I worked in Puerto Rico for 10 years and saw that there were many different "races" living there. White , black, asian, inter-racial and multicultural as well such as Irish/Puerto Rican, etc. I'm from New York and met a guy there whose name was Gordon Chu Cheong. He was Chinese, (but didn't speak any) spoke perfect english and spanish. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and said he was Puerto Rican. One thing I noticed about PRs is that they weren't hung up on race as people are on the mainland.
Well said. PR is a nationality with many different "ethnicities" just and the USA and other countries populations. Those different races can be irish, german, spanish (spaniard), french, Native, African, or mix.
+Heru- deshet It's true! Race relations feel different on the island. There are still divisions within color that can be noticed and prejudice but there is definitely different FEEL to it all. I thank my PR cousin for teaching me that "In Puerto Rico you can be white or black but you are just seen as PUERTO RICAN!"
Living in Puerto Rico is where I discovered that racism is not really the thing, its more like culturalism. A black man and a white man who both eat mofongo and lechón and dance to that good merengue, and enjoy a cold medella light on a hot Sunday afternoon, are for all intents and purposes kin. Its when the culture is unrelatable that we clash with eachother, and we mistake it for being racial, but its really not.
Chinese and Puerto Rican is not rare at all. I grew up in P.R. In Mayaguez and there where a lot of Chinese Boricuas I had many friends who chinorican And they where aware of there dual cultures and spoke both languages I didn't think it was strange they where just fellow Ricans and everyone loved them.
Yes. I know there are pockets of Chinaricans on the island. I too, have come across Chinese Puerto Ricans on the island. While I didn't grow up on the island, I know we are there :-). Thank you for sharing and seeing us as fellow Ricans. Much care and love.
I remember when I moved to PR and encountered Chinese Puerto Ricans. I made the foolish mistake of thinking they immigrated via the US and would know English. NOPE. Boy was it an eye opener for me.
Ha ha. So true. I had one better. I met a family named the Nicholson's. Their red headed, blue eyed, pasty white adult kids couldn't speak a lick of English and when they tried, their accent was actually worse than a PR that didn't want to speak English. They were happy with that because they said they would never go the mainland. If you considered them anything other than "true blue" PRs, you would have a war on your hands, especially when the son was 6 feet seven inches tall, lol.
Heru- deshet I like your small tale.lLots of Puerto Ricans are proud and refuse to learn any other language. Some people think they're lazy and it's just that they are proud of their language.
Brandon Irizarry This woman is extremely attractive which is not that uncommon among Chinitas and I do like Chinitas very much but I’ve never had a chance to try to meet one & make more than friends with one! (there’s a lot of competition for it)
Puerto Rican and Asian is a wonderful combination. And I'm glad that Bruno Mars, who has Puerto Rican and Filipino roots, is conquering the world with his sound and flair.
I am proud of you for showing the world that you are proud of your cultures. I've had the opportunity to travel to both China and Puerto Rico and I loved and learn how warm and proud both cultures are. God Bless!!
Chinese puerto rican here. Nacido en PR. Criado en los estados. I always thought myself too puerto rican for the americans and too chinese for los boricuas. Go figure.
pr1982baller thx for making PR a better place. My favorite mix. So should be proud. Much respect to you and the lady in da video. PR wouldn't be the best without you.
My mother is also half Chinese and puertorican both my sister and my daughter have Asian names ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘🇨🇳🇵🇷it's a beautiful thing nothing to ever be ashamed of beautiful story.😊
You look SO Puerto Rican. Puerto Ricans are already mixed! African, Europen and Native so you being also of Chinese descent just adds MORE to the Puerto Ricanness! :D
I know a great Puertorrican man that went to China to work in a recording studio, then he fell in love with a Chinese wonderful woman and got two beautiful babies. They are very happy together and their families love them.
As a Puertorican who married a wonderfull Chinese woman, I want to say that, I enjoyed your video so much. I am not only proud of my culture, but i have had both my children(Girl and Boy) experince both cultures and proud and happy that they can speak both languages. I remmber the question that the nurse at the hospital ask me to about what race to put on my daughters birth cetificate, I simply told her to put " Ricanese " and we all had laugh. They both are now exploring other cultures as well
I stumbled across this video and loved it. I am the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who moved to the US mainland before they met and married. They divorced when I was four. Although my Mother only spoke Spanish when we were very young, we gravitated to only speaking English because speaking Spanish wasn’t cool. We never met either of our grandparents. My mother’s mother died when we were very young and our father never took us to PR to meet his Mother. My siblings and cousins grew up speaking a combination of the two languages, now referred to as Spanglish. But as I got older, I took more interest and learned to separate the two. I married a half white half PR man, whose parents also divorced when he was four, who never learned Spanish, but was familiar with some words spoken around him. So, with both of us working and just living a busy life with the kids’ sports schedules (5 boys), it was just easier to just speak in English to them. I really regret that. The good thing is that in the 90s there were some break out music artists like Mark Anthony, J Lo, Ricky Martin and others, who made speaking Spanish cool again. Everything PR was cool. So, my boys took Spanish in HS and at least understood it better. They all ended up marrying white girls, so it is now up to me to try to teach them Spanish. My older grandkids also took Spanish in high school and I am working a little harder to speak to my younger ones in Spanish. The one thing I am proud of is that I have continued to include our Spanish foods and they all love it, including my white daughter-in-laws, who have learned to cook the dishes. My boys all cook too. Again, your video was so touching. I wish you all the best in learning your combined cultures and language. 😊❤
I am Chinese, Puerto Rican, Filipino, and Polynesian. My mom is from Hong Kong and my Chinese family if from Cantonon, China. My dad's family is from Puerto Rico and Guam. My dad's mom is from Puerto Rico and my dad's dad is from Guam but my grandfather past away a long time ago in July 2011. Your story inspires me shearing your two cultures. It's amazing to see someone like me. I am 19 years old.
