This is all facts. But never forget our Tainos brothers that perished in the battle against slavery. The only remains of the them runs through the blood of Cuban, Dominican, Jamaican and Puerto Ricans descent . HAITIANS TOO.
@@principalitycidade4323 Actually I never forget Haitian. Although we are brothers and sisters. I love Haití very much. First country to abolish slavery. Sadly no evidence of Taino DNA was found. At least at the moment of the article I read.
@@hjsegui bruh sadly no evidence of taino is found?Yo people dont know this there is taino evidence in haitians but a minority possess it did people forget if you can find taino in DR you find it in haitians too I know of those who do.
@@hjsegui always remember you would never get DR without Haiti, no matter what they say. Taino bloodlines do exist in Haiti but mind you only few were tested and the rest were ignored. Dominican taino bloodline is closely linked with Haitian bloodline from history and all. Chat up with a haitian professor im telling taino haitians do exist they out there fr.
@@JSun3000 I only ever see comments like this online. What funny is when light skinned Boricuas embrace their African roots, gatekeeping happens, we get accused of cultural appropriation, mixed fishing, pretending, and being wannabe's . This gatekeeping typically comes from monoracial people that don't understand multiracial identities.
I almost flipped when you said reggaeton pioneers but didn’t show Tego Calderón and many other black Latinos who pioneered it. Then I relaxed when you did❤️ There needs to be a heart button for this video.
Agreed! And I believe the best way to start is by learning about each other's history and culture. I get a lot of messages from people who tell me they didn't even realise there were black Mexicans, Peruvians, Indians, Turkish, etc. So I hope by creating this channel to make that information more accessible and ultimately help bring the African diaspora closer together.
Thank you for watching William! I very much enjoyed the time I spent in Puerto Rico, it's an amazing island with a fascinating history. I learned so much about Afro-Puerto Rican culture making this video and connected with some inspirational people!
I sm 100% Puerto Rican, born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York, college in New England and completely fluent in educated Spanish and have a doctorate in Spanish. I have lived in Spain where I completed my degree in Spanish. I grew up in East Harlem and the Bronx and am very proud of that. My mother was light skinned and mixed to the point of looking racially ambiguous with mostly European features and hair yet slight black features although no one would ever think of her as black. My father looked Hispanic but with darkish brown skin and would be considered black in the US although perhaps foreign. One of my siblings is dark brown with loose kinky hair and European keen features. My other sibling is very Hispanic looking with light skin and curly kinky hair as well as thick lips. I am the lightest skinned in the family with soft kinky curly hair, thick lips and a long Taino nose. Most people in America would see me as black. I am so tired of hearing “But you don’t look Puerto Rican” from folks in general to other black people seeing me as yellow, mixed or Creole but black just the same. As a child my light skinned sibling and I were treated almost as if we were a different race from my dark sibling and were openly encouraged to marry white when we were grown. In Spain my American black fellow exchange student and I were openly refused housing once they saw us by the Spanish family that had agreed to take us initially. Odd how my first openly racist incident took place in what many Boricuas consider the Motherland. That incident hurt me deeply, much more than my black American counterpart as he had experienced racism before and seemed to me to almost shrug it off even if he didn’t.. Now, years later I am so happy that that happened to me at the tender age of 17 because it woke me up to real life as I would likely experience it.I married a black American woman and had beautiful black children who nonetheless always saw me as looking Hispanic and different from my similarly light complexioned wife. They grew up identifying as mixed although they were seen as black with “something else”. Now in the sunset of my life I realize my parents were trying to shirld me from the harsh reality of being black in America. I am immensely proud of my African ancestry as well as my Taino and white ancestry and despite my castilianized Spanish, very proud to be Puerto Rican. It does my heart a world of good to see more and more Hispanics embracing their black ancestry which was kept in the closet for way too long! We are a beautiful people!
you should have mentioned the small communities of PR's and cuban's attending the universities in spain and they mention don albizo compos as a soldier he was an officer in the us army and a harvard university graduate with a degree in law
What part of Pain were you in my mother and sister stayed in the Canary islands for 6 months and they said they felt right at home, that is where our Spanish accent comes from, they loved that!
Love it when my people are celebrated she’s right not all Puerto Ricans look like JLO nor Ricky Martin we are a diverse group of people I’m proud to be Puerto Rican
But these are latin actors actresses and singers annnnnd alot of Latin actors and actresses have their features done over with plastic surgery which is becoming popular all over the Caribbean too especially NYC
Agreed, alot of people still try to figure out what am I, even other latinos and sadly some Puerto ricans are surprised I'm a boricua like them, most think I'm arabic or Indian mostly
What a beautiful accent you have I can listen to you alllllll day. As a Puerto Rican this is a beautiful presentation. And you pronounced your spanish words so clearly and enjoyably. Thank you sO much. Love History and yr channel
For people who have questions about the statistics: * 22% would resemble the self-identifying population of Black/Afro Puerto Ricans and self-identifying biracial population. * Afro descendants would include mixed/multiracial people. That’s where the figure for 65% comes from. That includes people who are of majority African heritage as well as people with significant African heritage. Eventhough formal census say that ~75% of the population identifies as white, this is largely due to old laws passed under Spanish rule that allowed anyone that can claim a Spanish parent or grandparent can identify as white. * Also, in PR if you don’t phenotypically look like a black person, you can identify as white. * Genealogists and biologists agree that Afro descendants (including multiracials) compromise 60-65% of the population. Racism and colorism faced in PR is very real when the erasure and denial of Afro heritage and representation are consistently denied and neglected.
Yup, and it's very sad and annoying many mixed Puerto Ricans deny their African roots as well, both sides of my family are mostly European descent but we do have clear native and African admixture and they'll acknowledge the Native heritage for sure and they don't entirely deny having African roots yet they kinda brush it off and throw it under the rug like they're ashamed of it or something. I remember doing a DNA test which I don't believe 100% btw since they show you who you're related to by region and some of the regions on my map for Spain are very mixed (canary islands was my main place for Spain) I got about 16% African and I shared that with my family and my grandfather was in shock how I got African yet I have very course curly hair and thick lips and both me and my grandmother looked at him and said "you're African" I just find it kind of rediculous.
@@BronzeSista well, from my experience, I'm brown skin, and yes I get lighter or darker. And I know some white people can get darker because when they come to Cuba they get trigueños, But! you can tell if the skin is darker just cause is sun kissed or if it's dark cause is just like that. When I get lighter I look golden or light cinnamon lol, is impossible to go from white to black!. But in PR, Cuba and DR to be black you have to be real dark skinned, if you're a little lighter or have a 3 hair type or 4a, they yoir jabao or mulayo or whatever they come with. Is just a very colorist Casta system. So yeah, is possible that the 90% of brown skinned PRns will the deny being black, but saying is cause of the sun is a little too much. Lol
Thank you Jessenia! 💛 Yep, this channel is dedicated to informing people about black communities worldwide as sadly a lot of this information is still not taught in schools!
There are only puertoricans. There is no separate group that have dark skin. Dark skin and pale skin run in the same families out there. Its not what this video is making it out to be
You are Puerto Rican, not Afro anything. If you’re black? You’re a Puerto Rican who happens to be black. Stay away from PR and our people. And stop infecting others with your bullshit racist American mentality.
This is a lie! Puerto Rico was colonized by Europeans, but it's not the land of all races. over 60% of African slaves were sold to the islands including Puerto Rico. There are not all types of races of people down there but they do come in all types of skin tone.
Can you do a video on Afro Caribbean people whom you haven't covered? I know I'm asking a lot but I really enjoy your videos, they're very educating and interesting.
