True boricuas tainos Spanish and black of respect dignity culture carry themselves with extreme eloquent character and class and the true body was never used the n word like the rest of these f****** knuckleheads do
Why not talk about the fact that colonization, brainwashing, and reverse psychology has caused alot of you to not want the independence you deserve. That's like staying in an abusive relationship. The US doesn't care about you. You're island simply a political strategy and you were never a part of manifest destiny. You do know what the whole Spanish American war was about right? Please stop letting these people keep you from believing you can stand on your own. And I'm speaking purely out of love and respect to my neighbors. My dear brothers and sisters please stop underestimating the resilience, power and strength of the Puerto Rican people. Remember you were able to get Roselló out of office. You deserve independence. Open your eyes. If DR can do it you, you can do it. Much love. 🇵🇷🇩🇴
@@shodannadohs4045 You must not understand how reverse psychology works. Now let's say I'm an abusive boyfriend. My girlfriend is threatening to leave me. I could say "You're nothing without me so you can leave if you want but you know you'll come back. But you know what, I don't even like you anyway so I don't care if you leave. But baby please don't leave".... Do you see where I'm comimg from.
@@shorthumorclips3525 LMAO at your comment😂Not every PR comes to the mainland. This video is about them telling Us what race they want to have Us identify with. It is hard for most PR who know Our History because PR can be tri-racial. You all look at a dark & light PR & call them Black & get mad if they say they are not. You look at white skin PR like Me & say We are white & get mad when We say We are not.
@666 Dark That profile name fits you. Us stands for My Fellow PR Sisters & Brothers. As you put it I need to grow up. So I guess the other 50 plus People who agreed with Me should grow up too FOH. Last time I checked I'm all grown up with 18 year old Quadruplets & so are the people who agreed with Me & actually comprehend what I was saying. There is no such thing as a so called PR. You don't have to read My comment if it offends you so much. Kick rocks.
Exporting your culture and trying to get islanders to adopt it... sounds a bit colonial... :/ Puerto Ricans are all mixed in varying percentages. Especially when you’re talking about vestiges of colonialism, this seems to lack self awareness.
Aqua Netta this is what happens when Puerto Rican’s tell Americans they are American. It makes Americans think they can have an opinion on Puerto Rican culture and COUNTRY
@@philmurphy858 brothe, every person the western hemisphere is considered Americans (North, South, Central & Caribbean). We are the Americas! The problem with people in the United States is many still Only believe that they're the only True Americans
So what your saying that racism,colorism,classism does not exist in Puerto Rico. I thought the Spanish took the island from the natives. Raped and killed the natives. Brought africans and enslaved them. Is there something I'm missing? Because it sounds like the same thing was done in the United States and all over the americas. And that has left everyone who grew up in the americas an after product of that.
Many Puerto Rican’s including myself, identify as black. Many who say mixed or white was to gain social advantages because of the US control over the island that put whites Puerto Rican’s as the upper class. Also their one drop rule was in reverse to the US which was any amount of white In you made you white in Puerto Rico. It’s important to me and a lot of other Afro Puerto Ricans to start claiming our blackness because of the same social injustices that happen on the island just like in the US.
First Last they are if they don’t claim their blackness. I don’t care if you call yourself Puerto Rican. I call myself that. But I was raised as a black man first. I’m proud to be black and I’m proud to be Puerto Rican. I’m proud to be an Afro Latino. Like I said. Speak only for yourself
Puerto Rico should be it’s own country it shouldn’t even be considered part of “this country” different culture different language everything different if you were in Puerto Rico and didn’t know where you are the US would be the last guess
i HOPE THAT YOU DO REALIZE THAT MANY Puerto Ricans, especially those in isolated communities such as LOIZA ALDEA, are far blacker than most African Americans and do not share the racial percentages that you mention with other Puerto Ricans.. .
What happened to all the other Europeans and other immigrants that arrived on the island? German_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico French_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico Irish_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico Corsican_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsican_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico Spanish_settlement_of_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_settlement_of_Puerto_Rico Chinese_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico History_of_the_Jews_in_Puerto_Rico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Puerto_Rico
@@rocsteadyh.o.g4247 That's is ridiculous and shows a profound ignorance of Latin American history. A little research would have told you that the occasional or systematic raping slaves was against the law and punishable under Spain's slavery system. So was the cruel separation of families, such as father and mothers from kids or husbands and wives from each other. It was also illegal not to grant slaves the right to buy their own freedom. So what you are doing is applying the savage rules of Anglo slavery inflicted on their slaves to the Spanish system under which those savageries were against the law. Under your uncivilized demonic system, slaves were merely property to be dealt with as such. In contrast, . Under the Spanish system, they were rightfully viewed unfortunate him beings who were undergoing a tragedy and deserved to have their human right respected. So the continuous systematic raping of slaves that you are talking about is what happened to your people not ours. As for mixing with native Americans being predominantly rape, LOL! a little research would have readily revealed that Native American chiefs gave away their daughters and other women to the Spaniards in order to forge military or political alliances and that once they were given to the Spaniards the priest's who always accompanied them insisted that they marry legally under the Catholic church. constant
When other Puerto Ricans say that I have “pelo malo” (bad hair) because I don’t have straight hair and rocked an Afro when I was younger, I’d say there is a difference. When I see a Puerto Rican woman tell my Puerto Rican uncle in front of me at the Puerto Rican Day parade in New York that she doesn’t talk to Blacks when he was trying to talk to her, I’d say there is a difference. When my family members and I catch people talking about us in Spanish because they think we’re African American, once again, I’d say there’s a difference. I identify as Afro-Rican. I must say that it has been my experience that the vast majority of Puerto Ricans respect and have no prejudice against the African American community. In New York City, we all grew up together. You cannot find an African American community without Puerto Ricans living there too. My best friends who are Black Americans would back me up against any other Black American and I would back them up against any other Puerto Rican. That’s how we rolled in NYC. My DNA has me at 35% African and I have seen all Puerto Ricans that I share DNA with having some African heritage. Even the ones who look white. Slavery existed longer in Puerto Rico than it did in the United States. Sad to say but I think there are a lot of people in our community that don’t have knowledge of self.
That’s only 30% unless you 60% or more.... then you ain’t black. Your just mixed. Don’t let this white washed African Americans fool you. There’s nothing wrong with being mixed.
It's all a suppression tactic. During the civil war, they labeled Puertoricans as Spaniards who fought in the war. I like what you said, don't be reduced to a crayon color. We're more than just the color of our skin. The race is a social construct. All made up bogus pseudoscience created by Europeans in the name of science...which we know now is all made the f up. It was called "racial anthropology". His name was Friedrich Blumenbach. We ARE our cultures, we ARE our traditions, our beliefs, our customs.
As Puerto Rican's we embrace our rich African, European and Taino heritage. We know the history of our people. Thier struggles and their achievements. Please stop the race baiting narrative that is played so often stateside. We find unity in our culture not divisiveness.
I'm just Puerto Rican...... If I'm mixed ,how they going to found the way to identify me as a black or white ? Really that make any sense ? really is that important ? To who ?
You should identify as mixed. Most mixed Puerto Ricans identify as white only and deny having and African ancestry. I think you completely missed the whole point of the video.
To those that want to put us in a box. Do you realize that Puerto Ricans have fought every World War on America side every dirty war that America invented . Yes let the world know that Puerto Rico deserves to be backed up by America. Opposition was not given it was earned by the blood of our uncles and grandfathers that's why we are the only immigrants that do not need a green card we paid already in red blood. This message is to those that did not know especially my Puerto Rican cousins God bless island of Encanto. And now Trump turns his back on us. Showing us his true self a worshipper of the Greenback
@@masp809 i can answer this question for you since I'm Puerto Rican and born and living on the island. so Most Puerto Ricans don't want independence since we believe that if we manage to get freedom, our country will be ruin economically. Our culture as always being control of a major power since forever(since PR was colony since the 14 hundreds), Statehood is the biggest party of Puerto Rico (with a 51% if I remember exactly) however is not our choice if we want to be a state or independent. That decision is made by the US congress, so the US congress decides what will happen with Puerto Rico doesn't matter what we say so.
@Tattoos By Macho I agree they always want to make us pick a race based off skin tone. But We don't do that. They always try to put the Mainland way of thinking on everyone else. Now they want us to divide like them.
@papi king obsessed? Is that why most puerto ricans dress like BET rejects? I don't see any black Americans struggling to look like Marc Antony. Latinos are just hypocrites.
I'm a Puerto Rican born in New York I have never ever looked at my race in colors. I believe the Puerto Ricans I was with were colorblind. We always thought ourselves as one is still do!
My parents were Puerto Rican and were definitely not color blind. Neither was the rest of my extended family. Neither were the Puerto Ricans I grew up with in Newark NJ nor the ones I met in New York City. I observed many fanatical discussions and heated arguments about ancestry and race.
Respectly , what’s the issue of seeing multicolors? Is it not great to see everyone beyond one color...to have a diverse society where all cultures and identities contribute and respect each other’s attributes? What gives more life to you, seeing the physical world having the same creature and color or seeing the physical world with various species and various colors...I choose the latter. It has nothing to do with seeing everyone as one race but seeing everyone as what they truly are and respecting that.
Orlando Morales the blacks and Puerto Rico are the real natives not no damn tainos the white so-called people in Puerto Rico are the colonizers all the music and food originate from Black culture the benefit of a black culture while still being racist
Stop trying to divide us. I accept everything that makes me a puerto rican. Keep your hate out of puerto rico . Never in my mind I said look at that white or black puerto rican. I always said look at that boricua
Hey, I agree with you. I think this lady just wants her 15 minutes of fame. I've never felt or seen prejudice against my Puerto Rican people from Puerto Ricans.
I asked my 12 year old what he defines himself as because I am 4 different ethnicities, his father is European & so am, so my son is mainly European but he said he considers himself human. He told me he knows he is what he is by blood but that race doesn't matter or define who he is.
Ikr I wish that can happen instead of being called a color or such you know like black, white, brown and such. I wish people would stop talking about that and list all of us as humans
Is it true that after the hurricane some Puerto Ricans were selling bottled water to Puerto Rican victims when that water had been provided free by the USA for distribution?
Yeah my dad is from Naranjito, anytime I visited his hometown racism was legit the last thing on my mind, or anyone's mind for that matter. White, dark skinned, didn't matter. My dad didn't experience racism until he came to Chicago.
@@ninahndz5880 it’s really sad to me personally because am proud of my African heritage but because am light skin they quickly asume am white or that I think am better and that not the case I love all colors my family has mix and I love my family regardless if they are white or black
Afro and Anglo Americans allowing Puerto Ricans to make their own choice in that area goes against their cherished slavery-derived traditional views. In short, it causes them emotional distress to see those rules broken, and so to reduce the constant stress, they demand that Puerto Ricans abide by their rules.
If your family is Puerto Rican than you are Puerto Rican. That is it, as stated us Puerto Ricans do not identify as white or black. We are completely separate.
My husband was both. He always identified as afro Latino. He was very proud of being both African American by his mother and Puerto Rican by his father. He passed away this April and I miss him terribly 😔. He was my lover and my best friend ❤😇😪🙏
@@BrooklyNupe that we dont f*cking segregate ourselves by skin color. We boricuas and periodt, get your stupid racist mentality out of our island. Sorry for the cussing but this video got me mad
But majority identify as white though..not mixed lol. People need to leave puerto ricans/latinos alone. They shouldn't have to be forced to acknowledge their african roots.
