Living in Puerto Rico as an African American (2022)
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Living in Puerto Rico as an African American (2022)
Want to know what it is like living in Puerto Rico in 2022 be sure to watch this video! Puerto Rico is such an amazing place to live and it offers so much to those who reside here on the island. Living in Puerto Rico is not like any other place. This video will detail the pros and cons of living in Puerto Rico in 2022 as an African American.
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My favourite of all time, you guys are looking so cute.. and congratulations again on your new arrival 👏
Thank you so much and glad you enjoyed the video!!!
The whole gringo go home sentiment is not toward you personally. Its how us as Puerto Ricans feel about American foreigners period. Doesnt matter what race. Unfortunately with Act 20 and 22 investors come here and raise up the prices, buy property and then treat us as we are foreign in our own home. Its not disrespecting your "African America" heritage. Also if you do not speak spanish well and cannot communicate your intentions people will assume that you are just another "gringo" coming in to take something from us while offering nothing in return. As that has been happening with the majority of foreigners coming to PR. Also you said that you pay taxes just not the same, so im assuming you came here under Act 22 to skirt around taxes being paid to the US. Well guess who that falls on? Us!
Of course the whole movement is not towards us but you all shouldn’t be focusing that energy to ANYONE with black skin IMO knowing the history of America and how black people are treated on the mainland. IMO when you all stop coming over to African American neighborhoods when you migrate to the US you can tell me to stop coming here. Like how dare you fix your mouth to tell me where I can and can not navigate to when you come to the mainland and literally take over my neighborhoods boy bye. Lol talking about who you think pays for what lol your prejudice and anti blackness is showing.
We are all oppressed here get over yourself.
when PR come to the US to AA neighborhoods with your broken English I didn’t make all these excuses just welcomed you with open arms and we craved out spaces in our neighborhood for you to live and thrive. Most PR from the mainland will tell you they lived mostly in AA neighborhoods wtf you think that falls on. We fought so your behind could even be welcomed on our land. if it wasn’t for my ancestors yaw couldn’t even move freely in the US because don’t forget they practice the one drop rule. You can check white all you want but in the US they see you as black and your black behind would still be sitting in the back of the bus next to us if we didn’t rise up against discrimination. When yaw come to the US yaw get sent to the ghettos aka black neighborhoods using up the limited resources my community fought literally giving their lives to have and shared it with you…. Get over yourself sir. Like you really have the audacity to come talk to me about resources and who is paying for something lol the Spaniard is jumping out of you. Someone gives you kindness you repay them by telling them they should remain in oppression because it helps you boy bye lol sounding like Christopher Columbus himself. I’m not living in oppression so you can thrive….sorry that ain’t an option.
I don’t believe in taxation…IMO it’s slavery. So we are just going to have to disagree on this one and move on.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK So let me get this straight, you say I am being anti-black yet in the same breath you have audacity to say that "we" come over to the "mainland" with our "broken english" taking over your neighborhoods? As if my people had a choice. If it was up to us we wouldnt want to be anywhere near your neighborhoods. You literally have no idea what poverty is, nor what its like to be under the boot of the USA for over 100 years where my people have had no choices but to move from their home to seek a better life. And you think you can go to my country and have this sort of mentality? I dont give a shit if your husband is Jamaican, hes not Puerto Rican. And how exactly am i oppressed? I am only speaking to you because of my "proximity" to you? What the hell are you even saying. I swear all you foreigners are the same. Doesnt matter what color. We do not want you here. You are a prime example and the reason why you dont feel welcomed. On top of that you do not, learn the culture or language. You all sit and collect your money and screw the natives over. Fuck off. I hope they kick you out. Your husband talks about "disrespect" and not to lump you in with the rest of the gringos. GTFOH. And then all of you hide in San Juan, Condado, Dorado y Palmas Del Mar. Go back to whatever shithole you came from.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK Its crazy that you edit your comment to make yourself sound better than me. At no point was I being anti-black. But keep saying that we left PR to take over your neighborhoods as if we wanted to or even had a choice. Maybe you should read the history of the colony you reside in now. I already said it had nothing to do with you being black. But you want to perceive it that way, thats on you. We never saw ourselves as Americans anyway, it was not our choice. You really have the audacity to tell me as a Native Puerto Rican that yall fought for us so we can live there? We never wanted to be Americans to begin with! Youre just as bad as the blancos who move here. What because my skin is a tad bit melinated now all of a sudden, i wont be see as white? I dont care lmao, Im Puerto Rican first, sure my ancestors came from Southern Spain, so what? How do i sound like Christopher Columbus if i said ALL FOREIGNERS REGARDLESS OF RACE. You dont get a pass because youre black, youre still a foreigner and are not welcome.IM sure you and your husband are there for Act 22 which doesnt benefit Native Puero Ricans, but benefits vultures like you who want to live this "island life" while nothing in return is given to the community GTFOH.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK You know, im getting sick and tired of you guys always victimizing your self about the history of america and how black people are treated on the mainland. MY GUY , PUERTORICANS WHERE ENSLAVED TOO ! did you know that there was a race of natives on the island called Tainos at one point ? atleast yall can claim to be full blooded while our natives dont even exist in full blood because of the mass genocide / slavery that happened ! We pretty much went through everything your people have gone through but thats not even the point im trying to address here. ill start with a few.
"Like how dare you fix your mouth to tell me where I can and can not navigate to when you come to the mainland and literally take over my neighborhoods boy bye" This statement right here is one of the most ignorant ive seen from someone that claims to know what oppression and prejudice is. This is why colors dont matter with you americans, a gringo will always be just a gringo.