Hiya! You will be pleased to hear I have lots of countries still on my list to cover this year, including some Caribbean countries! I'm so glad you're enjoying the series, thank you for watching! 🙏🏽
Love your video I only regret you didn’t mention our salsa music and salsa group El Gran Combo and the most beloved salsa singer Ismael Rivera. As those groups and singer broke the invisibility of blacks as artist. Also need to mention the best puertorrican song writers Rafael Hernandez and Tite Curet Alonso both blacks which also had to fight racism in Puerto Rico. And another Afro descent is Mr Ricardo Alegria a historían who brought out to main stream the bomba and plena music from the black barrios and who was the founder of the first fraternity who accepted black students in the University of Puerto Rico.
salsa...IS NOTTTTTTTR Puerto Rican...you just made it popular...you also stole regueton from Panamanians...You guys have a strong issue with appropriating culture and not admitting it..Even Tito Puentes said he just made cuban Music...not salsa, salsa is ketchup. And also salsa word came from our son. Like....stop stealing other culture. Yes is beautiful we share it, but is not yours!!!
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was the son of an Afro Caribbean mother from St. Croix, the Danish West Indies and his dad was a European immigrant from Germany. But none the less he was the founder of Afro Puerto Rican culture being known to all Afro Latinos and all of the African diaspora.
I know he was Puerto Rican. Arturo was not Afro Latino. Arturo was German European on his father's side and his mom as I stated was an Afro Caribbean immigrant from the then Danish West Indies. In particular, Saint Thomas.
As a puerto Rican man what she said in video is correct she did good job explaining it .. we are of African roots and we love and embrace our roots ..its who we are ..
This lesson was absolutely beautiful. It's one of the few that goes into Puerto Rican Afro-history and mentions both the "Spanish Edict of 1664" and the "Royal Decree of Graces" of 1815 which came later. What a wonderful educational job. It caused me to research a little more on the "Grito de Lares". Thank you so much for this. It's well appreciated.
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Yahya Ibn Yaish was the progenitor of Negro's in America Yahya Ibn Yaish according to the Jewish encyclopedia vol 12, he was born in Portugal around 1150. After doing some tasks for the king at the time he was given some land and took the last name Negro. His son Yahia Ibn Rabbi went by the name "The Negro". Yahia Ben Rabbi (c.1145 - 1222) (pronounced YAH-hee-yah), also known as Yahia the Negro, was a Portuguese nobleman. He was reputed to be a direct descendant of the Hebrew exilarchs of ancient Babylonia (Iraq) that claimed direct descent from the Biblical King David and was the eponymous progenitor of the Ibn Yahya family. Ben Rabbi resided in Lisbon and was respected by Sephardic Jews as well as by King Afonso I of Portugal, who knighted him for his courage by awarding him the title, "Lord of the Aldeia dos Negros" (English: Village of the Negroes). His family was huge found in multiple European countries. His family fell victim to both the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions. Spain instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 before decreeing the expulsion of all Jews from Spain in 1492. Tens of thousands of Spanish Jews fled Spain, including to Portugal, where King John II granted them asylum in return for payment. However, the asylum was withdrawn after eight months, with the Portuguese government decreeing the enslavement of all Jews who had not left Portugal. In 1493, King John deported several hundred Jewish children to the newly formed colony of São Tomé. Meaning and Origin of: Moreno Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic) : nickname for someone with dark hair and a swarthy complexion, from Spanish and Portuguese moreno 'dark-haired', a word of uncertain origin, probably from Late Latin maurinus, a derivative of classical Latin Maurus 'Moor'. Marranos were Spanish and Portuguese Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity during the Middle Ages, but continued to practice Judaism in secrecy. Archaeologists Find Bound Bodies Of Enslaved Africans In Portuguese Trash Dump. www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/03/22/archaeologists-find-bound-bodies-of-enslaved-africans-in-portuguese-trash-dump/amp/ Skeletons Of Jewish Victims Of Inquisition Discovered In Ancient Portuguese Trash Heap www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/08/18/skeletons-of-jewish-victims-of-inquisition-reveal-bodies-of-jewish-people-were-tossed-in-trash-heap/?sh=653d542f6057 The first references to Portuguese presence in the United States were recorded before the American Revolution (Library of Congress, 1998, June 10). They relate to a group of Portuguese and Spanish Sephardic Jews fleeing religious persecution. Their journey took them from Portugal through Holland and Brazil before they arrived in New York. (Stillman & Stillman, 1999). Mathias de Sousa, believed to be of Jewish decent, is deemed to be the first documented Portuguese settler in present-day United States, arriving in Maryland in 1634 (Library of Congress, 1998, June 10). readtheplaque.com/plaque/mathias-de-sousa-the-first-black-marylander Mathias de Sousa was the first black Marylander. Of African and Portuguese descent, he was one of nine indentured servants brought to Maryland by Jesuit missionaries and was on The Ark when Lord Baltimore’s expedition arrived in the St. Mary’s River in 1634. His indenture finished by 1638 and he became a mariner and fur trader. In 1641 he commanded a trading voyage north to the Susquehannock Indians and, in 1642, sailed as master of a ketch belonging to the Provincial Secretary John Lewger. De Sousa departed and returned to this river many times. He anchored near here and walked to Lewger’s Manor House at St. John’s. While living there he served in the 1642 legislative assembly of freemen. No record remains of de Sousa’s activities after 1642 but his legacy of courage and success is regarded with great pride by all the citizens of St. Mary’s County and Maryland." -- Historical Marker dedicated Oct. 12, 1987.
In the Black Spanish speaking community, Reggaeton's first Artist, was " El General " From Panama. He was singing, 10-15 before daddy yankee, and the others.
Unity will only really happen when the light skinned bashing ends! A lot of Louisiana Creoles moved to Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic in the early 19th Century.
Yeah many Puerto Ricans check White on the USA census when in fact the majority are actually Pardos which are a mix of European, African, And Amerindian yeah
Barbosa was the founder of the Republican Party. When I was living in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I remember the Republican Party of Puerto Rico the leaders of the party call Barbosa a great 👍🏿 puertoricans.
reggaeton started in Panama...obviously because most of afro Panamanians are of Jamaican descendants, but was made by afro Panamanians. Puerto Rico Appropriateed it..just as they tried to do with Cuban Salsa music....
@@caribbeannekoak4188 Boriquas were influenced by others and created Reggaeton. Music is universal and its one of the things that brings us all together just like delicious food. The Carribean is on another level.
@@badapplenyc regueton was created by panamanians..not boricuaa. And yes, music is made to share..but not appropriate. They are literally telling everyone is theirs...and that's not ok. Because that's stealing other countries history.
Not sure if you're aware, but shomberg mother was from Virgin Islands and his father from Germany.. So yes, his nationality is PR, and his race is Bi-racial, although his phenotype is that of a mix black.. Carter G Woodson, the father of Afro American history, encouraged Shomberg to study black history..Somberg first book was about Haiti.
If you're up for som dry but solid reading pick up a book called Columbus at Caonabó for an extremely detailed history of how the islands were colonized, where the African people they brought to the island came from and why islands like Haiti have a lower percentage of surviving Taino heritage. We are a diaspora people and we are proud of who we have become and where we have been gleaned from
We are ar thankful to Family Search for helping us find out t that Our ancestor, Simon Cotto came from theTari people, a tribe originally from Burkina Fazzo.
Does having african dna in 2 dna test results count? Im of puerto rican descent im light like a light native american with facial hair and have tri-racial or indigenous, african & European dna only of different percentages/ i dont have any other like india, mongolian, china, etc. In my 2 dna results
So I completely understand how lighter skinned Puerto Rican musicians might be more palatable, but I have to disagree on why there aren't as many now. For the most part a lot of the emerging and best performing artists happen to be lighter skinned. There are still darker artists who are also among the best including Ozuna, Myke Towers, Anonimous, and various others. Akon is known to hang out in the streets of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic whom is fluent in Spanish as well, with a Spanish Album. Bad Bunny was probably the first artist to come out with a tribute to Kobe as well (RIP). I do hope that more artists of color will emerge to show our broad and beautiful mix. There are various reggaeton artists who have sought out the best rappers for collaborations to combine sounds and culture. I hope this will continue as well. Many Puerto Rican artists will always show respect to our Black brothers and sisters who have paved the way for reggaeton artists to be where they are today.