Amazing video! My mother is half Cuban half Chinese and my father is 100% Puerto Rican. I just ordered a Ancestry DNA test to see my percentages, have you? Maybe make a video? You're gorgeous BTW.😍🇨🇳🇵🇷
I have been in a relationship with a Korean woman for almost 5 years now and we both have integrated each other’s culture into our relationships and discovered that our cultures while they have differences we had a lot of unexpected similarities I think if we all could erase the white supremacy that plagues our planet we would realize we are all just after the same thing and that’s a good life ( please excuse my lack of punctuation I am in a rush lol)
Besides being beautiful and having a great voice and the way you express yourself. I could only say that it is definitely because of the Chinese and Puerto Rican blend that works so well for you. God bless you and your parents for bringing such a special woman into this world. I think that if most people would take the time to appreciate the diverse world we live in and learn from just so many different cultures and what they bring into this world and to the rest of us. We would be living in a much better place. Thank you very much for sharing. Please continue making your videos and educating all the viewers. Once again thank you
thank you again. You have no idea how much this video meant to me. I've felt like I was the only one in this predicament for the longest time. Make more videos.
I was on the verge of tears as I heard the sadness in your tone. Dear sister you are not at the borderlands. You are the cross roads! Puertoricans are the product of mixing. You are an extension of that experience. Your dad took the afro, taino, spaniard bloodline into China and you dear sister will take that beautiful mixed blood that courses through your veins beyond! Your mom said you are Americanized and she is right. To be American is to be mixed. You can't un-mix what you are but you can continue to add to it. Just ask your "abuelita" what good sofrito is. You my beautiful sister are it, that good sofrito. Joyous journey and peace to you and yours.
+Anthony Rizzo Thank you. You are right. I take much pride in the mixture of who I am. It hasn't always been that way and sometimes that is what it takes to grow into a person that can celebrate all I am. Thank you for your encouraging words. I stand in power being the sofrito I am ;-)
+The LatinAsian so what im tyring to figure out here is did the chinese invade puerto rico i remember a dadd yankee music video to where he was playing saome kind of chinese poker game with a Bunch of Jackie chan mun bun dim sum looking Gents maybe im wrong
+Jason C - Thank you for the question. By invade did you mean "immigrate"? Also to call a specific cultural identity, in this case Chinese, "Jackie Chan Mun Bun Dim Sum looking Gents" is exactly why I continue to create so there is more understanding amongst difference in our human experience.
The LatinAsian mmmmm i was thinking about a local Guy Named Mun Bun chow from when i was a kid i remember Rumble in the Bronx im not aware of any half chinese half puerto rican actors however
+Francesco Arellano Thank you! Many blessings to you and this New Year 2016. And YES! That openness you speak on is incredible and I have experienced in on the island and off shore as well.
- I went to High School with 2 beautiful Chinese Puerto Rican Sisters - Their last name was “Lee” and they both ended up marrying Puerto Rican dudes - In college, I met even more Chinito Latinos. - Historically, Chinese men immigrate to other countries, very young, in search of work, without women, as such, they fall in love and end up marrying local women. - However, their children tend to identify more with the country & culture they’re born into. These are amazing stories that also deserve to be told as well. - Everybody wants to see representation
I know this comment is old but my great grandfather is Chinese and immigrated to Jamaica first and then to Puerto Rico.Ended up marrying my great grandmother and then had my grandmother.So I'm mixed with 3 different races.
I am 100% Puerto Rican but even then, I am a mix of 3 races, white, black and Taino indian. That goes to tell you, we are all mixed one way or another. Be proud of what you are and who you are for this is the escence of Life. Racial borders are put by people. The main thing here is we are all of the human race. God bless you and thanks for the video.
not just Puerto Rican but Latinos in general, for the record are automatically mixed race! and that includes Spaniards too which they hate to admit their Arabic roots.
Del Racho 500 I don't know what is so wrong with being mixed? I get their thinking behind it. They think being unmixed is pure which is a whole lot of bologna. Spaniards are in denial. I have yet to find a DNA test result revealed by a Spaniard on RUclips.
Señora your tone and your story has spoke to my soul ,I really related to your story because yo soy puertoriquieno y cubano Pero mi bisabuelo is Thai lander and I just want to your journey and your struggle has brought tears to .y eyes and joy to mi corizon much as gracias senora and testify.
+Lorf Blackburn Thank you so much for sharing! The fact that you can relate is EVERYTHING to me. Reading your comment brought so much hope to my work. Please subscribe so we can stay connected. Enviando amor.