"Lol talking about who you think pays for what lol your prejudice and anti blackness is showing. " Did you know that the average Puerto Rican individual carries 12% Native American, 65% West Eurasian (Mediterranean, Northern European and/or Middle Eastern) and 20% Sub-Saharan African DNA ? NO ONE is anti black here, we celebrate our roots ! we even have a holiday based around it ! that "prejudice and anti blackness" bullshit yall always cling to wont be working here.
"I’m not living in oppression so you can thrive…" Yeah, anyone that goes from a better place to a less established economy will always thrive.... in your case by using act 20 and 22 like nigel ortiz said and raising up prices, buying out property in bulk displacing the locals and then treat us like we are foreign in our own home... yee, this sounds familiar. almost as if its happening in Hawaii at the momment or something.
"When yaw come to the US yaw get sent to the ghettos aka black neighborhoods using up the limited resources my community fought literally giving their lives to have and shared it with you…. " You mean goverment resources that are ment to be given to all american citizens in need there for NOT your resources to give ? sure .
im not going to continue much further with this, ive read enough and you are beyond a lost cause. But... for your sake, id delete your reply before it goes viral... because if it does, you're not going to have a good time on the island anymore. considering that with what ive seen from your reply, youre a prime target for the gringo go home movement, and some of them are not the kindest around.
@GetIntoTheBLACK I guess you don't believe in streets, or firefighters, or public schools, or militaries, or food stamps for the poor, or aid for natural disasters. What an absolutely idiotic thing to say.
You say you don't think you should be treated badly because you're black and your ancestors were exploited. But you come and exploit a different people as though you have some sort of moral exclusion. Not good. Not good.
Also, most stateside Puerto Ricans I know live in Latin communities. Not African communities. I see Puerto Ricans living with Cubans, Dominicans, Mexicans, and other people with Latin heritage. So that whole paragraph seems rather tone deaf, imo.
In my behalf, welcome to Puerto Rico guys. I am puertorrican and when I moved to Puerto Rico, people were telling me without knowing me that I was better off in the United States then here, well I came love my island and been here 25yrs. It's how I made my life here its what counts. I don't have to worry about if I lose the job I'll be without a home. Houses here are not that expensive as in the USA. My life now is fishing and just taking it easy.
I love it! People told us similar things as well. I respect those that left because I understand for them things were not easy and what the island had to offer was not what they needed at the time but what the island has to offer is perfect for me. I feel like the mainland is too stressful and people live to work we were ready to work to live!
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I appreciate this video. I’m in San Juan and there are definitely pros and cons to being on island.
Thank you so much for your comment! Glad you liked the video. I see that you are currently in San Juan. Hope that you and your love ones are doing well after Fiona. Do you have any pros and/or cons you would like to add to the discussion?
Can you please share your pro and cons.
We are thinking about having other black people who stay here to share their pros and cons you just inspired me!
Thanks again for the videos! I subscribed to y’all’s channel! I’ll be out there the end of October.
You’re welcome! And hmu so we can hang when you get here!
A predominant amount of people in Puerto Rico have African ancestry. So I don't understand what you mean when you say that black people in Puerto Rico "still live in certain areas". We're everywhere! My advice to you is to expand your network of LOCAL friends, and find out personally from them how much you have in common with people who may not visually look like you, but in reality are as African as you are. In Puerto Rico we don't have sub-cultures. All of us on the island, regardless of how "white", "brown", or "black" we look, we all grew up eating the Puerto Rican version of soul food, we all grew up listening to the same music, and we all grew up speaking with the same inflection and slang. Very different experience than for most people in the mainland.
So yes it’s true that people have black ancestry but the reality is most black identifying PR live in certain parts of PR. We have even had elders use the words segregation to describe how they have been sectioned to certain parts of PR.
My assessment is not only based on my discussion with locals but I’ve been studying black people in Latin/Caribbean countries since 2008. Love you and God bless
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure
Thanks guys for this valuable and informative video keep the gems coming Im a retired veteran thinking about heading your way,God bless
You’re welcome we try!
Well as a native Puertorriqueño I only have to say the following: I would like to say that everyone is welcome to our island especially because we’re a hospitable people but I also have to say that if you come to our island and try to exert your culture on ours we will defend our culture. And it’s not necessarily about discrimination (in most cases) it’s because the culture in PR is VERY different to any of the cultures in mainland US. : I personally don’t like that you’ve experienced a different treatment because of your culture but again if you guys want to come in and change our culture so that you may fit in then we will defend our culture because after decades of mistreatment from the American people and government we don’t want to lose the few things we have that make us prideful. Living in Puerto Rico is not like moving to another state. We don’t have fragmented cultures that are connected under the state flag. Here the culture is pretty much universal with very rare exceptions and as someone told you the main differences we have between us are dependent on class.
We are African Americans we have our own culture and I think people just need to respect other people. Just because someone Is coming to live somewhere doesn’t mean they are trying to change your culture. That’s xenophobia when you just fear outsiders. You can say it’s not discrimination but it is exactly that and there are some practices that people do within their culture that they come to accept as the norm but it is in fact discrimination. The idea that individual families are moving to PR and trying to impose their culture on all of PR just doesn’t make any sense. As you stated America doesn’t even have a centralized culture really. We are a melting pot of cultures. Individual People aren’t coming and imposing their culture on PR they are just coming and living but because you all feel threatened and have normalized discriminatory practices you engage in them and don’t even realize it’s discriminatory. This isn’t unique to PR though this happens around the world. Everyone fears the outsider like they are going to come in and take something from you. Granted that can be true on some levels but PR and America has been connected for far too many years and people have been going back and forth moving around forever. If Americans were coming to force Puerto Ricans to assimilate they would’ve done so a long time ago.