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There should be more parts to this story like you did with Colombia and Cuba being Puerto Rican myself I love my Puerto Rican Africanos you should try their cuisine it’s amazing I love it all and their ceremonies are very similar to ones in Nigeria like Santeria and when a baby dies they throw like “party” called a “bequine” a lot food music dance to celebrate the babies life
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@@lunakmbitou4198 Not at all. Puerto Rico never had segregation, never had Jim Crow laws, etc. People aren’t divided over there because they choose to identify with their nationality first not their race. Are you even Puerto Rican?
No. I'm not Puerto Rican... that's why I said it. IF I WAS Puerto rican I'd try to hide it like you guys... You said.. I should come to Puerto Rico and see. WHY?????? Do you want me to get killed because of my skin color?????
Theres no white Puertoricans we all mix am pale and my grandpa is dark and my face expressions are the same as his. We mix skin color look white but with the Taíno and African expressions.
Count me teach me about chocolate brown Puerto Ricans🇵🇷 I'd like to know Afro-Puerto Rican history , bomba dancing, traditions. How slavery started in Puerto Rico. Since I'm interested in Animation I want to create Black Puerto Rican animation characters. I want write plays about Afro-Puerto Ricans🇵🇷🇵🇷 as well. I gave 👍 👍 👍 I need to learn about African descent in the Caribbean, Latin America more
Nope they will always belong to the United States of America and why would they want to become Independent and as a matter of fact they want to become a US State so that whole thing about independence will never happen since they are Americans with their double nationality too of being Puerto Rican ( Edit ) 🇺🇲 ❤ 🇵🇷
@@jamesthomas5109 I originally mean't to touch 🇵🇷 but I touched 🇱🇷 by accident so its no big deal but like I said earlier Puerto Rico will always belong to the United States of America so there is no such thing as independence in this time or ever cause they are forever still part of the US ❤✊🏿much luh 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇵🇷 now thats better mane ya tu sabe 💯🔥
@@whadupyoo6387 your correct because I know many Puerto Ricans and the rest of Puerto Rico doesn't want to become Independent from the USA and don't pay attention to that because I too make text errors in youtube
I would like to know if the girl in the video permed or teased her hair....to look more ethnic its a serious question. Ever since Rachel Dolezal and her hair ya need to ask
Very proud if my afro boricuas proudly they make Puerto Rico how it is the only one I don't like very much but deeply respect him is barbosa despite his very inpressive and well earned success u don't like him for the fact that he started the PNP the new progressive party and started a traitor statehood movement which I am not in favor and look at pedro albizus campo as my greatest role model and independience fighter viva Puerto Rico libre 🇵🇷
oooh I think thre is more than 50% of all population of Puerto Rico. In Latino America, the policy of minoration of the black population is a rule (keep them in the infiriority mind). And secondly some of light skin don't accepet to be identifed like Afro, so reduce the official number. Example Venezuela, before 2017 they said that officially there were 15-30% Afro once Ugo Chavez became president and claimed to be the first Afro president in America, and promoted black culture, and black identity, which Maduro moreover continued, the latest 2017 population census gives 54% of Venezuela is Afro. The situation in Brazil, before Lula became president, the official speach said black are minority, 10 years of Lula politic in Brazil, with black promotion identity, and black culturel proud gave a another result 2009 or 2010 after a new census of the population more than 54% reconized to be black people. So that means be carfull about the nomber of Afro in these latino countries. It's depend of the PROUD of black people or not. Some of them prefere to clam be, white or indigenoous (idian) if there are mixed, mainly on the caraïbe islands like Puerto rico and so one
Real Reggaetón is Reggae En Español/Plena/Regueton but Puerto Rican style of Plena is mixed in with Hip Hop influences so Panama is the original place where Reggae En Español/Plena/Regueton comes from and Bad Bunny is mainly a Trap Rapper and the styles of Trap music that he does is Mainstream which is the original Trap sound and he also does Traphall which is a style of Trap music that has a Dancehall/Afrobeat influences and usually is similar and imitates the Dembow rhythm which is a style of Dancehall but if Traphall is sung in Spanish then its Trapetón but Trapetón can also refer to the original sound of Mainstream Trap being sung in Spanish as well.
@@dalzvert9206 ......I'll proceed to ignore you. Ignorancia and arrogance is not something I like to fight against..there's nothing worse than and arrogant ignorant
I mean daddy Yankee and wisin y Yandel are famous for their talent not because they are more paletable?? there are plenty of black famous Puerto Ricans despite PR not having so much Afro decent people. Any one anywhere will tell you PR not Racist im Dominican and we and we basically black and we are more racist than them if anything 🤣😂😂
The notion that Dominicans are "more black" comes from older white Puerto Ricans who hate immigrants and i think its total crap. I do think DR has more black people, but not drastically more. PR prolly has 65% of ppl with significant african blood, DR has like 80% of ppl with significant african blood. Both islands and Cuba are blacker than other Latin Ameicans but whiter than other Caribbeans and are very culturally similar. Overall that notion comes from the fact most of the DRs that immigrate to PR are poorer and often of haitian desecnt, and sadly DR is pretty racist so most of the poor ppl are really black. But DR is just as diverse as PR. Im both, go to the south of DR, ppl are dark cause thats where most slave ports were, go north to El Cibao and people look more lightskin and even white. In PR the east most ppl are darker skin a lot more black people, and go to the west or mountains and more people are lightskin and white. Even cuba is the same ive heard but never been, the east is very black and the west is very white
@@el_padron_1795 honestly I don't think DR is racist I was kidding more than anything there are plenty of rich black or mixed people in DR as far as the ports being in the south so more black people that's incorrect also many whites fled to PR and Cuba post Hatian Revolution hence they are more European.
You all commenters, there was not black and white people in all Caribbean Islands.they was Tainos,Caribbean and others native.thats the true.we cann not change that.AMEN
Black People have to gatekeep our culture at all costs. We love inviting everyone to the cookout too much. We seek validation from those who don't like us. If we're not careful we're going to end up like Afro Puerto Ricans & Afro Brazilians with our culture diluted &/or erased.
How else do you expect other cultures to learn, when you say things like inviting to the cookout too much. There’s no reason to validate anything, only to be prideful and highlight the aspects of the culture
@Tim Asuna Afro Latinos refers to people of African Descent who happens to be in a Latin American country because that's where the slave ship took them. There's plenty of DARKskinned Black Afro Latinos just like there's DARKskinned Afro Jamaicans(of which I'm one), Afro Trinidadians, Afro Haitians, African Americans, Afro Mexicans,etc.
@@ELHIJODEPU I'm Black American/Louisiana Creole and Afro Puerto Rican my Ancestry test says: about 85% African and the rest European and 0% Taino. On another test I'm 55% African, 24% European 12% Native and the rest Asian... My Myhertiage test is similar to Ancestry results but with almost 2% Inuit Indian and genetic community Puerto Rican/Louisiana-Creole/African American. I believe dude
This is the problem with outsiders talking about our history. Puerto Rico is a multiracial multicultural nation. The struggles of black Puerto Ricans are the struggles of EVERY PUERTO RICAN!! In schools in PR they teach us we are PERTO RICANS. They don’t put us in boxes. Schools teach us we are 1 made out of 3 races. We know where our music, our gastronomy, our dances come from. Puerto Rico isn’t USA where white Americans are called AMERICANS and Americans who happen to be black are called black Americans. Your racist countries have made you racist and y’all just go around creating division. Stay away from Puerto Rico and focus on changing your messed up country.
African and Black blood is not the majority of Puerto Rico. Miscregation has made sure of that. Being Puerto Rican has many races not just African or Black. Having Black slaves back in the day does not make Puerto Ricans Black.