I am Puerto Rican born mix with Hispanic and white with different Indian. Who cares what are skin color is we are one. People are always trying to separate all of us and put the blame on someone instead of fix the problem. The problem starts young and with older people criticizing instead of coming together and helping.
Americans want Puerto Ricans to be divided so bad. LOL So you're saying JLo, Roselyn Sanchez, Ricky Martin, should all pick (Black alone) when that is a lie? That would be lying.
What you are witnessing is the cultural differences between the old British colony vs the Spanish colony and how American identity politics have influenced the territory.
@@ongame5525 How can you have Native DNA and not claim Native ancestry? It work for Elizabeth Warren and she is 1/1024 native. hahahaah. I'm 19% this is my continent and anyone that does not have native DNA need to leave!!!
Not true, some are just european(FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, IRISH) and taino. tHE SPANISH allowed iimigration from europeans to build the island and gave free land away to those who wanted to cultivate it.
@@invoicecaptive1980 said: How can you have Native DNA and not claim Native ancestry? It work for Elizabeth Warren and she is 1/1024 native. hahahaah. I'm 19% this is my continent and anyone that does not have native DNA need to leave!!! === this is clearly baby talk. DNA tests do not change what you look like. And that is the root of discrimination: your Physiognomy.
So the USA have a "racial problem" lets export those problem to PR then. Real PuertoRicans no matter their skin color are "tri-racial" Biology says that there are no races, race is a social construct. Social construct in PR is that where are tri-racial, there is no euro-rican nor afro-rican ni native-rican there is only puerto rican. Good conversation nevertheless.
You fail or refuse to recognize that there are Puerto Ricans who simply don't fit into your extremely limited description. I recently met a Korean Puerto Rican who spoke Spanish better than me. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico I was not. I was raised in Eastern USA around NY NJ. Also, your refusal to acknowledge that Puerto Ricans can be black is racist. It plays right into the hands of those who wish to deny Puerto Ricans and other Latinos the right that they have of identifying with the race they clearly belong to. This is a right that both Afro and Anglo Americans reserve to themselves despite being mixed. SMH!
@@Abstract.Noir414 Lol I like how colonizer or newyoricans don't know anything about PR. White/Black are just physical descriptor in PR and not Race... When someone says "El es blanquito" means that his skin color is white but nothing more, nothing about race or ethnicity. Classism exist thats why you can hear in PR "Tenía que ser de Caserio" which translate to "Have to be from the project". But yeah Colonizers now have to tell us how we should think.
@@atonebenino there are projects that have many Dominican refugees, excluding Dominicans in Puerto Rico, it is not easy at all to find a Black Puerto Rican. It doesn't matter either way, but this was more of a democrat politically motivated piece of work to recruit Puerto Ricans.
I used to check white, black and indigenous... now must of the times that I have to identify my nationality there is a checkbox that says Puerto Rican... That one pretty much hits the spot.
It also accomplishes what they were after all along, to keep Latinos away from classifying themselves as either black or white. BROWN is the category reserved for all of us in the Anglo and Afro American view. As long as you agree to stay in that box-they will be happy.
As you should. Puerto Rican and Dominicans are the best. Everyone is so jealous of us right now that they want us to pick a race..lol..when we are mixed with many
Sorry but you cannot deprive a Puerto Rican black person from identifying as being totally black. If the Afro Americans do it despite their North European lineage, then black Puerto Ricans have that same right of feeling pride to be just black and nothing else.
Now we have people of a whole different culture telling Puerto Ricans what we need to identify as. Exporting their culture to get us to adopt it... how colonial of them to do. Seems like that’s an all too common theme towards Puerto Ricans from people in the United States dictating and imposing their terms on us. We have a long ugly history of how that’s been going for us. Instead of focusing on monumental issues like building a stronger infrastructure, or cleaning house in the government, providing better education and more jobs for all of us Puerto Ricans on the island (predominantly of African descent, trigueño or European descent) we are instead discussing race first and foremost. We have HUGE issues here in Puerto Rico with disaster capitalists, culture vulture gringos and crypto tax invaders and investors. Add to that, rebuilding our agriculture so we don’t have to rely so strongly on the Jones Act bringing in food from outside PR and drive down food costs. There is a lot of work here that needs to be done for Puerto Ricans OF ALL COLORS brothers and sister to benefit from and live a better life. Or they are going to continue migrating to AmeriKKKa emptying out our land while everyone else comes in to take it over. We need to focus our attention on cleaning up our Puerto Rican backyard or outsiders will come in and do it for us and suck out our culture. There is no denying or arguing that colorism exists on the island more so than racism in the US. However, this is something that should be discussed with the same ferocity as the other issues plaguing our island affecting our livelihood. So we may build a stronger and better island on every account. Instead of singling out one thing stand with us in addressing it ALL COLLECTIVELY to fit our agenda not yours for Puerto Ricans to DO AND BE BETTER!
Well said and to the point! Keep this REAL PR 🇵🇷narrative going forward! This must be eradicated their narrative from past & future colonialists & The 10%s of hidden agendas trying to still brainwash & hypnotize & suppress all of our CULTURES and of our INDIAN DESCENT! ie: ALL (Kushites, Mesoamerican, Eskimoans, Native American Indian! No matter what it takes! Start the "GOOD TROUBLE" - JOHN LEWIS Peace out
Strong message. I stayed in a hotel near San Juan. It was nice. I went to El Yunque National Park. It's great. Old San Juan is impressive. I hope that Puerto Rico will resolve its problems.
I'm from Louisiana and Mississippi. I live in San Juan. Puerto rico does not have a problem with raccism in my eyes. It appears to be multicultural and advanced in this subject compared to the rest of the world. I think sometimes people especially in the media want to use what's happening somewhere else to have something to talk about as if its happening here and not somewhere else. I left the usa for a better place. Let's keep usa in the usa and let's be Puerto Rico.
Thank you the difference between Puerto Rico and the US is that we moved pass the issue of racism a long time ago, furthermore we know the history of bigotry that existed but we understand that was our ancestors fault not ours so we made the change ourselves I hope you enjoy the Island we are glad to have you here
I really don't understand where the idea that Puerto Ricans cannot be racist comes from since I observed racist attitudes in Puerto Ricans, including my close family members, from a very early age and into adulthood. For example, my aunt, my mother's sister, mocked my mother because she had not given birth to white blond kids as she had done, but had been only able to give birth to me. Her husband, a wooly-haired, dark-complexioned Puerto Rican, was fanatically racist. That is just one experience among many. So I really don't understand where that notion that Puerto Ricans are completely oblivious to race comes from. No not all, of course,. But it does exist and rears its ugly head now and then as it did with me.
Look deeper than color of skin or texture of hair. the Indians fought with each other. Learn about the Taínos verses the Caribe Indians. The Spanish were able to conquer new lands with the help of some natives. Study about the distinct African tribes that would war with each other and sell the conquered as slaves. Read about the ruler of the Congo who realized he was selling off too many. Of course the Europeans fought against each other tooth and nail. They invented torture devices against their fellow man. The Bible says man dominates man to his injury. It was true in the past and now. Only Gods’s rule can fix it. The kingdom Jesus taught to pray for. In his own time, only God knows when. History proves what men of all backgrounds are capable of doing. It’s all coming to a culmination. Yes, I was born on the island of Puerto Rico.
As a Dominican, I agree with the comments we have here. Dominicans are tri-racial. But, we don't have the same racial problems as in America. Stop forcing change on us!
@@vze21gwa Its always a economic problem but never a racial problem lol. Like MV Bill says " your forced to live in a racial democracy that dosent exist:
Not all Dominicans are tri racial. There are East Asian Dominicans and Dominicans who are of either predominantly or else totally of European Descent. Just because you choose to immigrate somewhere or happen to be born there doesn't automatically change your genetics Chinese Dominicans The forms one of the largest Chinese communities in Latin America. As of 2012, there are over 3,600 recorded Chinese-born Dominican residents. Although no official census has been made, there are estimates of approximately 60,000 people of Chinese origin living in the country. Chinese descendants living in the Dominican Republic may be referred as . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Chinese_in_the_Dominican_Republic
I'm Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian, ever since I was little, I've identified as as White, African and Native American. I'm most comfortable considering myself Mestizo. I'm 58% European, 26% Native American and 10.5 Northern African (rest of my genome is unassigned). I look white, but grew up in the inner city as a Nuyorican. I would say that within NY, Puerto Ricans are very proud of their African heritage.
If you don’t mind me asking, which test did you use? I’d really like to test myself and see my results because I struggle when I’m forced to label myself. I’m half Puerto Rican and a quarter Colombian and Ecuadorian. I’m not exactly white passing though, I’m pretty tan with dark brown eyes and dark curly hair.
Of course New Yoricans, who can't speak Spanish, cant read or write it, have never been to Puerto Rico and if they go they feel as if they are in a foreign country, are primarily very proud of their African Heritage and reject their European and Taino side. . That's because Newyoricans are a racial and cultural mix of African Americans and Puerto Ricans who amalgamated. Most identify as African American and only pay their Puerto Rican side an occasional and very brief lip service.
I don't trust those tests, I saw a video of two twins who took the test and each of them got different results and percentages when their DNA is supposed to be identical! 🤣
I identify as Puertorican first but I also have the right to say I’m black as I have strong African roots. But white Puertoricans or other races always tell me I’m not black. It’s really annoying.
Carlito, they tell you are not black but they know exactly how to prevent you from getting those prized jobs because then they'll remind you exactly what you are.
Your initial statement is as wrong as it gets. I am Puerto Rican born and raised, of Puerto Rican parents and many generations back. We have NEVER identified as white. Nor Caucasian. We are Puerto Rican (Boricuas). We are Spanish, Taino, and African descendants and we have NEVER stated otherwise. We love our mix. We also retain the Taino and African culture on our music, dance, and teachings. This is political BS. Don’t speak for us. Don’t bring us into your BS. Keep that Poop to yourselves in the U.S. we aren’t you nor follow your ideology of victimhood. We embrace our ancestral culture and love it. We rather celebrate the fact that our ancestors live through us than to live pretending we are slaves. This is insulting. Leave us and our culture alone.
3941602 I can see you’re point, and agree that it doesn’t make you African American. However, if having African blood doesn’t make you at least partially black then what does? Slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico in 1873, 8 years after slavery in the U.S. ended. This is inherently part of the black experience and to deny that would mean to deny us of our history based solely on the color of our skin.
@@3941602i don't think You ever been to a bombazo in puerto rico or la fiesta de las máscaras maybe la Noche de san Juan we are more african in blood then You are our culture has ties to 4 and we represent it what culture can You tell me of África that You afro americans have name me one .
Girl my advice to you is take a good great class. It's offered in CUNY Hunter College. There is the library about Puerto Rico. We are Taino Indians, Spanish and Black. We don't pick color. We just say PUERTO RICAN and that's it.
They're just a group of mix race people who want Puerto Ricans to identify as black, because they can't identify as mix race in America without being told that they are black. They're just a group of mix race people trying to brainwash mix race people in Puerto Rico.
Stop trying to force this racial divide on us. You people continue to create the the tension between us all. I’m 100% Puerto Rican, and although I acknowledge I have some African ancestry, the majority of my blood is of Caribbean and European descent, therefore I identify as a white-Hispanic.
