This has always created a problem with my cultural identity because I feel like I belong to none. As a young girl I always love bachata, merengue, salsa, and dembow. Due to this confliction when I speak English many say I have an accent and the same goes with Spanish. Truth is I did not learn how to speak fluent in Spanish until I was 12 years old. Most of the time is because as a bilingual the usage of the words can cause misunderstanding in the way they are used which happens to me often. Although, I love being bilingual it does create a clash on my cultural identity because in a way I am living two life. Which is somewhat what W.E.B. Dubois’s refers too when he wrote double consciousness. Even though I consider myself Dominican I do have