Arrived on the island a week ago. Established i Aguadilla becuz it was once an air force base and fits my spirit.
How awesome!!! Welcome to the island🌴 how are you enjoying things?
It is so similar to Guam Marshall islands Dominican Republic..this shall be home
@@simonmichaelglover6546 happy hear that❤
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@@GetIntoTheBLACK I always wanted to live in another country. Watching your video really changed my perspective of Puerto Rico. Your pros and cons were great! And I love to support my people so I definitely liked and subscribed! I thought it was a great video! Keep up the great work 🫶🏾
@@melanierobinson4152 nice! We love to hear it and thank you so much for sharing what you liked about the channel. We want to be sure to continue to bring you all great stories and information. We are thinking about doing a series where we interview people who left places like the USA and Canada to move to PR. Sounds like that would be something you would be interested in watching ?
Also please be sure to check out our PR playlist. If you liked this video you we sure to find another in that playlist that you will enjoy.
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This was amazing and I'm definitely interested in the move and I would love to get in contact with you kind people
Glad you enjoyed the video best way to contact us would be via social media
Greetings! I really appreciate your video! I am looking to move me and my children to puerto rico! I’m wondering if there’s a service that you offer to help me navigate throughout this move?
Hey happy to hear about you making the move! What were offer are consulting services to help you with your transition. If interested you can contact me on iG (Jade) I’ll then make sure to get you in contact with Yo to set up a meeting.
Congratulations on moving to Puerto Rico and yes Puerto Rico is a beautiful place. That is why after visiting the first time I decided to buy there, because of the love that was shown to me. My husband is Puerto Rican born in New York and went to live in Puerto Rico at the age of 15 before moving back to the states. I am Jamaican but travel a lot of countries. I agree with most of what you’re saying, especially the family oriented part. However, you guys are talking on a topic that is very important to the stabilization of the local people. And, I think to get more of an understanding to why they are saying gringos go home you need to live there for about 3 years. Most families are displaced because of some gringos who are moving there. As a result, they can’t find affordable homes or places to rent, they are forced out of their apartments to accommodate people who are coming from the mainland. And, the gringos take advantage of the tax incentives and never give back to the local in any form of job creation , community development or social development programs. As a result, they are experiencing gentrification on their island. A very valid reason for them to call it out, based on what is going on. When my husband visits the island they call him gringo too. Unfortunately, you guys are caught up in it now. I would not take it personally unless you guys are a part of the problem. If blacks join black only communities then we will have communities where it’s just us. Yes, I have noticed that Loiza is predominately an African Puerto Rican community, who are some proud people. They have festivals yearly and all the locals from different countries of the island go and celebrate there. It’s not like what you guys are thinking. They like it like that , I have been there to eat and they treated me like a gringo, they did not care about my color being black they saw a visitor. I honestly wouldn’t say that Puerto Rico is having a racism issue because most of them or dark skin people. And, most Puerto Ricans will tell you they have a black grandmother regardless of their white color. And, most embraced their African heritage. Also, black Americans or the local can live anywhere on the island as long as they can afford it. I have been visiting Puerto Rico for 10 years now, and I always feel safe and welcomed. Everywhere in the world you will find things that are different from your own country. It’s important to understand the culture first. And, instead of just reaching out to African American groups, I would suggest joining some of the local groups they are really friendly people for the most part. Because, if blacks only stick with blacks we will have communities like Loiza instead of diversity. I hope you guys find Puerto Rican communities where you guys can be apart of so you can enjoy the culture and don’t feel left out. And, to make it clear I am not saying it won’t happen there, especially now that the landscape is changing to where more whites are coming in. I am not seeing that now.
Dark, light or inbetween all of that doesn't matter. Puerto Ricans love and respect eachother in ways that white and black people unfortunately do not in the United States. Their views in this video is biased because thier "gringos".
Puerto Rico is multicultural!
Puerto Rico has Europeans which includes Spaniards, Italians, French, Germans, Jews, Arabs, and other Black cultures from different parts of the globe; and we live in harmony with each other!
Idk about all that…but go off lol
Of course you dont, you havent gotten interested in the history. There were migrations obviously from Spain, but also frim France, Jews and that I know of, of Germans as well.
@@LaAngie. I was replying more to the part about you all living in harmony not about not knowing the history clearly you haven’t watched our videos if you reached that conclusion. But like I said “go off” 😂
@@GetIntoTheBLACK "you all living in harmony?" Is this like a conception that you had or something? Can you actually put that in a real scenario? Do you hear every day fighting of who has more African/Taíno/Spaniard Blood? Can you actually put into context that super loose statement? Every place and culture has conflicts, I'm pretty sure you must know.
What videos are you referring to? The anti-blackness video?
Yes I do see anti blackness in PR not everyday but a lot it’s typically passive in the way people are described or how people say to not date certain shades of people etc. telling someone not to date someone because they are dark is antiblackness you’re literally stating don’t date them because they look black 🙄 oh and let’s not forget about the part about how dating white will help to improve the race. My guy there’s a whole video on here I have let me add that for ya🥰
I’m bringing my daughters on a trip to PR on the 21st-24th of this month (a week or so from now) ..I would love some pointers of what to do and what to shy away from while there ?… thank you
Hey!!! Just now seeing your comment for some reason it got held for review and idk this was even a thing lol you can always reach us on IG if you ever have questions. How you all enjoyed your time in PR.