@@QuikNik14, Taino Indian are what I mean by Caribbean decent. And no 💩, they didn’t speak Spanish before Spain took over, but guess what? We speak Spanish now, and can never undo the past, no matter how much some can cry about it.
Most black Americans are mixed as well, some the same as Puerto Rican's except instead of Taino it's Native American, there's also those that have more white but still identity as black, we're not that different, do your research. I had boyfriend who was Puerto Rican and his dad use to say I looked like I could be his child, the only difference is he spoke Spanish and I didn't, although people walk up to me speaking Spanish all the time because they just assume that's what I am. My granddaughter's grandfather by the way is full Puerto Rican doesn't speak a lick of English and is a black as the ace of spades. I say all that to say this, most people of the Diaspora are one people no matter the actual color of your skin.
@@rlxfire8737 yes they are but what 15-20 percent the most, and that’s just those who aren’t mixed race... if they’re descendants of slaves (not immigrants, post-slavery) should have some sort of white blood, but the thing is that in puerto rico, most people are 20-30 percent black which clearly isn’t the majority DNA, if the majority DNA isn’t black then they do not have any reason at all to identify as black lol, it’s ridiculous unless you are a white suprematist or a woke pan-african who want to identify them as black by any means and it’s just wrong lol
apparently people fail to realize that there are black and white people in every country. Race is not the same as one's ethnicity- there are black americans and white americans that share the same culture.
There are plenty of Puerto Ricans on the island who are black and they know they are black . But to make white Puerto Rican to say they are black is ridiculous. We are white , we are, black , we are Indian .
So blacks want Puerto Rican to label ourselves as black only and forget about our white European and Taino Indian roots well not this Puerto Rican I refuse
You really believe that the residents of Louisa Aldea, identify with those rich white Puerto Ricans who rule the island politically and that those white Puerto Ricans are identifying with them?
You really believe that Puerto Ricans are that way? During my 75 years of associating with them I have seen absolutely no evidence that supports that concept just as I have never seen any evidence that African Americans are not racist.
Dwayne Arroyo But you can’t. Because in Spain and Europe in general, they don’t play that majority stuff. Either you’re white or you’re not. Go to Spain and talk that bastardized Caribbean Spanish. You’ll find out how much NOT EUROPEAN you really are. We already know. LOL!
BrooklyNupe Only Puerto Rico used to be a legitimate part of Spain being a Spanish province and we were considered Spaniards before the US took control of Puerto Rico after the Spanish American war.
Dwayne Arroyo Yeah, you are brainwashed. You know America used to be apart of Britain. Does that make all the Black folks they brought here British?They even were taught to speak a version of Britain’s native tongue and adopted their religion, the same way you speak Spanish and adopted the dominant religion. But you know what’s not Spanish.... the food and music. That’s Africa. Santaria is a mixture of Christianity and African Voodun for goodness sakes! Smh!!!
Most of it comes from older people, that had bigotry installed in them but thats not the rule in Puerto Rico these days and you know that we are very protective of our heritage I will give you an example, my great grandma said she wanted me to give her a greatgrand kid that was white and I told her that wasnt gonna happen and she gave me a strange look then when my wife who is black like me came to the room, my grandma started crying, and started talking about how racism was predominant when she was growing mind you im talking about the early 1920's so most people that think like that are older remember we have a history where Blacks and Taínos where slaves and that mentality poured down in to alot of generations, yet still we have literally changed that and is not predominant like that you dont see hate crimes based on skin color in Puerto Rico, we dont have cops killing unarmed black Puerto Ricans, we dont have White and Black neighborhoods we have rich, middle class and poor neighborhoods we dont allow race to divide us we have a great time together and the only place you can call a Black Town is Loiza and even there everyone can go there and have fun because our diversity is beautiful dont let the people from the US change that we can call out racism when it happens and you know we do but dont allow the american prejudice infect us
So you can't be Puerto Rican and be proud of your European roots? Excuse me but that idea is WEIRD. BTW There are Korean Puerto Ricans who are proud of their Korean roots.
@@fivetimesten495 yours didnt.. you dont speak for everyone ..do you know Puerto Rican history? How is that a lie lmao that's what happened my family from cauguas and I got 23 and me results
I remember, when they ask me I told them that I am puertorrican , I am not white nor black, I am puertorican. They still put me as white and I was and still disgusted.
We are puertoricans... we do not allow racial divisions. We are a mixture of many nations. A mixture that we identify as puertoricans. Unique and simply puertoricans, Hasta en La Luna!
Being the same race didn't stop Europeans from killing torturing and raping one another during two world wars. It didn't stop Shaka the Zulu, the black War chief from committing atrocities against his own people, Neither did it stop Genghis Khan from rampaging against others of his own race. Did it?
@@13579hee Do you leave in PR? Do you know how out people think? If not, please concentrate on your country challenges. Do not try to influence my people. Thanks
The truth is that we are mixed, Taínos, Spaniards and Africans. You could be light brown, dark or white. No matter what’s your skin color, we are puertoricans!!!! Discrimination??? Don’t you think we have had enough with Donald Trump?????
wilfredo Nieves couldnt be said better. its so annoying seeing people say they are only black puerto rican or white puerto rican. that doesnt exist. u can have more white than black or more black than white but never only one. thats what makes a puerto rican a puerto rican. and yes ur right. looks like hair and skin and facial features are nothing compared to genes
DO NOT BE FOOLED PUERTO RICO, DO NOT LET THEM FORCE YOU INTO THEIR GROUP. NO TE DEJES ENGAÑAR PUERTO RICO, NO DEJES QUE TE OBLIGEN A ENTRAR A SU GRUPO.
Puerto Rico has an entire African tribe called the the tribe of Loíza in the eastern coast in the towns of Loíza and Carolina also many black people identify as Hispanic so it’s hard to find out but anyways everyone is human and has red blood. no matter if you are Hispanic, Black , Native American to Puerto Rico you are just “ Puerto Rican
Of course there are millions of blacks who are culturally Latinos. Twenty Seven million approx in Latin America. All from the same areas that the Black people who were transported to the USA were from. The notion that we are all just Puerto Rican is a noble one. But unfortunately, in reality, they do not all behave that way, and in my experience, the percentage that do not is rather high.
The people of the Puerto Rican place called Loiza Aldea, are not members of any one tribe and don't see themselves as a tribe. The ones in Puerto Rico who view themselves in a tribal way are those who claim to be Tainos. It is said that a crown decree from Spain in the 1600s, instructed slaves to be sent to the region of Loíza. Many people believe this might account for the high ratio of Black people in Loíza. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C3%ADza,_Puerto_Rico
Very true. Much like Brazil there was a concerted campaign to whiten up the population and show an affinity/side with your oppressors. The Spanish and French were good at this method or subjugation and conquer. Job well done!
It's called self hate period. People hate when this is called out in their community. This DOES exist & may not be unique to your experience light skin puerto ricans.
John you are mistaken when it comes to Puerto Rican culture. Come visit. There is no skin color based hate among Puerto Rican’s. The reason, I think, is that races have been mixing for a very long time, and the single Puerto Rican culture unites us.
@@IsmokeHiphopLive Hmmm. You think I'm joking? Open your mind. People who are heavily ethnically mixed would be silly to hate any single ethnicity as they would be hating themselves.
I'm Puertorican and I'm tri race. Racism is part of the human condition and Puerto Rico does have its own brand of it. I would love to see a tri race or Puertorican option in the census and see the outcome
What a bunch of bullcrap. I am a Puerto Rican New Yorker living in Florida. I have been to Puerto Rico many times. The first time there it was quite clear the islanders do not have any issue with race or categorize people by distinct differences per there color. That is because we are a mixture of Spanish, African and Taino. For example, my Godmother, who was born in Puerto Rico, was nicknamed Blanca by her dark brown skin mother. This was because my Godmother was born light skin with green eyes. Yet, her mother had dark brown skin and black due to her African DNA. Did my Godmother or any other Puerto Rican care about that, no. This is just more of the radical far left trying to divide people, and now they're trying to due the same thing in Puerto Rico.
I hate how this discussion is only about Puerto Ricans identifying as black or white when ALL Puerto Ricans and (Latin Americans for that matter) come from some form of Native American descent (Taino in PR), but that’s barely even mentioned. My great grandparents on my mothers side came to PR directly from Spain, my father’s side descended from the Tainos, while I was born in NYC and not even considered a “real” Puerto Rican by people born on the island; which is all to say that identity politics is only a method of discrimination used to divide people who at the end of the day are ALL Americans no matter what color we are, language we speak, or religion we practice.
Hey im a fellow Vega too 🇵🇷! And yes being born in New York we always get treated like the red headed step children in the Latin community. It’s why so many Latinos treated Jlo’s performance as just “ok” because they don’t consider her Latina just because she was born in NY not the island. So stupid the amount of elitism and prejudice within our community.
It's so sad that with all of the advances we have had in life, this still goes on. And I mean ALL OF US! The word HUMAN is never what's on anything that defines us as a PERSON. Which is what we are anyhow! What's so hard about that?!
The Anglo Mentality needs to subjugate a colonized people to the point where they cannot choose with whom they feel closest racially. Now, that is truly a total dominance!
I push to embrace all my identity. My Taino ancestors, African, Spanish, Egyptian, Lebanese, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, Jamaican and that's naming a few. I embrace my whole background. I'm Puerto Rican. I've embraced all of my background since I was little as well as the rest of my family has both living on the island of Puerto Rico and many parts of United States. I've been to Puerto Rico many times and we embrace all of our background. We even have ancient Taino artifacts in our family that my grandmom is hesitant to submit for study as she is afraid she will not get it back however I did convince her to take pictures and at least have a sit-down and I will be there with her to make sure that none of her ancient artifacts get taken. the study of our ancestors who are the Taino are still being studied and it is a beautiful thing. I'm sure there are Hispanics who probably don't embrace all of their background but I haven't met any yet other than the ones that are only being represented in videos on RUclips and the news that I'm recently coming across. it's a shame that anybody would not embrace all that makes them who they are. maybe they need to see more Puerto Ricans who embrace all of their background to lead the way.
I've never circled or put a checkmark on white on the census neither has any of my family because none of us relate to that. I remember receiving a census where there was only two boxes and that was only one time when I was little and I would put a checkmark on both white and black or sometimes I would refuse to choose at all because I believe that I have the right to choose Hispanic or Puerto Rican and eventually I started seeing that choice be presented which is good.
@@PHlophe not blowing smoke lol just naming a lot in my background that I embrace. Puerto Ricans are a mixed ethnic group sooo...lol your point is moot.
Embracing the entire Hispanic Background would involve embracing Spain's history as well. That would include the Carthaginians, the Celts, the Iberians, the Greeks, the Italians, the Germans the Sephardic Jews and the Arabs. All of which contributed significantly to the Spaniard culture and by extension, to Latin American culture.
Non-Puerto Ricans have NO right to opine, on who WE are. Stay out of OUR business. These standards are white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. In Latin America people are classified by appearance and description. We have our own thing...Somos Puertoriqueños or Boricua, stay out of OUR business.