Most Puerto Ricans have between 15% to 70% African admixture, you have no Idea what you're talking about. Slave owners often intermarried with Spanish and Native women, unlike the Slave Owners in the United States and other Non Spanish Caribbean countries. One could marry themselves into freedom.
@@bori16 You also help my argument that Ricans have no attachment to African American culture or history, each have there own experiences. You say in PR you could marry to freedom unlike in the USA the Blacks and slaves are different in culture and experiences, yet the Puerto Ricans today bogart and appropriate African American history and cultural cause they the Puerto Ricans are bigots and racist
@@vicgodsucks1157 There not though you.cant divide equally into thirds! Eventually the dominant dna will result in what most Puerto Ricans are mainly European. Of course there are some Afro Latinos they are the minority. White European blood is the strongest. African culture such as food or bomba y plenta does not make you ethnically Negroid or African. Also the secret that most Puerto Ricans never talk about is the North African blood that is strong. Puerto Ricans have been lied to about the true history. Its like people in the Southern States all claiming African case Black Slaves integrated in the culture, customs and food. Its a BS lie. Black is cool so its promoted and Taino is always hidden. This is why I say PR plays on stereotypes, colorism and are racist
US territory Puerto Rico will always belong to the United States of America and hopefully they will become the 51st state If Liberia actually manages to join the US though but hopefully Puerto will annexed to statehood ❤✊🏿 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇵🇷 = Aye mane ya tu sabe lo ke ay papi 💯🔥
That’s true, but I honestly believe that’s more to do with negative connotations of African Americans due to propaganda. There’s also a lot of gatekeepers in the AA communities that will tell you you’re not black or even mixed if you don’t look like that stereotype of a mixed person. I have a very Afrocentric style and I get checked on it often, because of my racial ambiguity. Online, my my DNA test results are posted and my percentages are laughed at. Not understanding that no matter how little admixture 15% btw OUR culture is Still Afro-descendant.
And before a comment from someone else says that’s not enough to be considered mix, I’m also 15% Indigenous which makes me mixed Tri-racial. No matter my phenotype that people claim looks European.
@@bori16 But also there are alot in PR that,are raised to deny their African heritage!! I'm a pecan tan and have 27% white! But both of my parents are dark chocolate complexion! I tan dark brown in the summer, I was told as a child by my great auntie I to stay out of the sun, you're getting too black!! My mom always told me, "Be proud to tan dark, it's better than to burn like my high yellow great aunts!"
@@vicgodsucks1157 I don’t disagree. I have medium brown to light skin to beige family. We’re pretty mixed and I heard all the crap from their parents and even some cousins telling me that my skin tone is good if I only tan a little, but don’t get too dark. I’m very light skinned basically white with olive undertones. My grandparents from my dads side are caramel complected and my moms side are YT. All have 2-3C hair and I have cousins with 3/4 type hair. All same ancestry and yet we all look different. So I’m not giving an excuse, just context. My mom always said we were mixed, the only people that ever said I was white was monoracial black people.
@@bori16 You're right, but AA in the USA are mixed with something!! My grandmother on my mom side were mestizo and my dad side is dark skinned!! You have African heritage were it counts, you have a beautiful Negra body!!
This is all facts. But never forget our Tainos brothers that perished in the battle against slavery. The only remains of the them runs through the blood of Cuban, Dominican, Jamaican and Puerto Ricans descent . HAITIANS TOO.
You forgot Haitians
@@principalitycidade4323 Actually I never forget Haitian. Although we are brothers and sisters. I love Haití very much. First country to abolish slavery. Sadly no evidence of Taino DNA was found. At least at the moment of the article I read.
@@hjsegui bruh sadly no evidence of taino is found?Yo people dont know this there is taino evidence in haitians but a minority possess it did people forget if you can find taino in DR you find it in haitians too I know of those who do.
@@principalitycidade4323 I thought so too..but not according to the studies I read. I would imagine closed to the mountains. Close to DR.
@@hjsegui always remember you would never get DR without Haiti, no matter what they say. Taino bloodlines do exist in Haiti but mind you only few were tested and the rest were ignored. Dominican taino bloodline is closely linked with Haitian bloodline from history and all. Chat up with a haitian professor im telling taino haitians do exist they out there fr.
Love my African roots! Puerto Rican’s, a mix of African, Native and European blood. Got to love us!
I love you.A lot of Puerto Ricans don't embrace their African heritage.
@@JSun3000 I only ever see comments like this online. What funny is when light skinned Boricuas embrace their African roots, gatekeeping happens, we get accused of cultural appropriation, mixed fishing, pretending, and being wannabe's . This gatekeeping typically comes from monoracial people that don't understand multiracial identities.
@@bori16 not true
@@Abstract.Noir414 my liver experiences aren’t true?
@@JSun3000true .. sad. African roots are so enshrined in our language and culture and music .. can’t escape it .. must embrace it
I almost flipped when you said reggaeton pioneers but didn’t show Tego Calderón and many other black Latinos who pioneered it. Then I relaxed when you did❤️ There needs to be a heart button for this video.
Aw thank you so much, that means a lot! 🥰
omg me too lol
😂rt
We are all Afro ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻. We need to come together again.
Agreed! And I believe the best way to start is by learning about each other's history and culture. I get a lot of messages from people who tell me they didn't even realise there were black Mexicans, Peruvians, Indians, Turkish, etc. So I hope by creating this channel to make that information more accessible and ultimately help bring the African diaspora closer together.
Everything started in Africa. Guess I'm a white African, lol.
I’m in agreement 🙏🏽
Agreed
Wrong! European people are not African!
You are so 110% on point about my African brothers! Love your video and info🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Thanks for the video about my island nation and my brothers and sisters: 🇵🇷❤️
Thank you for watching William! I very much enjoyed the time I spent in Puerto Rico, it's an amazing island with a fascinating history. I learned so much about Afro-Puerto Rican culture making this video and connected with some inspirational people!
I sm 100% Puerto Rican, born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York, college in New England and completely fluent in educated Spanish and have a doctorate in Spanish. I have lived in Spain where I completed my degree in Spanish. I grew up in East Harlem and the Bronx and am very proud of that. My mother was light skinned and mixed to the point of looking racially ambiguous with mostly European features and hair yet slight black features although no one would ever think of her as black. My father looked Hispanic but with darkish brown skin and would be considered black in the US although perhaps foreign. One of my siblings is dark brown with loose kinky hair and European keen features. My other sibling is very Hispanic looking with light skin and curly kinky hair as well as thick lips. I am the lightest skinned in the family with soft kinky curly hair, thick lips and a long Taino nose. Most people in America would see me as black. I am so tired of hearing “But you don’t look Puerto Rican” from folks in general to other black people seeing me as yellow, mixed or Creole but black just the same. As a child my light skinned sibling and I were treated almost as if we were a different race from my dark sibling and were openly encouraged to marry white when we were grown.
In Spain my American black fellow exchange student and I were openly refused housing once they saw us by the Spanish family that had agreed to take us initially. Odd how my first openly racist incident took place in what many Boricuas consider the Motherland. That incident hurt me deeply, much more than my black American counterpart as he had experienced racism before and seemed to me to almost shrug it off even if he didn’t.. Now, years later I am so happy that that happened to me at the tender age of 17 because it woke me up to real life as I would likely experience it.I married a black American woman and had beautiful black children who nonetheless always saw me as looking Hispanic and different from my similarly light complexioned wife. They grew up identifying as mixed although they were seen as black with “something else”. Now in the sunset of my life I realize my parents were trying to shirld me from the harsh reality of being black in America.
I am immensely proud of my African ancestry as well as my Taino and white ancestry and despite my castilianized Spanish, very proud to be Puerto Rican. It does my heart a world of good to see more and more Hispanics embracing their black ancestry which was kept in the closet for way too long! We are a beautiful people!