I am awaiting word from the local DoDEA school in Aguadilla for a position. I look forward to connecting. GOD bless
Nice!!! Praying that you get the position and be sure to reach out to one of us via IG!
Considering it!
That’s awesome! Where are you currently living?
I think you’re our biggest fan at this point literally under every comment. Do you think this stopped people from coming? Also just fyi you all are American as well lol
Thank you everyone for watching! If you like this video check out our Puerto Rico playlist!
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You have to assimilate the culture and definitely learn de language even it's broken. I also tell my friends to stay as far as San Juan as they can because they will find a better price on a house and land but also small town folks.
I agree with learning the language and that will come in due time. I have come to realize that some people believe that assimilation is a good thing but that goes against my own believes regarding assimilation. When people are assimilating they are giving up their own customs and practices to take on another cultures and being that we are Black and come from a lineage that has constantly had their culture taken from them that is not something we are looking to do. We plan on keeping it Black and most importantly Black American. We believe that there is space for everyone’s culture to be appreciated and if it requires assimilation for someone to treat you with respect and kindness those are not the kind of people we want to be around nor do business with but thank you for the suggestion.
And yes if people want affordability forsure have to get out of San Juan. We think of San Juan as an extremely touristy area which is always going to be expensive. I just think some people come from the US and they expect things to be extremely cheap. It’s like they think PR is Mexico lol
Don't pay attention to the Go Home Gringo thing. That is a protest against the gentrification of our island, something that African Americans on the mailand are quite familiar with... Go to an event where there is going to be Bomba y Plena played and danced. Even though african culture is fully integrated in our culture, like the language, music, food, art, dance etc. I suggest you Immerse yourself in the aspects of African culture Puerto Rico has to offer. OUR Roots are YOUR Roots.
God Bless you Both.
Thank you so much!!! We are ignoring them. We realize that is a very small percentage of PR. I personally love dancing Bomba. We have a few videos of us doing it. I want to take classes. The plans are to do so to help me work out after I have the baby. Thank you so much though for sharing with us. We are one King love you✨
I appreciate these videos, are you close to San Juan? I'm from Patillas and we have black Puertoricans, i live in a barrio. The gringo go home comes from locals who is the Americans come in they buy and make a profit they don't invest in the community they don't create community or assimilate and blend in. I would only use this term when I see big corporations trying to run poor people out of the beaches so that they can take a little house out and create a hotel or apartments.
I agree that the term should very much so be used to describe big corporations because the reality is what people are talking about are gentrifiers. To be a gentrifier you have to have immense wealth either as an individual or a group. Unfortunately there are some people within the movement who have been using it as a means to target those they just don’t care for. It’s not actually about the issue but rather their own xenophobia. We were all for the movement until we got lumped into the gringo term and that’s when we started to really sit back and analyze what it is that’s going on. Black Americans do not have wealth we barely even own property. When you start including Black Americans who are not wealthy it’s apparent that people are not actually researching who it is they are coming for they are just lumping people together. It’s because if you own a house in PR and you come from the US you’re a gentrifier and colonizer which just isn’t true. This is why we no longer support the movement because we feel it has been taken over by people who are just xenophobic and it has nothing to do with displacement.
Hold up...
1. Puerto Ricans ARE natives as the Tainos were NOT wiped out by the Spanish. Multiple genetic studies have been done that prove that Puerto Ricans today have Taino DNA. If you don't know how the Tainos survived I invite you to educate yourself on the subject. This island is our house, our ancestral land.
It is beyond disrespectful for any American to gaslight by questioning our lineage in order to justify our displacement. We are being colonized, and that's nothing to make light of.
2. If you really meant to operate differently you'd be here without the benefit of Act 60.....period.
Act 60 was imposed on us, we never had a say nor agreed to it. You're exploiting the colonial status of the island for personal gain and acting offended for natives calling it out doesn't change that. While you don't want to be lumped with the others you're profiting off the same law as they are.
P.S. You don't have the same rights as I do as a native....you've been given more. In fact, right now natives are being discriminated against in favor of Americans to purchase properties even when we have the money..... this is happening right now in our own house. And when Fiona hit, the predominantly American neighborhoods got power before the rest of us.....even before hospitals. But somehow Americans will play the victim and still wonder why we're pissed off. You're not victims....
You’re right I’m not a victim because I’m American I’m a victim because I’m BLACK.
You can be a victim but black people cant? They favor me huh lol we over here having real conversations about having to whitewash homes to ensure we get the accurate appraisal value. Please don’t speak for me
And I’ll believe that Tainos are here once you all start selecting it until then based on the numbers and how you all have been SELF identifying over 2/3s identify as white ONLY. You can say you’re Taino, you can say your black but are you really? All I have to say is when someone asks my black behind my race I don’t say I’m white lol
@@GetIntoTheBLACK "Don't speak for me but let me speak for almost 9 million Puerto Ricans." LOL ok bobos.
When did I speak for Puerto Ricans?
We are retired and want to move to Peurto Rico to live a more calm slow life how do we get started.
I would say first things is to figure out what’s the kind of life you want to know and which place on the island would give you that and then figure out cost to live your life and then just figure out how to cover the cost. If you need more individualized help reach out to myself or Yo via IG we do consulting for those interested in moving to PR
I think also that speaking the common language Spanish helps to connect people. Also, just my opinion, but I think the racism on the island is more ignorance than that hard-core racist hatred found on the mainland.
White supremacy is white supremacy. I would say they are expressed differently and it’s more covert but as far as impact it’s equal.