I'm African American, born in Los Angeles, CA. I've been raised around Mexican people all of my life. I never knew about Puerto Ricans until I was in my teens and don't remember meeting any until my 20's. Thing is, Puerto Ricans get along with Blacks way better than Mexicans do. I've worked and played with both in men's basketball leagues and such. When the Spanish brought Africans to Mexico, Mexico had a larger population than Puerto Rico, so the Blacks got absorbed into Mexico's culture way more than in Puerto Rico. That is why the African influence and identity isn't as great in Mexico as it is in other places like Puerto Rico, Cuba and The Dominican Republic. I've been blessed to call many Mexicans and Puerta Ricans dear friends in my life. Both truly amazing people. Some people look at the variances of appearances of people around the World and judge misguidedly. I look at all of the variations of people and marvel, thinking; *YOU MADE IT. THANK GOD YOU ARE HERE!* But I do find it fascinating, how you can just look at the many beautiful variations of Latin people and actually see their amazing heritages that is so prevalent today. White, Black, Asian, Indigenous. Viva la gente del Cosmos!
Yeah Puerto Ricans is the only Latino group that gets along better with Black people than other Latino group Mexicans and Dominicans and others don't like Black peoples even Africans and Black Caribbean/West Indian people like Jamaicans and others don't like Black people or should I say Black Americans.
I took a DNA test I’m literally the three piece blend 64 percent European 12 percent Taino and an 18 percent blend of west Africa and north I’m literally all three people on the island can identify with whatever they want you have no right to put anyone with a label or box lol it’s their choice
People you really need to READ up on Puerto Rico's history. There is so much more to learn and perhaps you'll understand why Puertorriqueños come in all different color combinations.
Most Puerto Rican’s on the island are actually on the lighter side the black skinned Puerto Rican’s are the minority. This doesn’t mean much on the island since the culture is first before skin color so your just Boricua. I grew up in on the island most of my life and I’ve never heard this nonsense before the fact is that we emphasize culture above race classification but when it comes to a census And they put black or white and your pretty much on the light side that’s what you’ll put We don’t classify our selves as Hispanics on the island neither do Dominican’s or Cubans They identify by there culture.
@@onlyplayerseattacoswiththe1613 I’m speaking on experience I lived from the age of 4-13 and in my 20’s another three years I have Black people in my family I never saw hears or experienced them or them telling me someone was racists towards them. To your second point bias and racism are two different things. Racism is an absolute hatred for someone bias are foolish ideas enforced by stereotypes.
@@loon0493 I’ve experienced that but it was from individuals so I couldn’t put that on all Latinos I’ve met some great ones that showed me a lot of love.
We are mixed. Taino, Spanish and black. We do not need to change who we are. We are Puerto Rican.
True boricuas tainos Spanish and black of respect dignity culture carry themselves with extreme eloquent character and class and the true body was never used the n word like the rest of these f****** knuckleheads do
I agree we have no need to change but we better grow up concerning reality and protecting our culture.
It starts to get complicated when you are african puerto rican though
So why identify as WHITE on the census?
@@qi6303 they do not wanna hear that. they do not want deal with racism.
Why not talk about how puerto rico is treated like a 3rd world country even thou we are American citizens.
Why not talk about the fact that colonization, brainwashing, and reverse psychology has caused alot of you to not want the independence you deserve. That's like staying in an abusive relationship. The US doesn't care about you. You're island simply a political strategy and you were never a part of manifest destiny. You do know what the whole Spanish American war was about right? Please stop letting these people keep you from believing you can stand on your own. And I'm speaking purely out of love and respect to my neighbors. My dear brothers and sisters please stop underestimating the resilience, power and strength of the Puerto Rican people. Remember you were able to get Roselló out of office. You deserve independence. Open your eyes. If DR can do it you, you can do it. Much love. 🇵🇷🇩🇴
@@masp809 LOL Statehood option has lost so many times in referendums I lost count. So your assumption is not true.
What do the Puerto Rican public want? Statehood, stay a territory? Something else? I honestly don't know.
@@shodannadohs4045 You must not understand how reverse psychology works. Now let's say I'm an abusive boyfriend. My girlfriend is threatening to leave me. I could say "You're nothing without me so you can leave if you want but you know you'll come back. But you know what, I don't even like you anyway so I don't care if you leave. But baby please don't leave".... Do you see where I'm comimg from.
@Boricua De verda You are ignorant beyond words. I'm only trying to uplift people and help open your eyes. Please leave you negative energy elsewhere
I embrace my 3 races that make me Puertorican
Pues claro!!! Me too.
Most people of any full blooded or partial PUERTO Rican ancestry are considered Trigueño (tri-racial)
Rican Red Ru never knew that’s what that meant I hear it all the time I only hear it when a dark person is called out tho regardless of race
@@ongame5525 If you check your DNA, probably you have a higher percentage of Iberian than anything else.
Whats your majority race? Thats what you are.
*I'm Puerto Rican that's it!!!! I dont pick black, white, etc. I'm Puerto Rican and no activist or ANYONE can make me choose*
@angie martinez LOL exactly!!!!
Exactly!
Thats not a race so you still have to pic a race on the US census 😂😂😂😂
@angie martinez well Angie, given the quality of life in PR I dont think you all have much to say about any group of people 😬😬
@angie martinez sounds like a big pun album🤷🏾♂️
We are all equal. Hugs to all my friends in Puerto Rico, the enchanted island.
EmiL Feldman hugs from philly 👌🏽🤩
I agree. We are all equal. That's why I would never visit another country and feel that I have the right to stomp on their flag.
I'll let my cousins know it was you and not a ghost
If we're all true why are some treated differently
@@TheHoodVoice2024 Because they are ignorant
I wish they would stop trying to put Us in a box.
ya'll isolate and put ya'll self in the box when you come to the mainland.
@@shorthumorclips3525 LMAO at your comment😂Not every PR comes to the mainland. This video is about them telling Us what race they want to have Us identify with. It is hard for most PR who know Our History because PR can be tri-racial. You all look at a dark & light PR & call them Black & get mad if they say they are not. You look at white skin PR like Me & say We are white & get mad when We say We are not.
Short Humor Clips thats very vague and not explained well. I honestly dont get what thats supposed to mean
@666 Dark That profile name fits you. Us stands for My Fellow PR Sisters & Brothers. As you put it I need to grow up. So I guess the other 50 plus People who agreed with Me should grow up too FOH. Last time I checked I'm all grown up with 18 year old Quadruplets & so are the people who agreed with Me & actually comprehend what I was saying. There is no such thing as a so called PR. You don't have to read My comment if it offends you so much. Kick rocks.
@666 Dark You think you know Me based off of a icon LMFAO😂I'm not even Christian. Damn you wrote a book. You sound very disturbed.
Exporting your culture and trying to get islanders to adopt it... sounds a bit colonial... :/ Puerto Ricans are all mixed in varying percentages. Especially when you’re talking about vestiges of colonialism, this seems to lack self awareness.
Exactly!
Yup
Aqua Netta this is what happens when Puerto Rican’s tell Americans they are American. It makes Americans think they can have an opinion on Puerto Rican culture and COUNTRY
@@philmurphy858 brothe, every person the western hemisphere is considered Americans (North, South, Central & Caribbean). We are the Americas! The problem with people in the United States is many still Only believe that they're the only True Americans
So what your saying that racism,colorism,classism does not exist in Puerto Rico. I thought the Spanish took the island from the natives. Raped and killed the natives. Brought africans and enslaved them. Is there something I'm missing? Because it sounds like the same thing was done in the United States and all over the americas. And that has left everyone who grew up in the americas an after product of that.
Who approved this story. Fire them. We are sick of race cards. Just stop already.
Was Blind Yeah, let’s just keep identifying as ‘white’...🙄
Docmananoff I’m not white. I’m brown. I’m Indian.
Is important to talk about race(i.e. combination of phenotypes) in order to understand our natural history and biases.
@@wasblind4835 Well, as they said, most of the island considers themselves 'white'.
I'm not white either, neither am I indian.
Yesssss,shut up already about white and black it's very very old at this point, stop beating a dead horse
Puerto Ricans just call ourselves Puerto Rican, not white, black, rainbow, we’re just Boricuas. We’re legit all mixed with each other.
Many Puerto Rican’s including myself, identify as black. Many who say mixed or white was to gain social advantages because of the US control over the island that put whites Puerto Rican’s as the upper class. Also their one drop rule was in reverse to the US which was any amount of white In you made you white in Puerto Rico. It’s important to me and a lot of other Afro Puerto Ricans to start claiming our blackness because of the same social injustices that happen on the island just like in the US.
@@Masonhill76 So you're saying if a PR is blonde, with blue eyes, they should just claim Black because you want them too?
Mav Hunter where in any part of my response did you get that information from?
First Last I know plenty of black Puerto Rican’s who claim their blackness. I’m one of them. Speak for yourself and only yourself
First Last they are if they don’t claim their blackness. I don’t care if you call yourself Puerto Rican. I call myself that. But I was raised as a black man first. I’m proud to be black and I’m proud to be Puerto Rican. I’m proud to be an Afro Latino. Like I said. Speak only for yourself
Identity politics will be keep this country divided.
True. I remember saying that when I found out that Richard Spencer voted for Trump for that reason.
Puerto Rico should be it’s own country it shouldn’t even be considered part of “this country” different culture different language everything different if you were in Puerto Rico and didn’t know where you are the US would be the last guess
@Lord Vandervort For real, The hypocrisy in his statement is staggering. This country was literally founded on ID politics, for White folks!!
So they are puerto blicas...???
Country devided?? Its already devided bc of politics, this is about race idiota
I have Taino, Spanish and black. I embrace all three. That makes me Puerto Rican. Do not try to change who we are as a people. 🇵🇷
i HOPE THAT YOU DO REALIZE THAT MANY Puerto Ricans, especially those in isolated communities such as LOIZA ALDEA, are far blacker than most African Americans and do not share the racial percentages that you mention with other Puerto Ricans.. .
There are Puerto Ricans who do not have Taino, Spanish, nor black.
What happened to all the other Europeans and other immigrants that arrived on the island?
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Y’all were literally raped by Spaniards and y’all want to claim it that’s weird
@@rocsteadyh.o.g4247 That's is ridiculous and shows a profound ignorance of Latin American history. A little research would have told you that the occasional or systematic raping slaves was against the law and punishable under Spain's slavery system.
So was the cruel separation of families, such as father and mothers from kids or husbands and wives from each other. It was also illegal not to grant slaves the right to buy their own freedom.
So what you are doing is applying the savage rules of Anglo slavery inflicted on their slaves to the Spanish system under which those savageries were against the law.
Under your uncivilized demonic system, slaves were merely property to be dealt with as such. In contrast, . Under the Spanish system, they were rightfully viewed unfortunate him beings who were undergoing a tragedy and deserved to have their human right respected.
So the continuous systematic raping of slaves that you are talking about is what happened to your people not ours.
As for mixing with native Americans being predominantly rape, LOL! a little research would have readily revealed that Native American chiefs gave away their daughters and other women to the Spaniards in order to forge military or political alliances and that once they were given to the Spaniards the priest's who always accompanied them insisted that they marry legally under the Catholic church.
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How bout having an actual Puerto Rican on the panel to see what's up?
Yeah! Get the rapper fat Joe to represent us.
They will just get the ones who agrees with them.
Look at these two trying to tell Puertoricans who they are and how they should identify. WTF. Miss me with this nonsense.
We are everything. They need to stop the racist BS. Not in Puerto Rico.
Great comment, totally out of F….
They feel they have the right because they see Puerto Rico as a colony and themselves as the overlords.
What if you're a white Puerto rican with majority European decent? do they want all Puerto Ricans to identify as Afro Puerto ricans for the census ?