I recently met a woman that was Chinese Puerto Rican she was in her sixties late sixties she came up to me and she had asked me if I was Puerto Rican and I said yes and she said to me that she was as well she spoke Spanish like a Puerto Rican but she looks Asian it made me feel great inside that we share such a beautiful culture and that Latinos could be of any race she told me her parents were from China but she was born in Puerto Rico again very proud to be Latino and Latinos could be of any race and that's so wonderful again I'm very proud
Thank you! And also thank you for understanding that I am just beginning to learn about my Puerto Rican family and culture. It isn't that I never wanted to learn it was just that I was never surrounded by Boricuas growing up other than my one cousin that moved from the island! That is why I went there...to learn. I am still learning as we all are about the world. :-)
Thanks for this wonderful video. And let me say to you that your are a gorgeous women. My Cusin is Puerto Rican and he was Married to a Chinese women and they have a son together. he is 18 years old and his hight is 6 feet 4 inches. He is always getting so many compliments because of his good looks for been biracial. He has the best of two worlds.
+Carlos Cruz Thank you for sharing! I think that looks are one aspect of the beauty of mixing as it demonstrates the divine combinations that we can evolve to be. That's a great story and I would love to hear about their experiences within the mixing of their cultures.
I think you are amazing, a very proud puerto rican and chinese women; love your two culture because they are compose of two very hard working people, two beautiful countries and a lot of history . I know I'am ;.good luck.;)))
All in time... I'm okay with just skimming the surface as I continue to try to look deeper. I believe that finding/understanding one's history/culture/identity is a life long process. I actually know in many ways I have just begun and I'm cool with that.
beautiful! ... well i think learning new languages is actually a lot of fun and opens up the mind to new ways of seeing the world so you should learn chinese and enjoy that learning adventure
I agree! I have developed cultural pride these past years greatly. I truly appreciate your comment and it is my hope for all people of mixed heritage to take pride in the unique person they are!
This was really cool. I'm Puerto Rican but I was born and raised in Massachusetts. I moved to PR and spent most of my 20s there. Learned a lot about my family and the culture, like you say about your abuela. All of the sudden mannerisms, habits, attitudes, all have context and in changes your perspective. Even though I was isolated from the family I grew up with, my experiences on the island made me closer to them, especially the older generation. At the end of the day though I subscribe to the philosophy of individualism. I am not where my parents or I were born, I am not a culture or a race. Those things are part of a whole. The value of the whole is determined by my works in life, not by things that are outside of my control.
Thank you for sharing! Yes - that was my experience living on the island and discovering my roots. I appreciate your perspective on culture and race as well. That's really interesting.
Great video, audio a little off. I loved it. You are a beautiful young lady. I wish you the best of luck. It's a gift to be part of these two cultures.
Yea. This is definitely a little glimpse and I appreciate your interest in watching and learning. It has been a journey and continues to be. I will definitely let you know when I am on the island too. I miss it but know I will return when the time is right.
Nothing but respect to you for this video and your journey.. My kids are mixed. Puerto Rican and Filipino and they are beautiful.. I wish you happy trails with in both of your cultures.. Being Boricua is a blessing, no shame in spending a little more time with ur boricua side!!! Ni hao..
Wow, what a beautiful story. I too am planning on having multi-lingual children. Embracing different cultures is something that has grown natural to me. Best of luck on your journey to China. Thank you for your words of encouragement.
Not saying they can't but I would say there are struggles with unification between cultures at times because of cultural differences. Sometimes I think it is one of those things that you have to LIVE and experience to understand. While I try to shed light to the struggle of being torn between identities I also recognize how great those moments of unification are. Ideally I wish both sides of my family felt like we were all each other's "people" but there is a real divide and I see and feel it.
When I went to Pr and I asked for some chicken fingers at the Chinese food restaurant. El chino me dijo que Carajo es eso?! Hahahaha. He didn’t even speak English. Ni hao! By the way.
Watching this made me cry some tears. You're very beautiful and inspiring and I would love to follow you on Facebook. You remind me of my older sister Jasmine so much, you even sound like her.
Thanks for sharing this with the world, I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and even some us don't know or notice how many cultures or races live together in Puerto Rico. I love this documentary , it has charisma , love, respect and power.
What a wonderful history you living God bless you always and i wishing you nothing but the best Every time i hear some history like that make me more proud of my lovely island PR
I came to Colorado from Puerto Rico my son and daughter were very young , at home we always speak Spanish and English my daughter and my wife always speak to each other one in Spanish and the other answer in English witch I have always consider funny . both of my kids now live in New Zealand and I have a kiwi grandson , my daughter did her studies on Latin American history and Spanish language in Auckland University . But she still talk to mom in Spanglish more English than Spanish lol . From the video and listening what your mom said she sound a little resentful of you haven't try to learn her language or her culture , we are all different don't let that bother you and keep searching and enjoying both of your roots embrace them on your terms . I'm already trying to teach my kiwi grandson some Spanish words to like I tell both of my kids no matter were you live don't forget your roots .
Yes! That is where my sister is now and I was able to visit her (post-video production) in Taipei with my mother. Why do you recommend Taiwan over China?
+Kimberly Ming :) I have made many Chinese friends were I'm currently studying. And I have one back in PR. I know there are many Puertorican Chinese but we never get to hear about that to much their story and perspective.