I understand completely most people think I'm from India or Arabic or other ethnic groups
you should have mentioned the small communities of PR's and cuban's attending the universities in spain and they mention don albizo compos as a soldier he was an officer in the us army and a harvard university graduate with a degree in law
What part of Pain were you in my mother and sister stayed in the Canary islands for 6 months and they said they felt right at home, that is where our Spanish accent comes from, they loved that!
@@RomanDomenech I lived in Madrid. I have been to the Canary Islands and yes, that is where our beautiful Boricua accent comes from.
Still you are crole, from the word criollo.😊
Im PR. Always loved Afro PRs. Afro every Latin.!
Im puerto rican and I love all aspects of my ethnicity!! African, Taino and European
Love it when my people are celebrated she’s right not all Puerto Ricans look like JLO nor Ricky Martin we are a diverse group of people I’m proud to be Puerto Rican
But these are latin actors actresses and singers annnnnd alot of Latin actors and actresses have their features done over with plastic surgery which is becoming popular all over the Caribbean too especially NYC
Agreed, alot of people still try to figure out what am I, even other latinos and sadly some Puerto ricans are surprised I'm a boricua like them, most think I'm arabic or Indian mostly
Im 100% Purto Rican And we are 100% mixed
@@caribbeannativeson78 they know I am Puerto Rican when I open my mouth and speak!
WEPPA
Even some of the whitest among us Puerto Ricans have African in us. Proud to have it.
What a beautiful accent you have I can listen to you alllllll day. As a Puerto Rican this is a beautiful presentation. And you pronounced your spanish words so clearly and enjoyably. Thank you sO much. Love History and yr channel
Awesome video!
For people who have questions about the statistics:
* 22% would resemble the self-identifying population of Black/Afro Puerto Ricans and self-identifying biracial population.
* Afro descendants would include mixed/multiracial people. That’s where the figure for 65% comes from. That includes people who are of majority African heritage as well as people with significant African heritage.
Eventhough formal census say that ~75% of the population identifies as white, this is largely due to old laws passed under Spanish rule that allowed anyone that can claim a Spanish parent or grandparent can identify as white.
* Also, in PR if you don’t phenotypically look like a black person, you can identify as white.
* Genealogists and biologists agree that Afro descendants (including multiracials) compromise 60-65% of the population.
Racism and colorism faced in PR is very real when the erasure and denial of Afro heritage and representation are consistently denied and neglected.
Very true. When you go to PR away from tourist areas, id say 60-65% sounds right
Yup, and it's very sad and annoying many mixed Puerto Ricans deny their African roots as well, both sides of my family are mostly European descent but we do have clear native and African admixture and they'll acknowledge the Native heritage for sure and they don't entirely deny having African roots yet they kinda brush it off and throw it under the rug like they're ashamed of it or something. I remember doing a DNA test which I don't believe 100% btw since they show you who you're related to by region and some of the regions on my map for Spain are very mixed (canary islands was my main place for Spain) I got about 16% African and I shared that with my family and my grandfather was in shock how I got African yet I have very course curly hair and thick lips and both me and my grandmother looked at him and said "you're African" I just find it kind of rediculous.
in Cuba the percentage of black afro descendants is higher...but even though the same happens...that's pretty sad
I had 2 Puertoricans tell me they were dark from the sun. They are not Black. I said you actually believe that? 😂
@@BronzeSista well, from my experience, I'm brown skin, and yes I get lighter or darker. And I know some white people can get darker because when they come to Cuba they get trigueños, But! you can tell if the skin is darker just cause is sun kissed or if it's dark cause is just like that. When I get lighter I look golden or light cinnamon lol, is impossible to go from white to black!. But in PR, Cuba and DR to be black you have to be real dark skinned, if you're a little lighter or have a 3 hair type or 4a, they yoir jabao or mulayo or whatever they come with. Is just a very colorist Casta system. So yeah, is possible that the 90% of brown skinned PRns will the deny being black, but saying is cause of the sun is a little too much. Lol
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for this beautiful documentary
THANK YOU! I hope to see more videos like this!
Thank you Jessenia! 💛 Yep, this channel is dedicated to informing people about black communities worldwide as sadly a lot of this information is still not taught in schools!
Thank you for this!! Subscribed : )
Thank you! ✊🏽
Awesome video, I had heard of Schomburg and Roberto Clemente and some of the other reggaeton artists
Thank you for watching Carmen! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
Im Afro Puerto Rican i love my ancestory! 💪🏽🇵🇷
There are only puertoricans. There is no separate group that have dark skin. Dark skin and pale skin run in the same families out there. Its not what this video is making it out to be
You are Puerto Rican, not Afro anything. If you’re black? You’re a Puerto Rican who happens to be black. Stay away from PR and our people. And stop infecting others with your bullshit racist American mentality.
Just discovered your Channel I absolutely Love it.....
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 A Beautiful Island of all Races of Amazing People 💃🎵🎷🎸🌴🐸
Indeed, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been 🥰
This is a lie! Puerto Rico was colonized by Europeans, but it's not the land of all races. over 60% of African slaves were sold to the islands including Puerto Rico. There are not all types of races of people down there but they do come in all types of skin tone.
Very encouraging!
That's very kind of you to say, thank you!
Thanks for this video 🙂!
Can you do a video on Afro Caribbean people whom you haven't covered? I know I'm asking a lot but I really enjoy your videos, they're very educating and interesting.
Hiya! You will be pleased to hear I have lots of countries still on my list to cover this year, including some Caribbean countries! I'm so glad you're enjoying the series, thank you for watching! 🙏🏽
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Martinica y Guadalupe
French island
Cool 😎
#1 video 100%❤
Love your video I only regret you didn’t mention our salsa music and salsa group El Gran Combo and the most beloved salsa singer Ismael Rivera. As those groups and singer broke the invisibility of blacks as artist. Also need to mention the best puertorrican song writers Rafael Hernandez and Tite Curet Alonso both blacks which also had to fight racism in Puerto Rico. And another Afro descent is Mr Ricardo Alegria a historían who brought out to main stream the bomba and plena music from the black barrios and who was the founder of the first fraternity who accepted black students in the University of Puerto Rico.
Great, thank you!
I love El Gran Combo!!
salsa...IS NOTTTTTTTR Puerto Rican...you just made it popular...you also stole regueton from Panamanians...You guys have a strong issue with appropriating culture and not admitting it..Even Tito Puentes said he just made cuban Music...not salsa, salsa is ketchup. And also salsa word came from our son. Like....stop stealing other culture. Yes is beautiful we share it, but is not yours!!!
@@caribbeannekoak4188 Vete pal cara* o! You're a hater.
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was the son of an Afro Caribbean mother from St. Croix, the Danish West Indies and his dad was a European immigrant from Germany. But none the less he was the founder of Afro Puerto Rican culture being known to all Afro Latinos and all of the African diaspora.
Arturo Schomburg was PUERTO RICAN.
I know he was Puerto Rican. Arturo was not Afro Latino. Arturo was German European on his father's side and his mom as I stated was an Afro Caribbean immigrant from the then Danish West Indies. In particular, Saint Thomas.
She has an England accent she is very beautiful not only in looks, but at heart she a keeper for sho
Thank you for the history!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial mist definitely fam!
That was impressive
As a puerto Rican man what she said in video is correct she did good job explaining it .. we are of African roots and we love and embrace our roots ..its who we are ..
This lesson was absolutely beautiful. It's one of the few that goes into Puerto Rican Afro-history and mentions both the "Spanish Edict of 1664" and the "Royal Decree of Graces" of 1815 which came later. What a wonderful educational job. It caused me to research a little more on the "Grito de Lares". Thank you so much for this. It's well appreciated.
Thank you so much for your wond words and for taking the time to watch and comment. You have made my day!
@@FreedomIsMineOfficialYou are most welcome. God bless you.