I don’t think we have an issue with connecting with people due to a language barrier. Sure that would expand our opportunities but most people here speak English or at least the people we interact with all speak enough English and we speak enough Spanish. We are in San Juan although Spanish is the main language in this area majority of people speak English. Especially the younger people. Most of the time people use me to practice their English on lol
The issues we have experienced don’t seem to be connected to language because other black people who we know who also speak Spanish have similar issues. We might be African American but we know black people from Cuba and the DR and they all have had similar issues. A lot seems to be xenophobia and anti blackness
@GetIntoTheBLACK Not trying to say that racism on the island is in any way acceptable or OK . It is there just like any place in the world . But having experienced it there and in the States. Plus, knowing the history and culture of both. There are differences. Being able to communicate in Spanish does make a big difference in the overall experience. And the ability to rule out misunderstandings and assumptions.
The fact is racism exists throughout the Caribbean and South America. That is the world we live in.
@GetIntoTheBLACK Xenophobia Yes, absolutely. Even against their own cousins who live and were raised in the States. Anti blackness 100 % . We both know the history of PR,Cuba,DR, and the rest of the Caribbean . That problem is global. I think, though, that through your positive interactions with the people is the seed for change. Especially the younger people. Good luck to you and your family.
@@7sonero7 so sounds like we agree I think the place we differ is in more on if you care or not. And what I think is really important is that I myself as a nonnative black person cannot speak for those who are native black here because we do not have the same experience. Based on my personal experiences and those of others I have heard I think the anti blackness here plays a large role in the disparities we see on the island.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK Its definitely not anti blackness. The majority of the island is mixed. You go to places like Loiza, Pinones, Santurce, etc there are plenty of people who are of african descent. Its in our culture. I think what it comes down to is foreigners in general or what is perceived as the "stereotypical" african american that is portrayed in movies, shows etc.
These African Americans from USA have CLASS and are VERY NICE people. Yes we have racicim in PR although its not as bad as is in USA. Its different but remember that we Puertoricans are in great number a blend of many things not necessarily with black or Indians, this is like a little USA. Me as a white and upper middle class Puertorican feel GLAD and HONOR of having dicent and nice people from USA here in the island. Please feel welcome and be safe please
Not true at all lmaooo they are worst ghetto and nasty
Glad you're enjoying yourself, just please stop inviting people. It's not your island to be advertising to others. People are getting priced out like crazy and can't find housing/are desperate. A lot of Boricuas are afraid they're going to lose their homeland. Gentrification is going crazy on the island right now.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK Well unfortunately for you, a lot of the native heres have significant indigenous blood and we are all that is left over of the original people that live here. And it's also not just a tiny percentage. That being said, it's true, a lot of us are majority white. It's still not your place to advertise our island for whatever benefit you may gain because you're not entitled to it or because everyone wants to "Live Boricua" all of a sudden. Not saying you can't live here, just the way it's being advertised to be exploited by you and your associates is disgusting. You're literally bringing in all the same problems you're trying to escape in the states and you don't even realize it.
Also unfortunately for you Puerto Ricans were made into citizens just in time to get drafted to fight wars for America and guess what? They were made into citizens against their will, so you can blame the colonizers you associate with for squeezing us into the hood with you and being equally marginalized. Stealing all our land from us and making us work in sugar cane farms or essentially plantations for ridiculous hours for little pay. As you know African Americans aren't the only Black people in the world that went through slavery and suffering as much as it may feel like it to you as Americans feel they are the center of the planet. Unfortunately everyone only learns about your suffering and not others.
The Spaniards stole this land from the indigenous and not the Africans who were brought here who yes, are entitled to this island, but you're not one of them and don't get to speak for them as they can and have been doing it themselves. A lot of Puerto Ricans fought along side you guys in the civil rights movement and actually defend AA's and have their backs at least from what I have experienced. I really do feel for what happened to African Americans at the end of the day cause that was straight up abuse, and I'm not even against you all but you're not about to tell me that that Boricuas are not entitled to their homeland that is getting stolen from them and has been exploited for more than a century. Your suffering is not more important than theirs.
Go about your day now cause I have my own opinion that a lot of people here share, don't care about your opinion either, and I'm also not changing my mind. Hoping act 20/22/60 is abolished, hoping Pierluisi is exiled, and wishing nothing but independence, a bright future, and empowerment for all my Puerto Ricans.
First welcome to Puerto Rico ☺️🇵🇷 As a Historian sad to give you the bad news but North Americans were fed in School's what the "Ones in Power" wanted like programing a computer program since the 40's even before ☝🏾This is Puerto Rico under Spanish Dominion for almost 500 years ☝🏾Ever wonder why salves escaped Georgia, Mississippi, and others into Florida? Although, yes for a time there was slavery under the Spanish Crown, it was such which abolished it on it's own accord. While still in place, itrarracial marrage was allowed, and so was land ownership by Blacks ☝🏾Very different than the English ☝🏾 Puerto Rico preserved what came from Africa, the culture in it's food, dance, some of our words, and the reason Boricuas of color tend to stay in certain areas is based on family and historical heritage far different than the US. Africa is alive in the Caribbean far different than the US sad to say 😞 Yes there is a small minority here who don't like "Gringos" there's bad everywhere you Go☝🏾But I would never live in the US Mainland I hate it ☝🏾 A place where you are disdained for certain words you might say, or even killed for the language you speak I worked for the Government there, was written up for speaking on the phone in Spanish mentioned my son "Mí Negrito" Negra, Negrita (o) pride and compliment here ☝🏾 I fought the case I replied IN PUERTO RICO WE ARE A CIVILIZED PEOPLE NEVER SAT AT THE REAR OF A BUS BECAUSE THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN ☝🏾I won the case, retired and came back home to PR ☝🏾
Racism does not always look the same but yet it operates the same. It’s interesting you say they live in certain places because they want to when I know someone who was discriminated against in regards to getting a home loan. That’s what we call Red lining. Racism doesn’t only show themselves in the form of sitting at the back of the bus sometimes it’s shows up in class but it’s not a coincident that the lower class of people are darker.