I am familiar with the history of Chinese immigrants on the island and even met some when I was there. However, I don't know Mandarin or Shanghainese b/c of the environment I was raised in. I lived in a household where only one parent (my mom) spoke the language and an area that was basically all English speaking. It often creates a unfortunate culture of "English only" standards and that is what I am a product of, not of a Chinese islander. Puerto Rican means different things to different ppl.
I'm Puerto Rican and my husband is Guatemala, Mexican. And are kids are Guatemala,Mexican, Puerto Rican. But in are kids blood is more Puerto Rican. They are more with mommy daddy works a lot so maybe that's why there more in the Puerto Rican side than the other cultures. And talk more Puerto Rican.
What a beautiful combination. I'm moving to China soon to work. I'm Puerto Rican with a tremendous love for the chinese culture, tradition and the people. Loved your story. My China Latina sister. Cuidate La Mei.
So cool! I'm puerto rican but look like a basic white girl with puffy curly hair. My cousin looks so asian idek how! My family said her "asian looks" come from my grandfather. She has epicanthic fold and all.
i do feel sad for her. I am of an interracial child. However, i made it my mission to learn my cultural language, and exposed my self to the culture of both parents, and went to live with relatives in the islands for sometime so i can learn more. It does make a difference to know. I am proud of who I am, and i see both sides of me so much more clearly. Including the historical past of both cultures. In this, i understand who i am.
Wow. Im glad I found this video... I always wanted to hear part of the life of an asian-latino person.. Im also Puerto Rican... and I began studying (Putonghua) months ago... and Im in love with it.. and you are beautifull!! for real.. mixed families looks so beautifull.. y me llena de orgullo saber que estuvistes 4 meses en la isla.... I belive you will learn chinese facilmente.. Best of luck! :) next time you visit PR let me know!.. I love giving tours! I study tourism. Zai jian! :)
I worked in Puerto Rico for 10 years and saw that there were many different "races" living there. White , black, asian, inter-racial and multicultural as well such as Irish/Puerto Rican, etc. I'm from New York and met a guy there whose name was Gordon Chu Cheong. He was Chinese, (but didn't speak any) spoke perfect english and spanish. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and said he was Puerto Rican. One thing I noticed about PRs is that they weren't hung up on race as people are on the mainland.
Well said. PR is a nationality with many different "ethnicities" just and the USA and other countries populations. Those different races can be irish, german, spanish (spaniard), french, Native, African, or mix.
+Heru- deshet It's true! Race relations feel different on the island. There are still divisions within color that can be noticed and prejudice but there is definitely different FEEL to it all. I thank my PR cousin for teaching me that "In Puerto Rico you can be white or black but you are just seen as PUERTO RICAN!"
Living in Puerto Rico is where I discovered that racism is not really the thing, its more like culturalism. A black man and a white man who both eat mofongo and lechón and dance to that good merengue, and enjoy a cold medella light on a hot Sunday afternoon, are for all intents and purposes kin. Its when the culture is unrelatable that we clash with eachother, and we mistake it for being racial, but its really not.
Yea we got Hasidic Jews also I've seen them
Chinese and Puerto Rican is not rare at all. I grew up in P.R.
In Mayaguez and there where a lot of Chinese Boricuas I had many friends who chinorican
And they where aware of there dual cultures and spoke both languages I didn't think it was strange they where just fellow Ricans and everyone loved them.
Yes. I know there are pockets of Chinaricans on the island. I too, have come across Chinese Puerto Ricans on the island. While I didn't grow up on the island, I know we are there :-).
Thank you for sharing and seeing us as fellow Ricans. Much care and love.
I remember when I moved to PR and encountered Chinese Puerto Ricans. I made the foolish mistake of thinking they immigrated via the US and would know English. NOPE. Boy was it an eye opener for me.
Ha ha. So true. I had one better. I met a family named the Nicholson's.
Their red headed, blue eyed, pasty white adult kids couldn't speak a lick of English and when they tried, their accent was actually worse than a PR that didn't want to speak English. They were happy with that because they said they would never go the mainland. If you considered them anything other than "true blue" PRs, you would have a war on your hands, especially when the son was 6 feet seven inches tall, lol.
Heru- deshet I like your small tale.lLots of Puerto Ricans are proud and refuse to learn any other language. Some people think they're lazy and it's just that they are proud of their language.
Brandon Irizarry This woman is extremely attractive which is not that uncommon among Chinitas and I do like Chinitas very much but I’ve never had a chance to try to meet one & make more than friends with one! (there’s a lot of competition for it)
Puerto Rican and Asian is a wonderful combination. And I'm glad that Bruno Mars, who has Puerto Rican and Filipino roots, is conquering the world with his sound and flair.
No its not
I am proud of you for showing the world that you are proud of your cultures. I've had the opportunity to travel to both China and Puerto Rico and I loved and learn how warm and proud both cultures are. God Bless!!
Chinese puerto rican here. Nacido en PR. Criado en los estados. I always thought myself too puerto rican for the americans and too chinese for los boricuas. Go figure.
+pr1982baller And THAT is the experience...of the borderlands my friend :-)
pr1982baller thx for making PR a better place. My favorite mix. So should be proud. Much respect to you and the lady in da video. PR wouldn't be the best without you.
Stop lol
im puerto rican and i wish i was asian,and im not marrying a woman unless shes asian.
What's your snapchat?
I'm Chinese and Anglo and my Boyfriend is Puerto Rican. This video inspired me.