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial
Yahya Ibn Yaish was the progenitor of Negro's in America
Yahya Ibn Yaish according to the Jewish encyclopedia vol 12, he was born in Portugal around 1150. After doing some tasks for the king at the time he was given some land and took the last name Negro. His son Yahia Ibn Rabbi went by the name "The Negro".
Yahia Ben Rabbi (c.1145 - 1222) (pronounced YAH-hee-yah), also known as Yahia the Negro, was a Portuguese nobleman. He was reputed to be a direct descendant of the Hebrew exilarchs of ancient Babylonia (Iraq) that claimed direct descent from the Biblical King David and was the eponymous progenitor of the Ibn Yahya family.
Ben Rabbi resided in Lisbon and was respected by Sephardic Jews as well as by King Afonso I of Portugal, who knighted him for his courage by awarding him the title, "Lord of the Aldeia dos Negros" (English: Village of the Negroes).
His family was huge found in multiple European countries.
His family fell victim to both the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions.
Spain instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 before decreeing the expulsion of all Jews from Spain in 1492. Tens of thousands of Spanish Jews fled Spain, including to Portugal, where King John II granted them asylum in return for payment. However, the asylum was withdrawn after eight months, with the Portuguese government decreeing the enslavement of all Jews who had not left Portugal. In 1493, King John deported several hundred Jewish children to the newly formed colony of São Tomé.
Meaning and Origin of: Moreno
Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic) : nickname for someone with dark hair and a swarthy complexion, from Spanish and Portuguese moreno 'dark-haired', a word of uncertain origin, probably from Late Latin maurinus, a derivative of classical Latin Maurus 'Moor'.
Marranos were Spanish and Portuguese Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity during the Middle Ages, but continued to practice Judaism in secrecy.
Archaeologists Find Bound Bodies Of Enslaved Africans In Portuguese Trash Dump.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/03/22/archaeologists-find-bound-bodies-of-enslaved-africans-in-portuguese-trash-dump/amp/
Skeletons Of Jewish Victims Of Inquisition Discovered In Ancient Portuguese Trash Heap
www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/08/18/skeletons-of-jewish-victims-of-inquisition-reveal-bodies-of-jewish-people-were-tossed-in-trash-heap/?sh=653d542f6057
The first references to Portuguese presence in the United States were recorded before the American Revolution (Library of Congress, 1998, June 10).
They relate to a group of Portuguese and Spanish Sephardic Jews fleeing religious persecution. Their journey took them from Portugal through Holland and Brazil before they arrived in New York. (Stillman & Stillman, 1999).
Mathias de Sousa, believed to be of Jewish decent, is deemed to be the first documented Portuguese settler in present-day United States, arriving in Maryland in 1634 (Library of Congress, 1998, June 10).
readtheplaque.com/plaque/mathias-de-sousa-the-first-black-marylander
Mathias de Sousa was the first black Marylander. Of African and Portuguese descent, he was one of nine indentured servants brought to Maryland by Jesuit missionaries and was on The Ark when Lord Baltimore’s expedition arrived in the St. Mary’s River in 1634. His indenture finished by 1638 and he became a mariner and fur trader. In 1641 he commanded a trading voyage north to the Susquehannock Indians and, in 1642, sailed as master of a ketch belonging to the Provincial Secretary John Lewger. De Sousa departed and returned to this river many times. He anchored near here and walked to Lewger’s Manor House at St. John’s. While living there he served in the 1642 legislative assembly of freemen. No record remains of de Sousa’s activities after 1642 but his legacy of courage and success is regarded with great pride by all the citizens of St. Mary’s County and Maryland." -- Historical Marker dedicated Oct. 12, 1987.
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In the Black Spanish speaking community, Reggaeton's first Artist, was " El General " From Panama. He was singing, 10-15 before daddy yankee, and the others.
It was definitely started in panama by Jamaican migrants.
Unity will only really happen when the light skinned bashing ends! A lot of Louisiana Creoles moved to Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic in the early 19th Century.
Blackness is given and taken away when it's convenient, and when mixed and multiracial people complain it's almost always dismissed or minimized.
Yeah many Puerto Ricans check White on the USA census when in fact the majority are actually Pardos which are a mix of European, African, And Amerindian yeah
Agreed
Barbosa was the founder of the Republican Party. When I was living in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I remember the Republican Party of Puerto Rico the leaders of the party call Barbosa a great 👍🏿 puertoricans.
Boriqua with Pride.Blessed to be freakin Rican
We are the Rainbow People ... we come in all shapes, colours and sizes :-)
This lady has an amazing mixture of UK and Hispanic overtones ....
Love it!
Another additional fact is that American actor Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. is of Afro Latino origin, specifically Dominican.
You would make a good teacher at school I am sure. Man you pretty too. Thanks for the history lessons Queen. apttmh
DNA,DNA,DNA.LETS BE HONEST WITH OWN SELF.NO FRUSTRATION, BE PROUD FOR WHAT YOU ARE!
Great video from Jamaica... Reggaeton came from Shabba Ranks Dem bow song. Mad respect
Don't forget El General bredren.
reggaeton started in Panama...obviously because most of afro Panamanians are of Jamaican descendants, but was made by afro Panamanians. Puerto Rico Appropriateed it..just as they tried to do with Cuban Salsa music....
@@caribbeannekoak4188 Boriquas were influenced by others and created Reggaeton. Music is universal and its one of the things that brings us all together just like delicious food. The Carribean is on another level.
@@badapplenyc regueton was created by panamanians..not boricuaa. And yes, music is made to share..but not appropriate. They are literally telling everyone is theirs...and that's not ok. Because that's stealing other countries history.
@@caribbeannekoak4188 Who is they?
My Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. I m like really
Not sure if you're aware, but shomberg mother was from Virgin Islands and his father from Germany.. So yes, his nationality is PR, and his race is Bi-racial, although his phenotype is that of a mix black.. Carter G Woodson, the father of Afro American history, encouraged Shomberg to study black history..Somberg first book was about Haiti.
How many videos do you have on Afro Latinos?
Hiya! Oooh, I have quite a few! There is a playlist on black history in Latin America on the RUclips channel if you're interested 😊
Of course I'm interested, I'll watch them. Keep doing what you are doing 👏.
If you're up for som dry but solid reading pick up a book called Columbus at Caonabó for an extremely detailed history of how the islands were colonized, where the African people they brought to the island came from and why islands like Haiti have a lower percentage of surviving Taino heritage. We are a diaspora people and we are proud of who we have become and where we have been gleaned from
my dad is afro puerto rican and my mom is afro american 🇵🇷✊🏾
Mi Gente
🇵🇷✊🏽❤
We are ar thankful to Family Search for helping us find out t that Our ancestor, Simon Cotto came from theTari people, a tribe originally from Burkina Fazzo.
Does having african dna in 2 dna test results count? Im of puerto rican descent im light like a light native american with facial hair and have tri-racial or indigenous, african & European dna only of different percentages/ i dont have any other like india, mongolian, china, etc. In my 2 dna results
How much ya got
I appreciate the history.
Schomburg is my hero.
Proud to be Afro Pureto Rican. ✊🏽
Viva Puelto Lico! Mi favolita isla!
So I completely understand how lighter skinned Puerto Rican musicians might be more palatable, but I have to disagree on why there aren't as many now. For the most part a lot of the emerging and best performing artists happen to be lighter skinned. There are still darker artists who are also among the best including Ozuna, Myke Towers, Anonimous, and various others. Akon is known to hang out in the streets of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic whom is fluent in Spanish as well, with a Spanish Album. Bad Bunny was probably the first artist to come out with a tribute to Kobe as well (RIP). I do hope that more artists of color will emerge to show our broad and beautiful mix. There are various reggaeton artists who have sought out the best rappers for collaborations to combine sounds and culture. I hope this will continue as well. Many Puerto Rican artists will always show respect to our Black brothers and sisters who have paved the way for reggaeton artists to be where they are today.