I’m a world traveler and have been to many different places that had slavery and it was all the same just expressed differently. Puerto Rico is no different because they were all using the same playbook. The only difference is the blacks here weren’t written in the constitution as not being a full person but you all engaged in very similar racial tactics. Like I said it might not be legal but it’s Definitely de facto. It might not be overt in your face but covert racism is present.
These are good points and I appreciate your channel. I can only speak for America and the experiences that I have endured, seen, and studied and it’s just a shame that this is a country founded on racism and that it even still exists today.
@@Cinnamonrollseveryday all these countries who engage in colonialism was found upon racism that’s the funny part. When people like Columbus went exploring they took African slaves with them. The only difference between Amerikkka and these other places is that Amerikkka didn’t consider their slaves human but as far as treatment it was all the same or I should say extremely similar.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK I think sometimes things may be getting lost in translation so to speak when African Americans have a convo about racism with Puerto Ricans. I was speaking to a Puerto Rican and they said there is not racism in their country. As the discussion went on I realized we had two different definitions of racism. I define racism as discrimination based on skin color. She defined racism something more like LEGALIZED discrimination. If the discrimination isn't enforced by law - to her that meant it wasn’t racism. She said that while PR doesn't have racism, they DO have colorism. Her definition of colorism was my earlier definition of racism. To me, colorism and racism are essentially the same thing but not in her mind. So when a Puerto Rican says their country doesn't have racism they may not mean what we think they mean.
@@jr8694 I agree 100% with your statement…I think people don’t actually understand the meaning of the words because they will literally recite white supremacy rhetoric but then state they aren’t racist.
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Just ran across this vid! My family will be coming Wednesday. If there’s a chance we’d like to connect.
Nice! Happy you and your family are coming to visit. We would love to meet up but I’m currently pregnant and due soon so we are in the house for the next couple of months. If you want to connect online though you can hit us up on IG.
I just moved to Puerto Rico from Atlanta and if you have any tips or suggestions please feel free to share
Forsure you can send us some questions via IG but we will also suggest watching our playlist about living and moving to PR.
i been searching and searching videos.. so please help me . I am thinking of moving to PR .. thank you for sharing your honest thoughts. i will need help and guide.
Yes you can DM us we help people put together a relocation plan by helping to connect you to resources. Contact us on IG. We are working together on getting an email so you all can better connect with us but for right now IG is the best way.
What part of puerto rice are you guys at?
We are in the San Juan area.
New subscriber here! I’d love to know more about your decision and travel preparations. I am looking to leave the United States.
Hey! Hope all is well. Super excited to hear about you wanting to leave the USA. We have the same desires and PR is just a halfway point for us for Africa. Would love to help you along this process. You can reach out to either myself or Yohance on Instagram to set up a consultation so you can have your individual questions answered. I also would like to direct you to our PR playlist where we talk about these things. ruclips.net/p/PLbLw8aF80FoACMYJt1aIpCIDtDkIzaz4h
I would recommend the videos “why people are moving to PR”, “Things to know before moving to PR” and “30 day life update”
I am planning to move to PR for my retirement and I would like to purchase my own home. I would appreciate all advice please
Yes! Please DM us in IG. We are working on getting an email together so you all can reach us but for now IG is the best way. We will also keep in mind to do some future videos about purchasing real estate in PR because it is unique compared to the mainland
Living in PuertoRico as an african american and puertoricans theres .more africans than yall ctfo🤣🤣🤣
I’m sorry quite literally most African Americans are darker then yaw I’m trying to figure out how yaw think yaw have more African then African Americans yaw skin tone is telling on you or do you not know how genetics work? Dark skin is the dominate gene the fact that yaw are see through you aren’t more black then me when can look and tell that lol I mean last time I checked weren’t yaw intentionally mixing with the white Spaniards to improve the race…that didn’t happen in the US remember it was the opposite it was illegal to mix and last time I checked yaw mostly identify as white or mixed not as Black. Lol yaw quite literally don’t even want to call yourselfs black I mean look at the census yaw identify as white but seem to think you’re more African lol how about this when You start self identifying as black you’ll become more black then me until then you just a mixed person that really wanna be white lol you’ll never be more African then me because you don’t even identify as it. Go find some pride in your blackness then you’ll have more African in you then me lol how about this when you get darker then me then come tell me about how much African you got in you lol sitting there probably with translucent skin talking about you blacker then me lol we can literally look and see how much mixing yaw were doing most Puerto Ricans don’t even look African but somehow you got more African in you Jesus I’m dead lol someone don’t know how genetics work. What you do have is you all held onto African traditions more but sweetheart just because you dance bomba don’t mean you got more African in you mr. 80% of us identify as white lol this has to be the funniest thing I’ve ever read because you can quite literally look and tell you’re a lie lol look I can go to Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia to freaking Egypt Africans look different in all these places but guess what I would blend in everywhere your pale skin only passing in South Africa lol but yeah you’re more African but you can only blend in in the place that quite literally has the highest concentration of white people but you’re more African lol ahahahahahhaha sweetheart I know my tribe and country and can get citizenship if I want do you? When you can do that then come tell me how African you are🙄 I’ll even lower the bar for you when you start self identifying as black then you can tell me you have more black in you until then imma just go off of what you’re telling me you and you told me you’re mixed so be THAT!!! But you can’t be both lol you can’t be mixed but somehow more black then a non mixed person…that don’t make sense and that’s because it’s a lie! You’re just anti black and your anti blackness is African American dominate meaning we see your anti blackness more when dealing with African Americans because you don’t see them as yourself so then you feel more comfortable being racist towards them.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK 🤣🤣 you dont even practicar the yoruba religión ??? So how you can call u self african ??? Un PuertoRico mayority believe in (yoruba)👹 an african ancestry religión the slaved bring it to hear out anscenstry. You dont know nothing cause yall afroamericans dont care about yall reaL african culture. In the schooll in PuertoRico they teach us african poema& africans songs. Oir Puertorican music instruments like Bongo tambor bongoses their are african instruments you really sound dumb asf brooo even one of oye national Puertorican plates are african the (Mofongo) the slaves Made It our anscenstrys
I’m sorry and you think all Puerto Ricans practice the Yoruba tradition because they don’t. My tribe also wasn’t Yoruba so tf would I practice the Yoruba tradition lol my tribe is Jola and I do practice African spirituality 🥰✌🏾
Hello: Southern Cal is really high price
Lol it really is!!! Forced us to reconsider our life goals and what we find important.