My mother is also half Chinese and puertorican both my sister and my daughter have Asian names ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘🇨🇳🇵🇷it's a beautiful thing nothing to ever be ashamed of beautiful story.😊
+La LoCa makeupJuNkIe85 Absolutely! I hope you subscribed so I can share my work with you and your daughter. Thank you for watching.
Hey I'm chinese and my wife is pr I have 2 boys they are BoricuaChinos lol so don't feel left out
+Kenny Gao :-) that's beautiful.
+Queen InVinity sure is beautiful follow me on ig
my son is Puerto Rican Indonesian I love him
That's a beautiful thing!
Sexy my son is puerto rican indonesian
Sexy
You look SO Puerto Rican. Puerto Ricans are already mixed! African, Europen and Native so you being also of Chinese descent just adds MORE to the Puerto Ricanness! :D
I know a great Puertorrican man that went to China to work in a recording studio, then he fell in love with a Chinese wonderful woman and got two beautiful babies. They are very happy together and their families love them.
As a Puertorican who married a wonderfull Chinese woman, I want to say that, I enjoyed your video so much. I am not only proud of my culture, but i have had both my children(Girl and Boy) experince both cultures and proud and happy that they can speak both languages. I remmber the question that the nurse at the hospital ask me to about what race to put on my daughters birth cetificate, I simply told her to put " Ricanese " and we all had laugh. They both are now exploring other cultures as well
Love it!! As a Puertorrican living in the Island I am proud of what you have done.
I stumbled across this video and loved it. I am the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who moved to the US mainland before they met and married. They divorced when I was four. Although my Mother only spoke Spanish when we were very young, we gravitated to only speaking English because speaking Spanish wasn’t cool. We never met either of our grandparents. My mother’s mother died when we were very young and our father never took us to PR to meet his Mother. My siblings and cousins grew up speaking a combination of the two languages, now referred to as Spanglish. But as I got older, I took more interest and learned to separate the two. I married a half white half PR man, whose parents also divorced when he was four, who never learned Spanish, but was familiar with some words spoken around him. So, with both of us working and just living a busy life with the kids’ sports schedules (5 boys), it was just easier to just speak in English to them. I really regret that. The good thing is that in the 90s there were some break out music artists like Mark Anthony, J Lo, Ricky Martin and others, who made speaking Spanish cool again. Everything PR was cool. So, my boys took Spanish in HS and at least understood it better. They all ended up marrying white girls, so it is now up to me to try to teach them Spanish. My older grandkids also took Spanish in high school and I am working a little harder to speak to my younger ones in Spanish. The one thing I am proud of is that I have continued to include our Spanish foods and they all love it, including my white daughter-in-laws, who have learned to cook the dishes. My boys all cook too. Again, your video was so touching. I wish you all the best in learning your combined cultures and language. 😊❤
I am Chinese, Puerto Rican, Filipino, and Polynesian. My mom is from Hong Kong and my Chinese family if from Cantonon, China. My dad's family is from Puerto Rico and Guam. My dad's mom is from Puerto Rico and my dad's dad is from Guam but my grandfather past away a long time ago in July 2011. Your story inspires me shearing your two cultures. It's amazing to see someone like me. I am 19 years old.
Sorry I meant my Chinese is from Canton, China; I miss spelled that.
Amazing video! My mother is half Cuban half Chinese and my father is 100% Puerto Rican. I just ordered a Ancestry DNA test to see my percentages, have you? Maybe make a video? You're gorgeous BTW.😍🇨🇳🇵🇷
Chinese Puerto Ricans they get a nice body and color they become so amazingly gorgeous
Even though I saw this, I loved itt. Im korean/puertorican and seeing this kind of resembles me. I know my cultures & languages so i love being bothhh
that's beautiful
Andrea Jung I’m Puerto Rican and korean too❤️
I have been in a relationship with a Korean woman for almost 5 years now and we both have integrated each other’s culture into our relationships and discovered that our cultures while they have differences we had a lot of unexpected similarities I think if we all could erase the white supremacy that plagues our planet we would realize we are all just after the same thing and that’s a good life ( please excuse my lack of punctuation I am in a rush lol)
Besides being beautiful and having a great voice and the way you express yourself. I could only say that it is definitely because of the Chinese and Puerto Rican blend that works so well for you. God bless you and your parents for bringing such a special woman into this world. I think that if most people would take the time to appreciate the diverse world we live in and learn from just so many different cultures and what they bring into this world and to the rest of us. We would be living in a much better place. Thank you very much for sharing. Please continue making your videos and educating all the viewers. Once again thank you
Thank you! I am proud and reminded to be grateful each day.
thank you again. You have no idea how much this video meant to me. I've felt like I was the only one in this predicament for the longest time. Make more videos.
I was on the verge of tears as I heard the sadness in your tone. Dear sister you are not at the borderlands. You are the cross roads! Puertoricans are the product of mixing. You are an extension of that experience. Your dad took the afro, taino, spaniard bloodline into China and you dear sister will take that beautiful mixed blood that courses through your veins beyond! Your mom said you are Americanized and she is right. To be American is to be mixed. You can't un-mix what you are but you can continue to add to it. Just ask your "abuelita" what good sofrito is. You my beautiful sister are it, that good sofrito. Joyous journey and peace to you and yours.