Really
When other Puerto Ricans say that I have “pelo malo” (bad hair) because I don’t have straight hair and rocked an Afro when I was younger, I’d say there is a difference. When I see a Puerto Rican woman tell my Puerto Rican uncle in front of me at the Puerto Rican Day parade in New York that she doesn’t talk to Blacks when he was trying to talk to her, I’d say there is a difference. When my family members and I catch people talking about us in Spanish because they think we’re African American, once again, I’d say there’s a difference. I identify as Afro-Rican. I must say that it has been my experience that the vast majority of Puerto Ricans respect and have no prejudice against the African American community. In New York City, we all grew up together. You cannot find an African American community without Puerto Ricans living there too. My best friends who are Black Americans would back me up against any other Black American and I would back them up against any other Puerto Rican. That’s how we rolled in NYC. My DNA has me at 35% African and I have seen all Puerto Ricans that I share DNA with having some African heritage. Even the ones who look white. Slavery existed longer in Puerto Rico than it did in the United States. Sad to say but I think there are a lot of people in our community that don’t have knowledge of self.
That’s only 30% unless you 60% or more.... then you ain’t black. Your just mixed. Don’t let this white washed African Americans fool you. There’s nothing wrong with being mixed.
@@Angette22 Puerto Rican’s are more white washed than anything’!! Sad
FACTS!!!
It's all a suppression tactic. During the civil war, they labeled Puertoricans as Spaniards who fought in the war. I like what you said, don't be reduced to a crayon color. We're more than just the color of our skin. The race is a social construct. All made up bogus pseudoscience created by Europeans in the name of science...which we know now is all made the f up. It was called "racial anthropology". His name was Friedrich Blumenbach. We ARE our cultures, we ARE our traditions, our beliefs, our customs.
@@HoneyBee-br6hi completely false we Puerto Rican’s just because we call ourselves Puerto Rican doesn’t mean we’re white washed
As Puerto Rican's we embrace our rich African, European and Taino heritage. We know the history of our people. Thier struggles and their achievements. Please stop the race baiting narrative that is played so often stateside. We find unity in our culture not divisiveness.
Great comment , Ray !!!!! see my comment above under Fast Eddie.
Y’all don’t embrace nothing Black, stop it🤣🤣🤣
Again there are those who live on the iland who would disagree with you. Stop pulling the stateside card
@@cryptowalk1387 What you mean is, you just want them to say they are black!😂😂😂
I’m black and Cuban I work with all Puerto Ricans and they dislike all blacks and darker skinned Hispanics.
I'm just Puerto Rican...... If I'm mixed ,how they going to found the way to identify me as a black or white ? Really that make any sense ? really is that important ? To who ?
You should identify as mixed. Most mixed Puerto Ricans identify as white only and deny having and African ancestry. I think you completely missed the whole point of the video.
Puerto Rican is not a race but a place where you are from.
To those that want to put us in a box. Do you realize that Puerto Ricans have fought every World War on America side every dirty war that America invented . Yes let the world know that Puerto Rico deserves to be backed up by America. Opposition was not given it was earned by the blood of our uncles and grandfathers that's why we are the only immigrants that do not need a green card we paid already in red blood. This message is to those that did not know especially my Puerto Rican cousins God bless island of Encanto. And now Trump turns his back on us. Showing us his true self a worshipper of the Greenback
@@orlandomorales8177 Why not just seek independence?
@@masp809 i can answer this question for you since I'm Puerto Rican and born and living on the island. so Most Puerto Ricans don't want independence since we believe that if we manage to get freedom, our country will be ruin economically. Our culture as always being control of a major power since forever(since PR was colony since the 14 hundreds), Statehood is the biggest party of Puerto Rico (with a 51% if I remember exactly) however is not our choice if we want to be a state or independent. That decision is made by the US congress, so the US congress decides what will happen with Puerto Rico doesn't matter what we say so.
How about we stick to just Puerto Rican tf
Yea but its a culture not a race obviously there’s black Puerto ricans and white ones and mixed ones
@Tattoos By Macho I agree they always want to make us pick a race based off skin tone. But We don't do that. They always try to put the Mainland way of thinking on everyone else. Now they want us to divide like them.
@papi king obsessed? Is that why most puerto ricans dress like BET rejects? I don't see any black Americans struggling to look like Marc Antony. Latinos are just hypocrites.
Gina Doll um realizing the racial history isn’t dividing stupid.
Marshfield how does the way i speak say where i was born? Make it make sense cause you just made me loose braincells please
I'm a Puerto Rican born in New York I have never ever looked at my race in colors. I believe the Puerto Ricans I was with were colorblind. We always thought ourselves as one is still do!
My parents were Puerto Rican and were definitely not color blind. Neither was the rest of my extended family. Neither were the Puerto Ricans I grew up with in
Newark NJ nor the ones I met in New York City. I observed many fanatical discussions and heated arguments about ancestry and race.
Respectly , what’s the issue of seeing multicolors? Is it not great to see everyone beyond one color...to have a diverse society where all cultures and identities contribute and respect each other’s attributes? What gives more life to you, seeing the physical world having the same creature and color or seeing the physical world with various species and various colors...I choose the latter. It has nothing to do with seeing everyone as one race but seeing everyone as what they truly are and respecting that.
Puerto Rican is not a race.
Orlando Morales the blacks and Puerto Rico are the real natives not no damn tainos the white so-called people in Puerto Rico are the colonizers all the music and food originate from Black culture the benefit of a black culture while still being racist
Agreed this pained me please let’s push and stop any color !!! Americans tell our story
Stop trying to divide us. I accept everything that makes me a puerto rican. Keep your hate out of puerto rico . Never in my mind I said look at that white or black puerto rican. I always said look at that boricua
Boricua hasta en la luna!!!
Hey, I agree with you. I think this lady just wants her 15 minutes of fame. I've never felt or seen prejudice against my Puerto Rican people from Puerto Ricans.
well said I thought by know it was understood .Palante
They what to infuse their bad cultural habits into our culture. Try the same thing on them, and they would not stand for it.
you are lying as well as most of Puerto Ricans. Puerto Ricans are very colorist and they treat dark skin people badly. You are not fooling anybody.
If we could just identify as human
That would be great
I asked my 12 year old what he defines himself as because I am 4 different ethnicities, his father is European & so am, so my son is mainly European but he said he considers himself human. He told me he knows he is what he is by blood but that race doesn't matter or define who he is.
Ikr I wish that can happen instead of being called a color or such you know like black, white, brown and such. I wish people would stop talking about that and list all of us as humans
Big Bad Don right?
Only if someone told white ppl that centuries ago 👍🏽
I agree!
So I heard they still don’t have electricity there. Why not talk about that. This crap is so racist and divisive. Stop hurting and start helping!!!
Most of us puerto ricans had electricity a month-5 months after Hurricane Maria (2017)
This is a pathological manifestation of an American cultural obsession.
Is it true that after the hurricane some Puerto Ricans were selling bottled water to Puerto Rican victims when that water had been provided free by the USA for distribution?
I invited anyone that wants to know what puertorican really think about this. go to the country side not San Juan and ask this stupid question
Yeah my dad is from Naranjito, anytime I visited his hometown racism was legit the last thing on my mind, or anyone's mind for that matter. White, dark skinned, didn't matter. My dad didn't experience racism until he came to Chicago.
@@Ambtran2023 me too I moved to nyc and I have experience it here many times
@@jrod_pr1380 me too, from black people
@@ninahndz5880 it’s really sad to me personally because am proud of my African heritage but because am light skin they quickly asume am white or that I think am better and that not the case I love all colors my family has mix and I love my family regardless if they are white or black
Why do Black people who are not even Puerto Rican care so much about how Puerto Ricans identify? This is such a strange obsession.
Mav Hunter you obviously didn’t watch the video bro.
Ignorance. That's why.
It's extremely manipulative honestly
African Americans have based their culture around race just as white Americans. Their cultures is based on hot air. They need quorum.
@@shodannadohs4045 yup
These activist need to mind their own business and let Puerto Ricans identify however they want. They're doing more harm than good in my opinion
Thank you.
Afro and Anglo Americans allowing Puerto Ricans to make their own choice in that area goes against their cherished slavery-derived traditional views. In short, it causes them emotional distress to see those rules broken, and so to reduce the constant stress, they demand that Puerto Ricans abide by their rules.
Asi se dice, Lara. Pa que lo sepas !!!!!!!
If your family is Puerto Rican than you are Puerto Rican. That is it, as stated us Puerto Ricans do not identify as white or black. We are completely separate.
My husband was both. He always identified as afro Latino. He was very proud of being both African American by his mother and Puerto Rican by his father. He passed away this April and I miss him terribly 😔. He was my lover and my best friend ❤😇😪🙏
My condolences.
@@StoleBearer thank you.🙏💙
My condoences .
Sorry for your loss. God bless and be safe.
may his soul rest in peace and im happy he acknowledged his afro-puerto rican ❤ its beautiful 💯
WTF. Puerto Ricans are mixed. This is ridiculous.
IWantTo Believe So are most Black Americans. What’s your point?
@@BrooklyNupe that we dont f*cking segregate ourselves by skin color. We boricuas and periodt, get your stupid racist mentality out of our island. Sorry for the cussing but this video got me mad
@BearBoy80 its ridiculous that the gringos want to create a social problem out of nowhere, because they have it doesnt mean everyone does.
I agree this is so Damn stupid.
But majority identify as white though..not mixed lol. People need to leave puerto ricans/latinos alone. They shouldn't have to be forced to acknowledge their african roots.
I am Puerto Rican born mix with Hispanic and white with different Indian. Who cares what are skin color is we are one. People are always trying to separate all of us and put the blame on someone instead of fix the problem. The problem starts young and with older people criticizing instead of coming together and helping.
Because they need something to discriminate others because they are not secure or confident with themselves. Because they racist Americans.
Americans want Puerto Ricans to be divided so bad. LOL So you're saying JLo, Roselyn Sanchez, Ricky Martin, should all pick (Black alone) when that is a lie? That would be lying.
All above should pick white, that is what they want be.
I agree
They also want Cameron Diaz to choose black because she is Cuban.
What you are witnessing is the cultural differences between the old British colony vs the Spanish colony and how American identity politics have influenced the territory.
Puerto Rican is not a race, it’s a nationality that includes people who are white, black & brown.
Some people still don't get it
Say it LOUD, Tony!
We identify as Boricua, we have taino, black, and Spanish blood more some than others but we are all the same
A lot of us also have North African as in Morocco and Algeria. Then their is the Sephardic part.
@@ongame5525 How can you have Native DNA and not claim Native ancestry? It work for Elizabeth Warren and she is 1/1024 native. hahahaah. I'm 19% this is my continent and anyone that does not have native DNA need to leave!!!
If that were the case there wouldn't be differences in health based on skin color
Not true, some are just european(FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, IRISH) and taino. tHE SPANISH allowed iimigration from europeans to build the island and gave free land away to those who wanted to cultivate it.
@@invoicecaptive1980 said: How can you have Native DNA and not claim Native ancestry? It work for Elizabeth Warren and she is 1/1024 native. hahahaah. I'm 19% this is my continent and anyone that does not have native DNA need to leave!!!
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this is clearly baby talk. DNA tests do not change what you look like. And that is the root of discrimination: your Physiognomy.