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There should be more parts to this story like you did with Colombia and Cuba being Puerto Rican myself I love my Puerto Rican Africanos you should try their cuisine it’s amazing I love it all and their ceremonies are very similar to ones in Nigeria like Santeria and when a baby dies they throw like “party” called a “bequine” a lot food music dance to celebrate the babies life
❤️🇵🇷👍🏻
Well nice i m afro taino its all i m and i see where she coming from
Let’s keep this energy when tracking Puerto Rican heritage here in America when it comes to 400 years of slavery.
Am a taino boricua with some french in me girl an am happy 😁😁😁 with that forget the rest✌️✌️
TO THIS 'AFRICAN DESCENT' BLOGGER ["FREEDOM IS MINE"], MANY THANKS TO THOSE "NATIVE HISTORIANS' MOST REQUESTED, AFRO-RESIDENTIAL CULTURE ['PUERTO RICO']," AND Y'ALL, "LATEST HISPANIC THRU ENGLISH TRANSLATOR, VIVA PUERTO RICO!!” 🥃🌯🍧
ohhh okay, what part of AFRICA??
Where is ozuna
I saw him in concert! 😊
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial ozuna afro Puerto Rican
Yes indeed!
Yes, and he’s also Afro-Dominican Originating from Dominican Republic and i love him so much❤
Very diverse history, but Puerto Ricans today are not a independent country and are merging with the USA in parallel to Hawaii…
Okra is not used in normal PR cuisine.
Ok thanks
Yup okra and many other vegetation naturally came from Afrikaa
Plenty in Hawaii I'm one
How are you afro??
What about African diaspora in Mongolia?
Africans in Mongolia?
@@arushanioshaka5600 is it??
@@ericktwelve11 what
@@arushanioshaka5600 I said "is it?"
SWEETHEART WHAT YOU Y'ALL DON'T GET AND YES WE ALL MIX BUT WE LOVE AND EE MARRY EACH OTHER WE DON'T HAVE YHE RACIAL ISSUES.
Do you Afro in Costa Rica?
Hey! I do not no, but it's on the list!
*...And white Puerto Ricans always say
No racism here. No racism in Puerto Rico papa.*
Puerto Rico has a different history from the U.S
What's the difference, exactly????
They both hate black people
@@lunakmbitou4198 Not at all. Puerto Rico never had segregation, never had Jim Crow laws, etc. People aren’t divided over there because they choose to identify with their nationality first not their race. Are you even Puerto Rican?
No. I'm not Puerto Rican... that's why I said it. IF I WAS Puerto rican I'd try to hide it like you guys...
You said.. I should come to Puerto Rico and see. WHY??????
Do you want me to get killed because of my skin color?????
Theres no white Puertoricans we all mix am pale and my grandpa is dark and my face expressions are the same as his. We mix skin color look white but with the Taíno and African expressions.
Count me teach me about chocolate brown Puerto Ricans🇵🇷 I'd like to know Afro-Puerto Rican history , bomba dancing, traditions. How slavery started in Puerto Rico. Since I'm interested in Animation I want to create Black Puerto Rican animation characters. I want write plays about Afro-Puerto Ricans🇵🇷🇵🇷 as well. I gave 👍 👍 👍 I need to learn about African descent in the Caribbean, Latin America more
Is this host afro Puerto Rican she really beautiful?? 😍🌹
Best wishes to the Puerto Rican people, hope they become independent one day.👍
Yes, agreed! Thank you for watching, as always 😊
Nope they will always belong to the United States of America and why would they want to become Independent and as a matter of fact they want to become a US State so that whole thing about independence will never happen since they are Americans with their double nationality too of being Puerto Rican ( Edit ) 🇺🇲 ❤ 🇵🇷
@@jamesthomas5109 I originally mean't to touch 🇵🇷 but I touched 🇱🇷 by accident so its no big deal but like I said earlier Puerto Rico will always belong to the United States of America so there is no such thing as independence in this time or ever cause they are forever still part of the US ❤✊🏿much luh
🇺🇸 ❤ 🇵🇷 now thats better mane ya tu sabe 💯🔥
@@whadupyoo6387 your correct because I know many Puerto Ricans and the rest of Puerto Rico doesn't want to become Independent from the USA and don't pay attention to that because I too make text errors in youtube
@@whadupyoo6387 Agreed
I would like to know if the girl in the video permed or teased her hair....to look more ethnic its a serious question. Ever since Rachel Dolezal and her hair ya need to ask
It's all natural!
Her hair is natural I see Wat kind of person u r
We are of mixed race in Latin America. We are European, Native and African.
Shut up. I'm Black Puerto Rican descent
@@ninpobudo3876 no need for that.
Carter G Woodson Father of Black History.
Very proud if my afro boricuas proudly they make Puerto Rico how it is the only one I don't like very much but deeply respect him is barbosa despite his very inpressive and well earned success u don't like him for the fact that he started the PNP the new progressive party and started a traitor statehood movement which I am not in favor and look at pedro albizus campo as my greatest role model and independience fighter viva Puerto Rico libre 🇵🇷
oooh I think thre is more than 50% of all population of Puerto Rico.
In Latino America, the policy of minoration of the black population is a rule (keep them in the infiriority mind).
And secondly some of light skin don't accepet to be identifed like Afro, so reduce the official number.
Example Venezuela, before 2017 they said that officially there were 15-30% Afro
once Ugo Chavez became president and claimed to be the first Afro president in America, and promoted black culture, and black identity, which Maduro moreover continued, the latest 2017 population census gives 54% of Venezuela is Afro.
The situation in Brazil, before Lula became president, the official speach said black are minority, 10 years of Lula politic in Brazil, with black promotion identity, and black culturel proud gave a another result 2009 or 2010 after a new census of the population more than 54% reconized to be black people.
So that means be carfull about the nomber of Afro in these latino countries. It's depend of the PROUD of black people or not. Some of them prefere to clam be, white or indigenoous (idian) if there are mixed, mainly on the caraïbe islands like Puerto rico and so one
Its probably around like 65% afro descendant.. 20% being black, and 45% being biracial and triracial
in Cuba..ot says 65% white..from those actually 20% has more than 70% of European genes
We are not a diaspora no sean disparateros we are puertoricans.
Rega'ton is mainstream nothing subversive about it
But we have many different ritims of music because of all the different cultures that came to our island yet it still beautiful melting pot.
JlLO is not so light compleced...... She is of mixed race...... With African descent!
Real Reggaetón is Reggae En Español/Plena/Regueton but Puerto Rican style of Plena is mixed in with Hip Hop influences so Panama is the original place where Reggae En Español/Plena/Regueton comes from and Bad Bunny is mainly a Trap Rapper and the styles of Trap music that he does is Mainstream which is the original Trap sound and he also does Traphall which is a style of Trap music that has a Dancehall/Afrobeat influences and usually is similar and imitates the Dembow rhythm which is a style of Dancehall but if Traphall is sung in Spanish then its Trapetón but Trapetón can also refer to the original sound of Mainstream Trap being sung in Spanish as well.
Thank you for this!
🇯🇲 happy someone knows that
smart guy...yess...Salsa and regueton are NOT from Puerto Rico. Salsas origin in Cuba and regueton is Panama
@@caribbeannekoak4188 Alrighty oo smart girl, somebody seems a bit triggered by the truth that they acknowledge 🤷♂️
@@dalzvert9206 ......I'll proceed to ignore you. Ignorancia and arrogance is not something I like to fight against..there's nothing worse than and arrogant ignorant
I mean daddy Yankee and wisin y Yandel are famous for their talent not because they are more paletable?? there are plenty of black famous Puerto Ricans despite PR not having so much Afro decent people.
Any one anywhere will tell you PR not Racist im Dominican and we and we basically black and we are more racist than them if anything 🤣😂😂
@@folgendeinemtraumen995 what?