+Anthony Rizzo Thank you. You are right. I take much pride in the mixture of who I am. It hasn't always been that way and sometimes that is what it takes to grow into a person that can celebrate all I am.
Thank you for your encouraging words. I stand in power being the sofrito I am ;-)
Queen InVinity My tears are now tears of joy! Thanks for your response.
+The LatinAsian so what im tyring to figure out here is did the chinese invade puerto rico i remember a dadd yankee music video to where he was playing saome kind of chinese poker game with a Bunch of Jackie chan mun bun dim sum looking Gents maybe im wrong
+Jason C - Thank you for the question. By invade did you mean "immigrate"? Also to call a specific cultural identity, in this case Chinese, "Jackie Chan Mun Bun Dim Sum looking Gents" is exactly why I continue to create so there is more understanding amongst difference in our human experience.
The LatinAsian mmmmm i was thinking about a local Guy Named Mun Bun chow from when i was a kid i remember Rumble in the Bronx im not aware of any half chinese half puerto rican actors however
Great vid. Hope you learn Cantonese as well. Boricua experience forever carved, our people are unique and open to all. God blessings in new year!
+Francesco Arellano Thank you! Many blessings to you and this New Year 2016. And YES! That openness you speak on is incredible and I have experienced in on the island and off shore as well.
Congrats on your baby girl! Thank you for your love and support, I do not take it for granted. With Gratitude, Kim
- I went to High School with 2 beautiful Chinese Puerto Rican Sisters
- Their last name was “Lee” and they both ended up marrying Puerto Rican dudes
- In college, I met even more Chinito Latinos.
- Historically, Chinese men immigrate to other countries, very young, in search of work, without women, as such, they fall in love and end up marrying local women.
- However, their children tend to identify more with the country & culture they’re born into. These are amazing stories that also deserve to be told as well.
- Everybody wants to see representation
I know this comment is old but my great grandfather is Chinese and immigrated to Jamaica first and then to Puerto Rico.Ended up marrying my great grandmother and then had my grandmother.So I'm mixed with 3 different races.
Cool Boricua and Chinese great documentary, I'm from Vieques Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 , always be proud of your heritage, God Bless!
I think interracial families are the most beautiful thing.
+fuulaaniitaa wish it and so it shall be.
I am 100% Puerto Rican but even then, I am a mix of 3 races, white, black and Taino indian. That goes to tell you, we are all mixed one way or another. Be proud of what you are and who you are for this is the escence of Life. Racial borders are put by people. The main thing here is we are all of the human race. God bless you and thanks for the video.
***** That is the white.
not just Puerto Rican but Latinos in general, for the record are automatically mixed race! and that includes Spaniards too which they hate to admit their Arabic roots.
Del Racho 500 I don't know what is so wrong with being mixed? I get their thinking behind it. They think being unmixed is pure which is a whole lot of bologna. Spaniards are in denial. I have yet to find a DNA test result revealed by a Spaniard on RUclips.
G A iiiii
I am African American inbrace every thing your culture has spainiard west African and tiano mixture
Great video, Kim!!! I love the way you told the story - narrated with poetry, the interviews & photos kept it dynamic - excellent!
Wonderfully written, and edited! I totally enjoyed! Kudos to you.
+RebelSol Genuine thanks!
Señora your tone and your story has spoke to my soul ,I really related to your story because yo soy puertoriquieno y cubano
Pero mi bisabuelo is Thai lander and I just want to your journey and your struggle has brought tears to .y eyes and joy to mi corizon much as gracias senora and testify.
+Lorf Blackburn Thank you so much for sharing! The fact that you can relate is EVERYTHING to me. Reading your comment brought so much hope to my work. Please subscribe so we can stay connected. Enviando amor.
I recently met a woman that was Chinese Puerto Rican she was in her sixties late sixties she came up to me and she had asked me if I was Puerto Rican and I said yes and she said to me that she was as well she spoke Spanish like a Puerto Rican but she looks Asian it made me feel great inside that we share such a beautiful culture and that Latinos could be of any race she told me her parents were from China but she was born in Puerto Rico again very proud to be Latino and Latinos could be of any race and that's so wonderful again I'm very proud
Wow Edgardo! I would LOVE to talk to her. And I am so grateful that you embrace the wide spectrum that we Latinos come in.
Thank you! And also thank you for understanding that I am just beginning to learn about my Puerto Rican family and culture. It isn't that I never wanted to learn it was just that I was never surrounded by Boricuas growing up other than my one cousin that moved from the island! That is why I went there...to learn. I am still learning as we all are about the world. :-)
You do look like a Puertorican. You are beautiful. My mom had Asian eyes and was fully Puertorican. ChinaRican eres bella!
Great video hope your journey brings you closer to both sides of your family. Peace and Blessings.
Thank you! One day at a time :-)
Thank you! I appreciate it sis. Still trying to write my story and the love is taken to heart.
Peace and love to you! Much appreciation to your appreciation of the stories of our lives.
Si tres y mas... always growing my exposure and love for our world differences and connectedness.
Thanks for this wonderful video. And let me say to you that your are a gorgeous women. My Cusin is Puerto Rican and he was Married to a Chinese women and they have a son together. he is 18 years old and his hight is 6 feet 4 inches. He is always getting so many compliments because of his good looks for been biracial. He has the best of two worlds.