Because we’re not prejudice we are proud of being God Loving people. So cut the bull and tell us the truth.
Lies
There are racial issues in PR, it’s simply different than in the US.
I've met plenty Puerto Ricans Predjudiced against blacks. Its sad but true
@@NatalieTheRican of course a Latina would say that nothing but lies your BM feed you that lie
@@NatalieTheRican I have met many Afro Americans prejudiced against Puerto Ricans. That is also sad but true.
So the USA have a "racial problem" lets export those problem to PR then. Real PuertoRicans no matter their skin color are "tri-racial" Biology says that there are no races, race is a social construct. Social construct in PR is that where are tri-racial, there is no euro-rican nor afro-rican ni native-rican there is only puerto rican.
Good conversation nevertheless.
You fail or refuse to recognize that there are Puerto Ricans who simply don't fit into your extremely limited description. I recently met a Korean Puerto Rican who spoke Spanish better than me. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico I was not. I was raised in Eastern USA around NY NJ. Also, your refusal to acknowledge that Puerto Ricans can be black is racist. It plays right into the hands of those who wish to deny Puerto Ricans and other Latinos the right that they have of identifying with the race they clearly belong to. This is a right that both Afro and Anglo Americans reserve to themselves despite being mixed. SMH!
@@radrook4481 Ustedes los gringos no aprenden... 100 años bajo ustedes y todavía no saben nada de nosotros que lastima. Google translate this.
I love how white puerto ricans or meztizos in PR try to claim like racism and classism do not exist lol
@@Abstract.Noir414 Lol I like how colonizer or newyoricans don't know anything about PR. White/Black are just physical descriptor in PR and not Race... When someone says "El es blanquito" means that his skin color is white but nothing more, nothing about race or ethnicity. Classism exist thats why you can hear in PR "Tenía que ser de Caserio" which translate to "Have to be from the project". But yeah Colonizers now have to tell us how we should think.
@@lostlegend1717 everyone knows how Latin America is racist, no need to explain that
I go to Puerto Rico often and it's pretty rare to see a black Puerto Rican. This is a stretch and an obvious agenda for the network.
100% there is parts of puerto rico that are mostly black in color but far small amounts
@@atonebenino there are projects that have many Dominican refugees, excluding Dominicans in Puerto Rico, it is not easy at all to find a Black Puerto Rican. It doesn't matter either way, but this was more of a democrat politically motivated piece of work to recruit Puerto Ricans.
I used to check white, black and indigenous... now must of the times that I have to identify my nationality there is a checkbox that says Puerto Rican... That one pretty much hits the spot.
Same here. I put white black and indigenious. I use to put white because my skin color is white.
If that profile pic is you, then you're obviously white.
It also accomplishes what they were after all along, to keep Latinos away from classifying themselves as either black or white. BROWN is the category reserved for all of us in the Anglo and Afro American view. As long as you agree to stay in that box-they will be happy.
You look white to me lol
Kriatina dont feel bad for being descendants of spanish canarians just like majority or puerto ricans
This entire article is incorrect about my Puerto Rico and I have dark skin.
I'm 🇵🇷 and 🇩🇴 and very very proud to be both!!
As you should. Puerto Rican and Dominicans are the best. Everyone is so jealous of us right now that they want us to pick a race..lol..when we are mixed with many
@@gleemalv8310 probably so. I've never experienced that attitude from them. Maybe you're right..idk
Sorry but you cannot deprive a Puerto Rican black person from identifying as being totally black. If the Afro Americans do it despite their North European lineage, then black Puerto Ricans have that same right of feeling pride to be just black and nothing else.
@@radrook7584 Like I said I'm proud to be both😏
@@PopCultureCarnivore1 Racial mixture is not something that is admired in the USA by either Anglos nor Afros,.
This is all about the never ending obsession to isolate non whites in a category box. We are not a simple one race ethnic group.
What they really wish they could do is have a BROWN category and have all Latinos check BROWN.
Now we have people of a whole different culture telling Puerto Ricans what we need to identify as. Exporting their culture to get us to adopt it... how colonial of them to do.
Seems like that’s an all too common theme towards Puerto Ricans from people in the United States dictating and imposing their terms on us. We have a long ugly history of how that’s been going for us.
Instead of focusing on monumental issues like building a stronger infrastructure, or cleaning house in the government, providing better education and more jobs for all of us Puerto Ricans on the island (predominantly of African descent, trigueño or European descent) we are instead discussing race first and foremost.
We have HUGE issues here in Puerto Rico with disaster capitalists, culture vulture gringos and crypto tax invaders and investors. Add to that, rebuilding our agriculture so we don’t have to rely so strongly on the Jones Act bringing in food from outside PR and drive down food costs.
There is a lot of work here that needs to be done for Puerto Ricans OF ALL COLORS brothers and sister to benefit from and live a better life. Or they are going to continue migrating to AmeriKKKa emptying out our land while everyone else comes in to take it over.
We need to focus our attention on cleaning up our Puerto Rican backyard or outsiders will come in and do it for us and suck out our culture. There is no denying or arguing that colorism exists on the island more so than racism in the US.
However, this is something that should be discussed with the same ferocity as the other issues plaguing our island affecting our livelihood. So we may build a stronger and better island on every account.
Instead of singling out one thing stand with us in addressing it ALL COLLECTIVELY to fit our agenda not yours for Puerto Ricans to DO AND BE BETTER!
Well said and to the point! Keep this REAL PR 🇵🇷narrative going forward! This must be eradicated their narrative from past & future colonialists & The 10%s of hidden agendas trying to still brainwash & hypnotize & suppress all of our CULTURES and of our INDIAN DESCENT! ie: ALL (Kushites, Mesoamerican, Eskimoans, Native American Indian! No matter what it takes! Start the "GOOD TROUBLE" - JOHN LEWIS
Peace out
For people who are beset with so much social turmoil and festering problems they sure have time to stick their noses into another culture's business.
Amen
Very well stated!
Strong message. I stayed in a hotel near San Juan. It was nice. I went to El Yunque National Park. It's great. Old San Juan is impressive. I hope that Puerto Rico will resolve its problems.
I'm from Louisiana and Mississippi. I live in San Juan. Puerto rico does not have a problem with raccism in my eyes. It appears to be multicultural and advanced in this subject compared to the rest of the world. I think sometimes people especially in the media want to use what's happening somewhere else to have something to talk about as if its happening here and not somewhere else. I left the usa for a better place. Let's keep usa in the usa and let's be Puerto Rico.
Thank you the difference between Puerto Rico and the US is that we moved pass the issue of racism a long time ago, furthermore we know the history of bigotry that existed but we understand that was our ancestors fault not ours so we made the change ourselves I hope you enjoy the Island we are glad to have you here
I really don't understand where the idea that Puerto Ricans cannot be racist comes from since I observed racist attitudes in Puerto Ricans, including my close family members, from a very early age and into adulthood. For example, my aunt, my mother's sister, mocked my mother because she had not given birth to white blond kids as she had done, but had been only able to give birth to me. Her husband, a wooly-haired, dark-complexioned Puerto Rican, was fanatically racist. That is just one experience among many. So I really don't understand where that notion that Puerto Ricans are completely oblivious to race comes from. No not all, of course,. But it does exist and rears its ugly head now and then as it did with me.
As an outsider, it always seemed to me like Puerto Ricans embraced their African roots. At least the ones I've had the pleasure of meeting.
I identify myself as American stop trying to throw skin color into every debate!!
We have European roots also. Truthfully it’s not as Black and White as people suggest.
We are a mixture of Africa , Taino and Españoles yessss👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Not everyone
myfav0s2012 not true that like saying everyone in America is mixed dont be an idiot read a book
myfav0s2012 plus there’s an full blood african tribe with light skin having light skin doesn’t mean your mixed you sound like a idiot 😂😂
myfav0s2012 btw its called the khoisan tribe they have asian features but are full african
Look deeper than color of skin or texture of hair. the Indians fought with each other. Learn about the Taínos verses the Caribe Indians. The Spanish were able to conquer new lands with the help of some natives. Study about the distinct African tribes that would war with each other and sell the conquered as slaves. Read about the ruler of the Congo who realized he was selling off too many. Of course the Europeans fought against each other tooth and nail. They invented torture devices against their fellow man. The Bible says man dominates man to his injury. It was true in the past and now. Only Gods’s rule can fix it. The kingdom Jesus taught to pray for. In his own time, only God knows when. History proves what men of all backgrounds are capable of doing. It’s all coming to a culmination. Yes, I was born on the island of Puerto Rico.
With all the issues Puerto Rican’s are experiencing in Puerto Rico your still discussing race? Let’s move on already. This is old news.
As a Dominican, I agree with the comments we have here. Dominicans are tri-racial. But, we don't have the same racial problems as in America. Stop forcing change on us!
Why do the politicians in RD appear a lighter color but the people in RD in the barrio they represent appear darker?
@@krazyjnva2up2down55 I don't know. We come in different shades and colors. Some politicians and presidents are darker than others.
@@vze21gwa Its always a economic problem but never a racial problem lol. Like MV Bill says " your forced to live in a racial democracy that dosent exist:
@@vze21gwa You don't understand economics or genetics. Ask yourself why there was such a division of wealth based on race everywhere Europe colonized?
Not all Dominicans are tri racial.
There are East Asian Dominicans and Dominicans who are of either predominantly or else totally of European Descent. Just because you choose to immigrate somewhere or happen to be born there doesn't automatically change your genetics
Chinese Dominicans
The forms one of the largest Chinese communities in Latin America. As of 2012, there are over 3,600 recorded Chinese-born Dominican residents. Although no official census has been made, there are estimates of approximately 60,000 people of Chinese origin living in the country. Chinese descendants living in the Dominican Republic may be referred as .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Chinese_in_the_Dominican_Republic
This is so pathetic, these activists need to quit the bs, get a real job and life in instead of doing the most stupid things ever
I'm Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian, ever since I was little, I've identified as as White, African and Native American. I'm most comfortable considering myself Mestizo. I'm 58% European, 26% Native American and 10.5 Northern African (rest of my genome is unassigned). I look white, but grew up in the inner city as a Nuyorican. I would say that within NY, Puerto Ricans are very proud of their African heritage.
If you don’t mind me asking, which test did you use? I’d really like to test myself and see my results because I struggle when I’m forced to label myself. I’m half Puerto Rican and a quarter Colombian and Ecuadorian. I’m not exactly white passing though, I’m pretty tan with dark brown eyes and dark curly hair.
Of course New Yoricans, who can't speak Spanish, cant read or write it, have never been to Puerto Rico and if they go they feel as if they are in a foreign country, are primarily very proud of their African Heritage and reject their European and Taino side. .
That's because Newyoricans are a racial and cultural mix of African Americans and Puerto Ricans who amalgamated. Most identify as African American and only pay their Puerto Rican side an occasional and very brief lip service.
I don't trust those tests, I saw a video of two twins who took the test and each of them got different results and percentages when their DNA is supposed to be identical! 🤣
I identify as Puertorican first but I also have the right to say I’m black as I have strong African roots. But white Puertoricans or other races always tell me I’m not black. It’s really annoying.
Carlito, they tell you are not black but they know exactly how to prevent you from getting those prized jobs because then they'll remind you exactly what you are.