The notion that Dominicans are "more black" comes from older white Puerto Ricans who hate immigrants and i think its total crap. I do think DR has more black people, but not drastically more. PR prolly has 65% of ppl with significant african blood, DR has like 80% of ppl with significant african blood. Both islands and Cuba are blacker than other Latin Ameicans but whiter than other Caribbeans and are very culturally similar. Overall that notion comes from the fact most of the DRs that immigrate to PR are poorer and often of haitian desecnt, and sadly DR is pretty racist so most of the poor ppl are really black. But DR is just as diverse as PR. Im both, go to the south of DR, ppl are dark cause thats where most slave ports were, go north to El Cibao and people look more lightskin and even white. In PR the east most ppl are darker skin a lot more black people, and go to the west or mountains and more people are lightskin and white. Even cuba is the same ive heard but never been, the east is very black and the west is very white
@@el_padron_1795 honestly I don't think DR is racist I was kidding more than anything there are plenty of rich black or mixed people in DR as far as the ports being in the south so more black people that's incorrect also many whites fled to PR and Cuba post Hatian Revolution hence they are more European.
Que pasa?
You all commenters, there was not black and white people in all Caribbean Islands.they was Tainos,Caribbean and others native.thats the true.we cann not change that.AMEN
umjum..but they died in huge numbers..in Cuba we even thought they were extinct..and recently we found 1 family...1
Black People have to gatekeep our culture at all costs. We love inviting everyone to the cookout too much. We seek validation from those who don't like us. If we're not careful we're going to end up like Afro Puerto Ricans & Afro Brazilians with our culture diluted &/or erased.
How else do you expect other cultures to learn, when you say things like inviting to the cookout too much. There’s no reason to validate anything, only to be prideful and highlight the aspects of the culture
you sad! and you sound jealous
@@R.G.Willmore wah?
@Tim Asuna Afro Latinos refers to people of African Descent who happens to be in a Latin American country because that's where the slave ship took them. There's plenty of DARKskinned Black Afro Latinos just like there's DARKskinned Afro Jamaicans(of which I'm one), Afro Trinidadians, Afro Haitians, African Americans, Afro Mexicans,etc.
@@26chiapet yea nah.
Bad bunny clearly had African blood lol
who?
@@annt.7785 reggaeton artist bad bunny
Little bit
@@arushanioshaka5600 More than a little bit!
exactly..that curly kinky hair and those features talks by themselves..he is clearly mixed black
I took one of those DNA tests and showed that I’m 16% Taino 5% African and the rest is of European descent
*LIAR!!* 16% is very high for Taino!! Alot more African then you want to admit!!
@@vicgodsucks1157 you think so ?
@@ELHIJODEPU I know so!
@@ELHIJODEPU I'm Black American/Louisiana Creole and Afro Puerto Rican my Ancestry test says: about 85% African and the rest European and 0% Taino. On another test I'm 55% African, 24% European 12% Native and the rest Asian... My Myhertiage test is similar to Ancestry results but with almost 2% Inuit Indian and genetic community Puerto Rican/Louisiana-Creole/African American. I believe dude
This is the problem with outsiders talking about our history. Puerto Rico is a multiracial multicultural nation. The struggles of black Puerto Ricans are the struggles of EVERY PUERTO RICAN!! In schools in PR they teach us we are PERTO RICANS. They don’t put us in boxes. Schools teach us we are 1 made out of 3 races. We know where our music, our gastronomy, our dances come from. Puerto Rico isn’t USA where white Americans are called AMERICANS and Americans who happen to be black are called black Americans. Your racist countries have made you racist and y’all just go around creating division. Stay away from Puerto Rico and focus on changing your messed up country.
African and Black blood is not the majority of Puerto Rico. Miscregation has made sure of that. Being Puerto Rican has many races not just African or Black. Having Black slaves back in the day does not make Puerto Ricans Black.
Most Puerto Ricans have between 15% to 70% African admixture, you have no Idea what you're talking about. Slave owners often intermarried with Spanish and Native women, unlike the Slave Owners in the United States and other Non Spanish Caribbean countries. One could marry themselves into freedom.
@@bori16 You also help my argument that Ricans have no attachment to African American culture or history, each have there own experiences. You say in PR you could marry to freedom unlike in the USA the Blacks and slaves are different in culture and experiences, yet the Puerto Ricans today bogart and appropriate African American history and cultural cause they the Puerto Ricans are bigots and racist
I know plenty of Puerto Ricans that want acknowledge they're African heritage! They are a rich mixture of 3 races!
@@vicgodsucks1157 There not though you.cant divide equally into thirds! Eventually the dominant dna will result in what most Puerto Ricans are mainly European. Of course there are some Afro Latinos they are the minority. White European blood is the strongest. African culture such as food or bomba y plenta does not make you ethnically Negroid or African. Also the secret that most Puerto Ricans never talk about is the North African blood that is strong. Puerto Ricans have been lied to about the true history. Its like people in the Southern States all claiming African case Black Slaves integrated in the culture, customs and food. Its a BS lie. Black is cool so its promoted and Taino is always hidden. This is why I say PR plays on stereotypes, colorism and are racist
Teasing out your hair like Bruno Mars and growing a baby soft fro does not make you African or Black.
We afro in Puerto Rico inside Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican not outside Puerto Rico !is a lot we to be us and some hate since 1800s
My GOD WHEN WILL TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PUERTO RICO DAMN, THERE WAS 35% BLACKS IN PR BEFORE C.C. NO ONE NEVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
Because its not true
@@principalitycidade4323 yes it is true
@@armandodelafonte5630 bruh before you know it kung fu will be invented by africabs, dude these are lies to male african people feel better
What’s C.C.?
@@woodcrest4655 Christopher Columbus
Bad bunny is jabao 😅, he is afro descendant.
I didn’t know that. Thank you 😊
another US Propaganda video to divide Puerto Rico
US territory Puerto Rico will always belong to the United States of America and hopefully they will become the 51st state If Liberia actually manages to join the US though but hopefully Puerto will annexed to statehood ❤✊🏿
🇺🇸 ❤ 🇵🇷 = Aye mane ya tu sabe lo ke ay papi 💯🔥
Liberia is independent nationa not under America anymore.
USA wants to keep PR as a territory aka *COLONY!!*
*NO SOY NEGRO, SOY PUERTO RICANO!!* I heard that a million times! 🙄🙄
That’s true, but I honestly believe that’s more to do with negative connotations of African Americans due to propaganda. There’s also a lot of gatekeepers in the AA communities that will tell you you’re not black or even mixed if you don’t look like that stereotype of a mixed person. I have a very Afrocentric style and I get checked on it often, because of my racial ambiguity. Online, my my DNA test results are posted and my percentages are laughed at. Not understanding that no matter how little admixture 15% btw OUR culture is Still Afro-descendant.
And before a comment from someone else says that’s not enough to be considered mix, I’m also 15% Indigenous which makes me mixed Tri-racial. No matter my phenotype that people claim looks European.
@@bori16 But also there are alot in PR that,are raised to deny their African heritage!! I'm a pecan tan and have 27% white! But both of my parents are dark chocolate complexion! I tan dark brown in the summer, I was told as a child by my great auntie I to stay out of the sun, you're getting too black!! My mom always told me, "Be proud to tan dark, it's better than to burn like my high yellow great aunts!"
@@vicgodsucks1157 I don’t disagree. I have medium brown to light skin to beige family. We’re pretty mixed and I heard all the crap from their parents and even some cousins telling me that my skin tone is good if I only tan a little, but don’t get too dark. I’m very light skinned basically white with olive undertones. My grandparents from my dads side are caramel complected and my moms side are YT. All have 2-3C hair and I have cousins with 3/4 type hair. All same ancestry and yet we all look different. So I’m not giving an excuse, just context. My mom always said we were mixed, the only people that ever said I was white was monoracial black people.
@@bori16 You're right, but AA in the USA are mixed with something!! My grandmother on my mom side were mestizo and my dad side is dark skinned!! You have African heritage were it counts, you have a beautiful Negra body!!