This Wednesday I witnessed the death of what many of my family and friends call home. Maybe not the death…

Being from the Heights myself I feel this show is a poor representation of what the Heights really is. Fighting over men at a night club and celebrating about getting a GED are things that happen in everyday life outside of the Heights. Personally they need to capture the Dominican culture and life that goes on till this very day. The beautiful women who walk up and down 181 in the summertime. The barbershops that are packed every Friday night with guys ready for a crazy weekend. The 5 am stops at Cachapas y Mas for that after the club snack. The kids who play basketball at Dyckman courts everyday in hopes of escaping a poor economic community. The street vendors of food that are fresher than the McDonalds you eat everyday. That is Washington Heights, that is our PAIS. Hopefully the MTV show will begin to reveal these traits to its viewers before its goal gentrifying our homes is successful.