But your culture determine who you are not your skin color and you likely have taino blood as well which black Americans and Africans do not have
I'm Puerto Rican and I do not embrace this at all. We have our own identity
No
Your initial statement is as wrong as it gets. I am Puerto Rican born and raised, of Puerto Rican parents and many generations back. We have NEVER identified as white. Nor Caucasian. We are Puerto Rican (Boricuas). We are Spanish, Taino, and African descendants and we have NEVER stated otherwise. We love our mix. We also retain the Taino and African culture on our music, dance, and teachings. This is political BS. Don’t speak for us. Don’t bring us into your BS. Keep that Poop to yourselves in the U.S. we aren’t you nor follow your ideology of victimhood. We embrace our ancestral culture and love it. We rather celebrate the fact that our ancestors live through us than to live pretending we are slaves. This is insulting. Leave us and our culture alone.
Video should’ve been titled “Activists push for Puerto Rican’s to be recognized by their West African roots”
West African culture, traditions and influence is strong in PR but that dont make its people black. Do a DNA test and many of will be shocked.
3941602 I can see you’re point, and agree that it doesn’t make you African American. However, if having African blood doesn’t make you at least partially black then what does? Slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico in 1873, 8 years after slavery in the U.S. ended. This is inherently part of the black experience and to deny that would mean to deny us of our history based solely on the color of our skin.
@@JC-ji1hp I respect.and enjoyed your intelligent reply Jon Carillo
Hummm...so would that make Sonia Sotomayor the first back federal justice and not the other?
@@3941602i don't think You ever been to a bombazo in puerto rico or la fiesta de las máscaras maybe la Noche de san Juan we are more african in blood then You are our culture has ties to 4 and we represent it what culture can You tell me of África that You afro americans have name me one .
Girl my advice to you is take a good great class. It's offered in CUNY Hunter College. There is the library about Puerto Rico. We are Taino Indians, Spanish and Black. We don't pick color. We just say PUERTO RICAN and that's it.
Can I add something? My people after few Beers say “ BORICUA HASTA EN LA LUNA!!!
Have u noticed NONE of the people talking right now are Puerto Rican
They're just a group of mix race people who want Puerto Ricans to identify as black, because they can't identify as mix race in America without being told that they are black.
They're just a group of mix race people trying to brainwash mix race people in Puerto Rico.
It won't happen👻 I just smile at them,☺
And Laugh behind their backs👿
It's an Afrocentric agenda,
From people who are not even Puerto Rican🖕 reading from a script📝
@@robertodelrio0797 all for those sweet sweet votes xD
Ernesto Vega, mas Boricua no exciste. Dejame saber si lo entiendes.
Gracias
Stop trying to force this racial divide on us. You people continue to create the the tension between us all. I’m 100% Puerto Rican, and although I acknowledge I have some African ancestry, the majority of my blood is of Caribbean and European descent, therefore I identify as a white-Hispanic.
Great answer. Ricky Martin would be proud!
@@3941602 So would Cameron Diaz.
What is Caribbean decent? The natives of Puerto Rico before it was called that were not Latin and did not speak Spanish.
@@QuikNik14, Taino Indian are what I mean by Caribbean decent. And no 💩, they didn’t speak Spanish before Spain took over, but guess what? We speak Spanish now, and can never undo the past, no matter how much some can cry about it.
Yes, so true.
Puerto Ricans are not the same as black American. They're mixed....
Most black Americans are mixed as well, some the same as Puerto Rican's except instead of Taino it's Native American, there's also those that have more white but still identity as black, we're not that different, do your research. I had boyfriend who was Puerto Rican and his dad use to say I looked like I could be his child, the only difference is he spoke Spanish and I didn't, although people walk up to me speaking Spanish all the time because they just assume that's what I am. My granddaughter's grandfather by the way is full Puerto Rican doesn't speak a lick of English and is a black as the ace of spades. I say all that to say this, most people of the Diaspora are one people no matter the actual color of your skin.
@Waxed Bluntz Lol, you "escaped your blackness"? What a clown...No one can take this fool seriously, haha.
We are not African we are black
@@rlxfire8737 yes they are but what 15-20 percent the most, and that’s just those who aren’t mixed race... if they’re descendants of slaves (not immigrants, post-slavery) should have some sort of white blood, but the thing is that in puerto rico, most people are 20-30 percent black which clearly isn’t the majority DNA, if the majority DNA isn’t black then they do not have any reason at all to identify as black lol, it’s ridiculous unless you are a white suprematist or a woke pan-african who want to identify them as black by any means and it’s just wrong lol
Go to Loiza and then tell me if we are not black 😂
apparently people fail to realize that there are black and white people in every country. Race is not the same as one's ethnicity- there are black americans and white americans that share the same culture.
Wow, not one Puerto Rican interviewed.
The host mom is Puerto Rican.
@@bluejay9968 No idea who the "host mom" is.
Us Puerto Rican’s come in very different shapes and colors. We all are different yet the same, we have our culture
Best comment I've read all day, puerto rico is the melting pot that actually works. Long live that little island!
Try something like this in Dominican Republic and you get 50 different answers what race we are.
Exactly.
Yo soy color crema
@@jederielena8587 como el café rico, eh?
Dominican are blacker
That’s because most Dominicans are majority mixed. We don’t follow America’s definition of race.
There are plenty of Puerto Ricans on the island who are black and they know they are black . But to make white Puerto Rican to say they are black is ridiculous. We are white , we are, black , we are Indian .
Am 34..born in NY but lived in PR as a kid....
If white and black are a choice.... why not brown?
We like to be Puerto Ricans, we all see how good the white and black system works in the US, guess y'all want start racism in PR.
So blacks want Puerto Rican to label ourselves as black only and forget about our white European and Taino Indian roots well not this Puerto Rican I refuse
Blacks could care less how you choose to self-identify, the push is coming from within.
@@shotyme2825 they could care less then why do they want us Latino to label ourselves BLACK
@@prlopez6134 Thy don't, I don't know where you got that stupid idea from.
@@shotyme2825 so tell me smarty if you are so smart
@@prlopez6134 You tell me where you got that dumb idea from.
One of the beautiful things about being puerto rican is EMBRACING ALL RACES! Together were stronger and loving
You really believe that the residents of Louisa Aldea, identify with those rich white Puerto Ricans who rule the island politically and that those white Puerto Ricans are identifying with them?
You really believe that Puerto Ricans are that way? During my 75 years of associating with them I have seen absolutely no evidence that supports that concept just as I have never seen any evidence that African Americans are not racist.
Remember back in the day how we were just called slurs and nobody claimed us, black or white. Now this.
Good point. Can we vote for the President? This are important topics of conversation in PR.
They are on average 60% European... How is that "black"?
Rudolf Nemeth Well 60% isn’t white, Einstein.
BrooklyNupe even if that other 40% was African that isn’t all the black Einstein. I’d rather identify with the majority of my genes then the minority.
Dwayne Arroyo But you can’t. Because in Spain and Europe in general, they don’t play that majority stuff. Either you’re white or you’re not. Go to Spain and talk that bastardized Caribbean Spanish. You’ll find out how much NOT EUROPEAN you really are. We already know. LOL!
BrooklyNupe Only Puerto Rico used to be a legitimate part of Spain being a Spanish province and we were considered Spaniards before the US took control of Puerto Rico after the Spanish American war.
Dwayne Arroyo Yeah, you are brainwashed. You know America used to be apart of Britain. Does that make all the Black folks they brought here British?They even were taught to speak a version of Britain’s native tongue and adopted their religion, the same way you speak Spanish and adopted the dominant religion. But you know what’s not Spanish.... the food and music. That’s Africa. Santaria is a mixture of Christianity and African Voodun for goodness sakes! Smh!!!
I’m Puerto Rican and proud !!! 🇵🇷
Say it loud !!!!!!
You still my lite skinned brother lol
White Puerto Ricans doesn't exist 😂😂😂😂 if you're Caucasian or european then they're white 😂😂😂😂
I'm solo Puerto Rican 💯 an prowd American
I get this. The language in families is so negative toward being black. I am proud to be Puerto Rican I am proud of my African roots.
Repeat that??🤦🏾♂️
Most of it comes from older people, that had bigotry installed in them but thats not the rule in Puerto Rico these days and you know that we are very protective of our heritage I will give you an example, my great grandma said she wanted me to give her a greatgrand kid that was white and I told her that wasnt gonna happen and she gave me a strange look then when my wife who is black like me came to the room, my grandma started crying, and started talking about how racism was predominant when she was growing mind you im talking about the early 1920's so most people that think like that are older remember we have a history where Blacks and Taínos where slaves and that mentality poured down in to alot of generations, yet still we have literally changed that and is not predominant like that you dont see hate crimes based on skin color in Puerto Rico, we dont have cops killing unarmed black Puerto Ricans, we dont have White and Black neighborhoods we have rich, middle class and poor neighborhoods we dont allow race to divide us we have a great time together and the only place you can call a Black Town is Loiza and even there everyone can go there and have fun because our diversity is beautiful dont let the people from the US change that we can call out racism when it happens and you know we do but dont allow the american prejudice infect us
Yeah but you ain't Black American. You Black Puerto rican. If you speak no Spanish at all regardless of your color then you American and not PR.
@@masterjay4992 huh? man what logic are you using? the length you all go thru just to not identify as blk is amazing LOL.
So you can't be Puerto Rican and be proud of your European roots? Excuse me but that idea is WEIRD. BTW There are Korean Puerto Ricans who are proud of their Korean roots.
Well.. we are african taino and European mixed.. by we i mean puerto ricans. Depends on what end of the spectrum your on
I'm African, Taino and Hispaniola!
Yes We Are.
Name that’s a damn lie, my puerto rican roots are 100% african, my puerto rican roots did not mix with tainos or the colonizers
@@fivetimesten495 yours didnt.. you dont speak for everyone ..do you know Puerto Rican history? How is that a lie lmao that's what happened my family from cauguas and I got 23 and me results
Derrick Perez that fool don’t speak for the rest of us...to deny african heritage would be ludicrous
I remember, when they ask me I told them that I am puertorrican , I am not white nor black, I am puertorican. They still put me as white and I was and still disgusted.
We are puertoricans... we do not allow racial divisions. We are a mixture of many nations. A mixture that we identify as puertoricans. Unique and simply puertoricans, Hasta en La Luna!
If that were the case there would not be disparities based on skin tone
Being the same race didn't stop Europeans from killing torturing and raping one another during two world wars. It didn't stop Shaka the Zulu, the black War chief from committing atrocities against his own people, Neither did it stop Genghis Khan from rampaging against others of his own race. Did it?
BORICUA HASTA EN LA LUNA!!!!
@@13579hee Do you leave in PR? Do you know how out people think? If not, please concentrate on your country challenges. Do not try to influence my people.
Thanks
We are not in Europe. I learn that I’m boricua. Please, keep your opinion to handle your local problems.
Thanks
The truth is that we are mixed, Taínos, Spaniards and Africans. You could be light brown, dark or white. No matter what’s your skin color, we are puertoricans!!!! Discrimination??? Don’t you think we have had enough with Donald Trump?????
wilfredo Nieves couldnt be said better. its so annoying seeing people say they are only black puerto rican or white puerto rican. that doesnt exist. u can have more white than black or more black than white but never only one. thats what makes a puerto rican a puerto rican. and yes ur right. looks like hair and skin and facial features are nothing compared to genes
DNA test show that PR also has Jewish (Sephardic)DNA should we classify ourselves as Jewish?
The Jewish religion is strong amongst the island as well so what’s the issue?
