Dominickers

**Dominickers** ƙananan ƙabila ne ko ƙabila waɗanda suka taɓa zama a yankin Florida Panhandle na Holmes, a kusurwar kudancin lardin yammacin Kogin Choctawhatchee, kusa da garin Ponce de Leon. An rarraba ƙungiyar a cikin 1950 a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "sanannen wariyar launin fata ta Indiya-White-Negro na Gabashin Amurka" ta Ofishin Kididdiga ta Amurka.

An san abubuwa kaɗan game da asalinsu, kuma kaɗan an buga game da wannan rukunin.

## Na farko ambato da asali
Na farko sananne ambato a buga na Dominickers wata kasida a Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State, published by the Federal Writers' Project a 1939. The article "Ponce de Leon" gano Dominickers a matsayin gauraye-jinin zuriyar gwauruwa na kafin yakin basasa shuka mai mallakar da kuma daya daga cikin ta baki bayi, wanda ta haifi 'ya'ya biyar. (Wata al'ada ta daban ta nuna cewa bawan ya kasance gauraye-baki ko mulatto ɗan'uwan mijin matar da ya rasu, amma ba a tabbatar da hakan ba. Ta haka ne aka yi wa mahaifiyar ɗan'uwan bayi bayi.)

Labarin da ba a sanya hannu ba ya ce zuriya da yawa har yanzu suna zaune a yankin a lokacin rubuta wannan rahoto. Ana buƙatar 'ya'yansu su halarci makarantar keɓe (kamar yadda dokokin Jim Crow na Florida suka buƙata). Ba a yarda da Dominickers a matsayin daidaikun jama'a ta al'ummar farar fata ba, amma sun nisanta kansu daga babban al'ummar baki. Dominickers sun kafa ƙaramin yanki na yankin Holmes County daban-daban daga duka fararen fata da baƙar fata (waɗanda suke kama da matsayin mutane masu launi, Louisiana Creoles kafin Amurka ta sayi yankin Louisiana).

A cewar labarin, bayyanar Dominickers ya bambanta daga mai kyau (fararen fata) zuwa "Negroid" (baƙar fata), har ma a cikin 'yan'uwan iyali guda. Laƙabin "Dominickers", wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin ƙaƙƙarfa, an ce ya fito ne daga wani mutumin gida a cikin shari'ar saki yana kwatanta matarsa ​​da ya rabu da "baƙar fata da fari, kamar tsohuwar kajin Dominicker." Wani labarin kuma ya ce an yi amfani da bayanin, a maimakon haka, an yi amfani da shi ga mutumin da take zaune da shi bayan ta rabu da mijinta.

## Ƙarin tushe
Rubutun rubutu guda biyu da ba a buga ba  da aka shirya don littafin jagora na FWP Florida, amma ba a haɗa su a ciki ba, ana adana su a ɗakin karatu na Jami'ar Florida a Gainesville. Wataƙila sun kasance tushe ko daftarin labarin da aka buga.

Wadannan rubuce-rubucen sun yi karin bayani fiye da labarin da aka buga game da kamanni da halayen Dominickers, suna masu cewa mutanen yankin sun kwatanta su a matsayin "masu hankali, mayaudari, masu daukar fansa" da "marasa tausayi." An bayyana mutanen a matsayin "babban kyan gani," an san su da fasaha wajen karya dawakai da yin barasar wata. An bayyana matan a matsayin "ƙananan girman jiki, masu ƙiba, marasa siffa," waɗanda suke sanye da tufafi marasa kyau kuma suna tafiya babu takalmi koyaushe.

Wani labarin ya lura cewa Dominickers an "bi da su da irin ladabin da Negro ke karɓa-ba a taɓa yin hidima a maɓuɓɓugar jama'a ba kuma ba a gabatar da shi ga farar fata ba." An ba wa wasu 'yan Dominicker izinin halartar makarantar sakandare ta farar fata a Westville, amma "ba a taɓa barin su su kammala karatun ba."

Ya bambanta da waɗannan kwatancin, Hotunan sanannun Dominickers daga ƙarshen 19th zuwa farkon ƙarni na 20 sun nuna cewa kamanninsu ya fito daga kama-karya zuwa swarthy, amma ba "Negroid," kamar yadda ikirari; matan, musamman ma, da alama sun yi kamannin "Mediterranean" mai launin fata mai launin zaitun. Wani marubucin ilimi daga baya, ɗan asalin yankin, ya ce, “Mafi yawan waɗannan mutanen Sifen ne ko kuma Cuban a zahiri.”

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