I'm trying make the move from the mainland to pr and would love some insight on how you did it I'd be coming from atl georgia
Hello! Here are a few of our videos in which we discuss moving/living in Puerto Rico
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ruclips.net/video/lQedWDwZgYM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/XmpxIK3sH2M/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/1VVsR4fFPXk/видео.html
if you have any general questions you want answer feel free to leave a comment on any of our videos. We answer all of our comments. If you want some specific questions answered you can reach out to Yohance or myself via Instagram.
Anywhere you go if you are not from there it's like....what are you here for and what are you contributing as individuals? I travelled to Brownsville Brooklyn in 2022 a predominantly African american community and I didnt feel like my ppl although they looked like me, so much separation.
Yes I think there’s people who are xenophobic and are scared of outsiders. That’s an issue. I don’t believe in these colonizer borders but most importantly I was always taught that as black people we are all brothers and sisters. We might be different ethnically but it’s all love. Thank you for your comment and I hope you were able to find your community of like minded people.
My family and I are looking to move to PR this year! We have 2 children, 7 and 2.
Awesome! Do you know which part of the island you’re looking to move to?
Puerto Ricans are Americans what are you talking about lol
Hola! Great video. I’m looking to move to PR sometime soon. I’m interested in some WhatsApp connections and information
Hey ark! Glad you enjoyed…hope you were able to subscribe! Can you Dm me on IG so I can send you the WhatsApp links. We don’t post them online they are by invite only to ensure integrity of the group. This is Jade BTW so that you DM the correct person
We enjoyed your video. We also have moved there and would love to hook-up and talk to you all .
Nice!!! Glad to hear you all moved to the island. Would be so down to meet up. Please be sure to DM one of us on IG. What part of the island did you move to?
We are in San Juan, blocks from Plaza Las Americas area. We like to call it 8 min to anywhere..
@@frenchydo1french oh nice!!! We are in the same area
@@GetIntoTheBLACKI love your videos and plan on visiting the island in January. Hotel suggestions please 😊😊
@@francesfagan4964 omg so sad I just saw this! But if you are ever back in PR we will be owning our own short term rental space so we would love to host you!
Being Black and Puerto Rican, I understanding everything your saying about both cultures. It shouldn't come to a surprise that you are being lumped into the "Gringo Go Home" movement. "Gringo" in PR is slang for Americans since forever! including now when you have such corruption and investor paradise on the Island. Also, there is no such thing as a white Puerto Rican. Taino, African and Spanaird is what makes the identity of Puerto Rican nothing to do with white people at all. I also think that anything that is being done over in PR politically or investment wise should be conducted in the custom of Puerto Rico including the cost of living and language to pay respect to the cultura "gringos" are looking to take advantage of. I respect your video and hope to see you guys integrate more into the community dispite any resistance which you should not be surprised tbh.
The dark Puerto Ricans you guys are referring actually live along the oceans in areas like Loiza and Mayaguez (Not a bad place if you ask me). These groups of people take pride in the way they live life by living off the land and keeping thier African traditions from cooking all naturally to blended cultural festivities like Bomba. It is their Culture and they are very happy to be separate from typical traditional societies like you see in the city of San Juan
Where I’m from gringo is used to refer to white people. Also many PR will contradict what you say about gringo meaning American. Multiple people have been surprised that it has been used against us so you’re all cap with the “it’s been that way forever” no it hasn’t you lie lol but you also don’t know that Europeans are white so you seem highly confused.
And there is a such thing as a white Puerto Rican lol I understand you think they are mixed race but even if mixed mixed with what hahahaha Spaniards are majority white people…Spain is a country NOT a race…we know that the people who came were white Spaniards. Have you ever looked on a map to see where Spain is located ahahahha it’s located in Europe those are white people. Lol it’s really alarming how much people are confused by race. Maybe because I have a whole degree in the topic but sir dem is full breed white people. That’s why they say such things “the way to improve the race is to marry white” they are talking about the white Spaniards 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don’t think we were surprised we are BLACK hahahah we were surprised to be called gringo but black people are hated everywhere there were slaves and everywhere that was colonized because the colonized people and reinforced white supremacy EVERYWHERE. That’s literally the tool they used to validate the enslavement of balck people
Also we never said we had an issue integrating lol where did you get that from? Anyone who knows us comments on our community and how connected we are. Folks are actually surprised by how many relationships we have built in a short amount of time. What we said was that people are more spaced out compared to back home.
