentel was a product of fascist times and had his mind -- cyst in temporal lobe which causes ADHD-PI -- warped from a young age.
I'll now let the mystery die and remain Abreu, since Pimentel is pretty Hebrew as well. And hey, at least they rumor that someone close to him influenced Trujillo to found Sosua, a safe haven for Jews during WWII. Since my grandmother can no longer speak, there's no one tell what else he did, and I think it's better that way.

My Real Identity

My biological paternal grandfather was Luis Pimentel from Valverde Mao. As Junot Diaz would say, "he knew someone up in el palacio." He died when my father was young, and my grandmother later remarried. Luis never legitimized my father; he was a man of mystery.

Miguel Abreu later married my grandmother, Barbara Collado, and he adopted and raised my father, Dario Collado; in death Dario Abreu. I'm eternally grateful to the Abreu family. 

I feel no guilt: Luis Pimentel was a product of fascist times and had his mind -- cyst in temporal lobe which causes ADHD-PI -- warped from a young age.
I'll now let the mystery die and remain Abreu, since Pimentel is pretty Hebrew as well. And hey, at least they rumor that someone close to him influenced Trujillo to found Sosua, a safe haven for Jews during WWII. Since my grandmother can no longer speak, there's no one tell what else he did, and I think it's better that way.

The Curse of My Father's Line

The males are born with an 11 mm aracnoid cyst in the left temporal lobe. It gives us ADHD-PI, and very high natural intelligence. We're master reverse-engineers. However, our emotions can kill us of a stroke. 

Nonetheless, I consider myself fortunate to have been given this double-edged sword. As long as I keep myself happy and well fed, I'll live a full life. Though I have been fortunate, others have a cyst that is too large for their heads. These are your Hitlers, and maybe your Bushes.

I'm not saying that everyone that has an oversized cyst in their temporal lobe is a criminal, but we must recognize that a person with this condition shouldn't be allowed to drive, own a gun, or serve in government. These are mere precautions. 

You can see my CT scan here. Why can't you see your leaders'!?