Judaism is really a religion not a race.
Y'all Israelites anyway.
Yes, i have jewish ansectry.
I'm a TAINO Puerto Rican. Keep that division in the USA.
on game wrong!!!!! The average PRican is no more than 20 to 30 percent black
on game omg my head is spinning the gibberish is on point. Good work 😱
DO NOT BE FOOLED PUERTO RICO, DO NOT LET THEM FORCE YOU INTO THEIR GROUP.
NO TE DEJES ENGAÑAR PUERTO RICO, NO DEJES QUE TE OBLIGEN A ENTRAR A SU GRUPO.
Not all Puerto Ricans are mixed. I am of Italian and Spaniard descent.
Puerto Rico has an entire African tribe called the the tribe of Loíza in the eastern coast in the towns of Loíza and Carolina also many black people identify as Hispanic so it’s hard to find out but anyways everyone is human and has red blood. no matter if you are Hispanic, Black , Native American to Puerto Rico you are just “ Puerto Rican
Yes still our darker skinned Puerto Rican Brothers and sister are mixed Race..
Of course there are millions of blacks who are culturally Latinos. Twenty Seven million approx in Latin America. All from the same areas that the Black people who were transported to the USA were from. The notion that we are all just Puerto Rican is a noble one. But unfortunately, in reality, they do not all behave that way, and in my experience, the percentage that do not is rather high.
I've been there. Went to a restaurant that served beef patties near the beach. They were delicious.
The people of the Puerto Rican place called Loiza Aldea, are not members of any one tribe and don't see themselves as a tribe. The ones in Puerto Rico who view themselves in a tribal way are those who claim to be Tainos.
It is said that a crown decree from Spain in the 1600s, instructed slaves to be sent to the region
of Loíza. Many people believe this might account for the high ratio of Black people in Loíza.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C3%ADza,_Puerto_Rico
Maybe they should have had a Puerto Rican on the segment.
We are multiracial, some more than others. End of story. Que viva Puerto Rico
Maybe because most of us Puerto Rican’s are majority white genetically.
yes, true but i loved my taino blood and i look native
BENITO ABDUL TAINO 666AXIS999 PROPHECY if that’s what resonates with you the most then by all means embrace it. Don’t let anyone put you in a box.
Getting these people to understand that is impossible...
Very true. Much like Brazil there was a concerted campaign to whiten up the population and show an affinity/side with your oppressors. The Spanish and French were good at this method or subjugation and conquer. Job well done!
Nope we are mostly mixed
Why not have a Puerto Rican here to talk and represent us.
It's called self hate period. People hate when this is called out in their community. This DOES exist & may not be unique to your experience light skin puerto ricans.
I’m puertorrican, I am the three races, the problem is that you cannot accept that you are also a mixture of races. What a shame they give me
John you are mistaken when it comes to Puerto Rican culture. Come visit. There is no skin color based hate among Puerto Rican’s. The reason, I think, is that races have been mixing for a very long time, and the single Puerto Rican culture unites us.
@@JoseRojasA lol good joke buddy
@@IsmokeHiphopLive Hmmm. You think I'm joking? Open your mind. People who are heavily ethnically mixed would be silly to hate any single ethnicity as they would be hating themselves.
I'm Puertorican and I'm tri race. Racism is part of the human condition and Puerto Rico does have its own brand of it.
I would love to see a tri race or Puertorican option in the census and see the outcome
Robert Navarro:yes
Just because YOU are TRI Raced, doesn't mean that all Puerto Ricans are Tri Raced.
great comment .
@@radrook7584 majority are
Why not just identify ourselves as Native American?
@@ongame5525 Mexicans for sure are Native Americans.
Because not all of you are Native American. And not all of you are 100% white neither. That was the whole point of the video.
THERE IS BEAUTY IN EVERY RACE AND in DIVERSITY if you look for it.
Thank you for discussing this topic. This is so true! I will share this!
What a bunch of bullcrap. I am a Puerto Rican New Yorker living in Florida. I have been to Puerto Rico many times. The first time there it was quite clear the islanders do not have any issue with race or categorize people by distinct differences per there color. That is because we are a mixture of Spanish, African and Taino. For example, my Godmother, who was born in Puerto Rico, was nicknamed Blanca by her dark brown skin mother. This was because my Godmother was born light skin with green eyes. Yet, her mother had dark brown skin and black due to her African DNA. Did my Godmother or any other Puerto Rican care about that, no. This is just more of the radical far left trying to divide people, and now they're trying to due the same thing in Puerto Rico.
I hate how this discussion is only about Puerto Ricans identifying as black or white when ALL Puerto Ricans and (Latin Americans for that matter) come from some form of Native American descent (Taino in PR), but that’s barely even mentioned. My great grandparents on my mothers side came to PR directly from Spain, my father’s side descended from the Tainos, while I was born in NYC and not even considered a “real” Puerto Rican by people born on the island; which is all to say that identity politics is only a method of discrimination used to divide people who at the end of the day are ALL Americans no matter what color we are, language we speak, or religion we practice.
Hey im a fellow Vega too 🇵🇷! And yes being born in New York we always get treated like the red headed step children in the Latin community. It’s why so many Latinos treated Jlo’s performance as just “ok” because they don’t consider her Latina just because she was born in NY not the island. So stupid the amount of elitism and prejudice within our community.
i have a lot of taino blood
It's so sad that with all of the advances we have had in life, this still goes on. And I mean ALL OF US! The word HUMAN is never what's on anything that defines us as a PERSON. Which is what we are anyhow! What's so hard about that?!
The Anglo Mentality needs to subjugate a colonized people to the point where they cannot choose with whom they feel closest racially. Now, that is truly a total dominance!
I push to embrace all my identity. My Taino ancestors, African, Spanish, Egyptian, Lebanese, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, Jamaican and that's naming a few. I embrace my whole background. I'm Puerto Rican. I've embraced all of my background since I was little as well as the rest of my family has both living on the island of Puerto Rico and many parts of United States.
I've been to Puerto Rico many times and we embrace all of our background. We even have ancient Taino artifacts in our family that my grandmom is hesitant to submit for study as she is afraid she will not get it back however I did convince her to take pictures and at least have a sit-down and I will be there with her to make sure that none of her ancient artifacts get taken. the study of our ancestors who are the Taino are still being studied and it is a beautiful thing.
I'm sure there are Hispanics who probably don't embrace all of their background but I haven't met any yet other than the ones that are only being represented in videos on RUclips and the news that I'm recently coming across.
it's a shame that anybody would not embrace all that makes them who they are.
maybe they need to see more Puerto Ricans who embrace all of their background to lead the way.
I've never circled or put a checkmark on white on the census neither has any of my family because none of us relate to that. I remember receiving a census where there was only two boxes and that was only one time when I was little and I would put a checkmark on both white and black or sometimes I would refuse to choose at all because I believe that I have the right to choose Hispanic or Puerto Rican and eventually I started seeing that choice be presented which is good.
Lilee those are nationalities. not actual backgrounds. you are blowing smoke here , amor.
@@PHlophe not blowing smoke lol just naming a lot in my background that I embrace. Puerto Ricans are a mixed ethnic group sooo...lol your point is moot.
Embracing the entire Hispanic Background would involve embracing Spain's history as well. That would include the Carthaginians, the Celts, the Iberians, the Greeks, the Italians, the Germans the Sephardic Jews and the Arabs. All of which contributed significantly to the Spaniard culture and by extension, to Latin American culture.
Great comment. Pa que lo sepas !!!!!
Non-Puerto Ricans have NO right to opine, on who WE are. Stay out of OUR business. These standards are white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. In Latin America people are classified by appearance and description. We have our own thing...Somos Puertoriqueños or Boricua, stay out of OUR business.
I’m Puerto Rican so I always put black and race
I'm African American, born in Los Angeles, CA. I've been raised around Mexican people all of my life. I never knew about Puerto Ricans until I was in my teens and don't remember meeting any until my 20's. Thing is, Puerto Ricans get along with Blacks way better than Mexicans do. I've worked and played with both in men's basketball leagues and such.
When the Spanish brought Africans to Mexico, Mexico had a larger population than Puerto Rico, so the Blacks got absorbed into Mexico's culture way more than in Puerto Rico. That is why the African influence and identity isn't as great in Mexico as it is in other places like Puerto Rico, Cuba and The Dominican Republic. I've been blessed to call many Mexicans and Puerta Ricans dear friends in my life. Both truly amazing people. Some people look at the variances of appearances of people around the World and judge misguidedly. I look at all of the variations of people and marvel, thinking; *YOU MADE IT. THANK GOD YOU ARE HERE!*
But I do find it fascinating, how you can just look at the many beautiful variations of Latin people and actually see their amazing heritages that is so prevalent today. White, Black, Asian, Indigenous. Viva la gente del Cosmos!
If you from Cali u can’t speak on that. They are racist just like Mexicans lol
Yeah Puerto Ricans is the only Latino group that gets along better with Black people than other Latino group Mexicans and Dominicans and others don't like Black peoples even Africans and Black Caribbean/West Indian people like Jamaicans and others don't like Black people or should I say Black Americans.
Puerto Ricans lived among blacks for years so we get along a lot of us are related.
*_@jerseyboyantbrooks2824_*
Yep!!
I took a DNA test I’m literally the three piece blend 64 percent European 12 percent Taino and an 18 percent blend of west Africa and north I’m literally all three people on the island can identify with whatever they want you have no right to put anyone with a label or box lol it’s their choice
Exactly most Puerto Rican’s most of the dna is European so why would we identify as just black lmao not even a quarter
@@salahaddin1824 false....just say you dont like to identify as black we get it man.
@@IsmokeHiphopLive The average Puerto Rican is 64% European, 21% African, and 15% Native. Most Puerto Ricans are majority white.
That is exactly the point-it is their choice and nobody should feel they have a right to impose their preferences..
And what's it to you how people identify racially?
People you really need to READ up on Puerto Rico's history. There is so much more to learn and perhaps you'll understand why Puertorriqueños come in all different color combinations.
Most Puerto Rican’s on the island are actually on the lighter side the black skinned Puerto Rican’s are the minority. This doesn’t mean much on the island since the culture is first before skin color so your just Boricua. I grew up in on the island most of my life and I’ve never heard this nonsense before the fact is that we emphasize culture above race classification but when it comes to a census
And they put black or white and your pretty much on the light side that’s what you’ll put
We don’t classify our selves as Hispanics on the island neither do Dominican’s or Cubans
They identify by there culture.
Brandon Irizarry I agree to a point bcuz I’m 45 & I have old school aunts who spoke bad about dark skin PRs. Racism is everywhere
I have a friend who is Puerto Rican born and raised and he told me that Latinos consider Puerto Ricans , black, but he use the other word.
@@loon0493
If you haven't been
to Puerto Rico<
your in for a big surprise😎
@@onlyplayerseattacoswiththe1613
I’m speaking on experience I lived from the age of 4-13 and in my 20’s another three years
I have Black people in my family I never saw hears or experienced them or them telling me someone was racists towards them. To your second point bias and racism are two different things. Racism is an absolute hatred for someone bias are foolish ideas enforced by stereotypes.
@@loon0493
I’ve experienced that but it was from individuals so I couldn’t put that on all Latinos
I’ve met some great ones that showed me a lot of love.
Im a proud puerto rican .im multiracial love all 🎶 people 💃 dont look at color .all puerto ricans