+Carlos Cruz Thank you for sharing! I think that looks are one aspect of the beauty of mixing as it demonstrates the divine combinations that we can evolve to be. That's a great story and I would love to hear about their experiences within the mixing of their cultures.
This is deep and beautiful, thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for watching.
+Kimberly Ming very much obliged :)
I think you are amazing, a very proud puerto rican and chinese women; love your two culture because they are compose of two very hard working people, two beautiful countries and a lot of history . I know I'am ;.good luck.;)))
+Carmen Paredes Thank you. I am proud and grateful!
All in time... I'm okay with just skimming the surface as I continue to try to look deeper. I believe that finding/understanding one's history/culture/identity is a life long process. I actually know in many ways I have just begun and I'm cool with that.
Thanks Kim, for sharing your life!
I agree :-) Thank you for watching.
beautiful! ... well i think learning new languages is actually a lot of fun and opens up the mind to new ways of seeing the world so you should learn chinese and enjoy that learning adventure
+Hiram Crespo That is in the plans along with other languages as well.
Sweet! More ChinaRicans. Wishing you a beautiful journey with you and your love.
I didn't know Bruno Mars has both those roots. That's divine!
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL/HERMOSA HERMANA. Learn your two languages! You can do it. I loved this. Thank you.
I can! I will! Thank you for your wonderful comment. Apologies for a late response.
Very amazing story Kim" Beautifully Mixed 🔥
I am very proude of your work!! Didn't know that you were actually making a video. Or I can make myself look pretty in the video.
my opinion is you should be proud of yourself dont be ashamed of where you come from the pictures i saw beauty is your name
I agree! I have developed cultural pride these past years greatly. I truly appreciate your comment and it is my hope for all people of mixed heritage to take pride in the unique person they are!
I'am definitely proud o you and your strength... Love the word chanicúa... Wow impresionante tu historia! Me llegó.... Wow
I see! Thank you for your perspective. I will take that into consideration for my future and talk to my sister about that too. Much respect to you!
This was really cool. I'm Puerto Rican but I was born and raised in Massachusetts. I moved to PR and spent most of my 20s there. Learned a lot about my family and the culture, like you say about your abuela. All of the sudden mannerisms, habits, attitudes, all have context and in changes your perspective. Even though I was isolated from the family I grew up with, my experiences on the island made me closer to them, especially the older generation. At the end of the day though I subscribe to the philosophy of individualism. I am not where my parents or I were born, I am not a culture or a race. Those things are part of a whole. The value of the whole is determined by my works in life, not by things that are outside of my control.
Thank you for sharing! Yes - that was my experience living on the island and discovering my roots. I appreciate your perspective on culture and race as well. That's really interesting.
I am also Chinese and Puerto Rican haha, this is pretty cool though.
Awesome video, enjoyed very much, very inspiring...Good luck with learning Chinese,...by the way, I'm Boricua too.
Hola Boricua! I am happy what I shared was inspiring. Someday... Chinese lol
Thank you for watching/support. The fact that you appreciate this is why I do what I do. Stay in touch.
THANK YOU! I really appreciate your words.
Great video, audio a little off. I loved it. You are a beautiful young lady. I wish you the best of luck. It's a gift to be part of these two cultures.
+Domingo Hernandez Thanks!
Peace, thank you for your comment. I am sure your children are amazing and yes I am grateful for the Boricua in me! Ni Hao.
Yea. This is definitely a little glimpse and I appreciate your interest in watching and learning. It has been a journey and continues to be. I will definitely let you know when I am on the island too. I miss it but know I will return when the time is right.
Nothing but respect to you for this video and your journey.. My kids are mixed. Puerto Rican and Filipino and they are beautiful.. I wish you happy trails with in both of your cultures.. Being Boricua is a blessing, no shame in spending a little more time with ur boricua side!!! Ni hao..
The was beautiful! I wish you would do another one.
+Janemas I am working on another edition! Stay tuned. I am grateful for your encouragement.
Love it chinarrican!
Keep on your search and never forget "el sabor siempre esta en la mezcla de todos los ingredientes"!!
Love this comment! Thank you for sharing. Si el sabor esta en la mezcla!!!
Wow, what a beautiful story. I too am planning on having multi-lingual children. Embracing different cultures is something that has grown natural to me. Best of luck on your journey to China. Thank you for your words of encouragement.
Well, for the most part it is an awesome experience.
Thank you primo! I appreciate your support and love!
I love this! Great job Kimberly.
+Karie Brown Thank you. Hoping to come out with PART II soon
You’re a beautiful smart young lady and you know who you’re! You shine through your actions!
Not saying they can't but I would say there are struggles with unification between cultures at times because of cultural differences. Sometimes I think it is one of those things that you have to LIVE and experience to understand. While I try to shed light to the struggle of being torn between identities I also recognize how great those moments of unification are. Ideally I wish both sides of my family felt like we were all each other's "people" but there is a real divide and I see and feel it.
Thank you, created with heart
When I went to Pr and I asked for some chicken fingers at the Chinese food restaurant. El chino me dijo que Carajo es eso?! Hahahaha. He didn’t even speak English. Ni hao! By the way.
This was great. Thank you!
+hrivera007 Thank you for taking the time to comment
+Queen InVinity no, thank you
Watching this made me cry some tears. You're very beautiful and inspiring and I would love to follow you on Facebook. You remind me of my older sister Jasmine so much, you even sound like her.
Awesome. Enjoyed the video.
Thanks for sharing this with the world, I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and even some us don't know or notice how many cultures or races live together in Puerto Rico. I love this documentary , it has charisma , love, respect and power.
What a wonderful history you living
God bless you always and i wishing you nothing but the best
Every time i hear some history like that make me more proud of my lovely island PR
I came to Colorado from Puerto Rico my son and daughter were very young , at home we always speak Spanish and English my daughter and my wife always speak to each other one in Spanish and the other answer in English witch I have always consider funny . both of my kids now live in New Zealand and I have a kiwi grandson , my daughter did her studies on Latin American history and Spanish language in Auckland University . But she still talk to mom in Spanglish more English than Spanish lol . From the video and listening what your mom said she sound a little resentful of you haven't try to learn her language or her culture , we are all different don't let that bother you and keep searching and enjoying both of your roots embrace them on your terms . I'm already trying to teach my kiwi grandson some Spanish words to like I tell both of my kids no matter were you live don't forget your roots .
Yes! That is where my sister is now and I was able to visit her (post-video production) in Taipei with my mother. Why do you recommend Taiwan over China?
Beautiful people
Wow! Beautiful !!! I always wanted to hear this story! Chinese+Puertorican
Gracias!
+Herson Perez De nada :-) Thank you. There are many stories to be told... :-)
+Kimberly Ming :) I have made many Chinese friends were I'm currently studying. And I have one back in PR. I know there are many Puertorican Chinese but we never get to hear about that to much their story and perspective.
Hahahah your mom is cute. Ive watched this like 9 times now.
Primo! Gracias... thanks for the support! I am working on more things no doubt. Stay posted ;-)
Love your story✨💕
+Yolanda Marrero Thank you so much! Please subscribe and stay connected with me!
I am familiar with the history of Chinese immigrants on the island and even met some when I was there. However, I don't know Mandarin or Shanghainese b/c of the environment I was raised in. I lived in a household where only one parent (my mom) spoke the language and an area that was basically all English speaking. It often creates a unfortunate culture of "English only" standards and that is what I am a product of, not of a Chinese islander. Puerto Rican means different things to different ppl.
That's great. I would love to hear your experience within both cultures.
soy Taiwanese--pero 1% boricua... sobre " injection" ...de mi ex novias de boricuas... lol
wepa
lol WEPAAAAA...
peter yen jajaja😂😂😂😂
El suegro de mi sobrina es boricua y tiene 4 hijos korirriqueños. Su mama es de korea.
You're doing it prima!! Keep on doing it, I love this video! I can't wait to see more!!
-Ezekiel
I'm Puerto Rican and my husband is Guatemala, Mexican. And are kids are Guatemala,Mexican, Puerto Rican. But in are kids blood is more Puerto Rican. They are more with mommy daddy works a lot so maybe that's why there more in the Puerto Rican side than the other cultures. And talk more Puerto Rican.
Our kids not "are kids" bad grammar and spelling.
isabelle baerga Girl bye !!! lol i know im not ugly i bet im way better looking that you and i was born a boy,stop hattttting boo lol.
Great talking with you! Hope to do it again. Great video
Deon, I missed this comment but see that you got to watch the video! Thank you for tuning it. It'd be great to talk again someday.
+Kimberly Ming Check out this by HBO
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Deon! This is awesome. Thank you so much for passing this on to me. Hope you are incredible. Let's connect soon.
Thank you. Your words are appreciated, genuinely.
Best wishes in your journey to China. I hope to make it out there one day!
Soy 100% boricua 😎 🇵🇷 y aquí en rincón ay muchos chiniboricuas y me encantan me encanta la cultura asiática y quiero amigos asiaticos .
more power to you my sister
Roberto Cuevas
+Roberto Cuevas Thank you brother
What a beautiful combination. I'm moving to China soon to work. I'm Puerto Rican with a tremendous love for the chinese culture, tradition and the people. Loved your story. My China Latina sister. Cuidate La Mei.
So cool! I'm puerto rican but look like a basic white girl with puffy curly hair. My cousin looks so asian idek how! My family said her "asian looks" come from my grandfather. She has epicanthic fold and all.
This is how our mixed heritage creates such a variety of looks! BEAUTIFUL!
i do feel sad for her. I am of an interracial child. However, i made it my mission to learn my cultural language, and exposed my self to the culture of both parents, and went to live with relatives in the islands for sometime so i can learn more. It does make a difference to know. I am proud of who I am, and i see both sides of me so much more clearly. Including the historical past of both cultures. In this, i understand who i am.
i just proudly fathered my first Boricua-nese Baby Girl ... there are more like you ! continue to voice your thoughts ! best of luck !
Omg I’m so glad you speaking out love this video
Wow. Im glad I found this video... I always wanted to hear part of the life of an asian-latino person.. Im also Puerto Rican... and I began studying (Putonghua) months ago... and Im in love with it.. and you are beautifull!! for real.. mixed families looks so beautifull.. y me llena de orgullo saber que estuvistes 4 meses en la isla.... I belive you will learn chinese facilmente.. Best of luck! :) next time you visit PR let me know!.. I love giving tours! I study tourism.
Zai jian! :)
This was beautiful ♥
Thank you!