The hundreds of years have evolved any "white Puerto Ricans" into a balanced blended culture of Taino Indian African and Spanaird. White Puerto Ricans makes no sense. It's more about culture and the foundations that make a Puerto Rican than it is about skin color like we Black people see in the United States. Look up your history of the oldest genre in the Islands history.... Bomba! Then we can talk more.
@@jasonpryor4210 they are blended but with WHAT lol you think they blended and made a new race of people ahahaha that’s not how that works or we wouldn’t have terms like biracial or multiracial. Idk what you’re talking about at this point you’re getting nationality, race and ethnicity all confused but just fyi they are all different terms for a reason.
There are only five races in the world my guy…White, Black, Native Indian, Pacific Islander and Asian.
So these people are blended with White, Black and Indian but how do people actually identify. Most identify as white according to the census. No one in this world is 100% pure breed one race so technically everyone in the world is mixed. So yes technically by dna they are blended but when you ask these people how they identify will say “I’m mixed” but when they go to check a box they check white ONLY. They think they white so I call them what they think they are white hahahahha that’s like biracials who identify as black only or white only.
I should’ve known you were confused when you said I’m Black and Puerto Rican lol it’s like you think Puerto Rican is a race or something it’s a nationality and an ethnicity
Btw I want you to actually here from the people of Loiza why they continue to live there and one thing that’s interesting…although they do acknowledge family and culture being reasons why they want to stay that’s not the only reason why they stay. ruclips.net/video/PZalXFXzpWE/видео.html
As a black Puerto Rican please educate yourself on what your people are saying they are experiencing. I have another video I will be posting soon going in more depth regarding the idea of this mixed ancestry nonesense yaw like to utilize to try to deny the existence of racism in PR. But my guy I’m like 100% sure you have access to the internet use it. There has been waaaaay too many black Puerto Ricans who have discussed the racism In PR. I personally find the fact that you are black and silencing the voices of your own people rather appalling but I’ve also come to realize a lot of you have internalized anti blackness you’re dealing with. But here’s the article I will be breaking down in my next video www.aaihs.org/racialization-works-differently-here-in-puerto-rico-do-not-bring-your-u-s-centric-ideas-about-race-here/
Idk if you know but one of my three degrees was in black studies. I studied anywhere that black people were brought during the transatlantic slave trade. I did my senior thesis on black people in PR, DR and Haitian. Comparing and contrasting the understanding of blackness in these places. I didn’t just learn about PR yesterday lol I love how you all assume everyone is ignorant to PR. I’m thinking it’s you’re projecting…because you don’t research things you believe other people don’t as well. But I find the social constructs of race and gender fascinating and self identify as a scholar. I read for my free time….in other words I am not most people.
As mentioned I think it’s important you know your roots as a black PR and that starts by listening to the voices of your people. Here’s a lil paragraph from a qualitative study I was reading. The person is discussing an interaction she had with an older black Puerto Rican man from Loiza talking about the segregation of Loiza and how it’s done by way of restricting resources to the people.
“We have so many culture, beautiful people but modern developments just seemed to skip us.” When he said that, my heart just sank, and a tear actually came down my face because I could feel the pain in his voice, and the anger as well. I felt sad and angry because it was clear to me then that Loíza was segregated. What’s ironic is that the part of the island that had a larger Black population was the most discriminated and full of stereotypes. He also said we have so much to give, so many traditions, culture, beautiful people, and beaches. So much to give but they were left behind, and this is the reason why there is so much poverty in Loíza. Unemployment tripled in Loíza making some of the residents resort to underground business. We asked him why he thought Afro Puerto Ricans didn’t fight for their rights. He answered that when we don’t know about our roots, we reject them, and sometimes we even demonize them to walk away from them. In that moment I remember the professor from the talk yesterday and how she said that we have learned to push our African heritage and our Blackness away. Loiza is a huge example of that, we push Blackness so far from us that we pushed them into a small space of and forget that they as Black Puerto-Ricans have rights and a lot to give.”
Here’s a link to the full study
www.gjcpp.org/es/article.php?issue=40&article=242
Maybe y'all should move to the United States Virgin Island. 🇻🇮
That sounds like fun! We were literally just talking about visiting there. Idk if we will be able to move there though because it might be a little too slow for us lol we are really looking at Africa right now. We have a few countries we are currently researching but Africa will most likely be our next move within the next 5-7 years.
Yup in PuertoRico is not about race any PuertoRican can live anywhere stop bringing that racist shit from the states. Boy here in PuertoRico we have african heritage & native taino and spaniards its not like the states
Most certainly isn’t exactly the same but it also isn’t very different. I come from Cali racism in Cali is very covert very similar to here in PR but I’m not stupid. When you say things such as “marry white to help improve the race” you can’t tell me you aren’t racist. When you forced slaves to work for three additional years after being freed you can’t tell me you aren’t racist. And when over 80% of your citizens identify as white only but we all know they aren’t only white you can’t tell me you aren’t racist. IMO you all are just the same because each of your tactics directly impacts the quality of life of people that look like me. At least on the mainland they practiced the races being separate here you all focused on mixing in an effort to “improve the race” you all were literally participating in black elimination by way of genetics. Meaning you all tried to literally breed the blackness out of people because you believe that white is superior. At the end of the day it’s all racism….Puerto Rico is NO better.
I grew up on that beautifull island and never knew what racism was until I came to Mainland! And I am tired to hear that everything is about racism! Be gratefull that in my island you wont see what u see here in the """great US"""" 🧐
Sadly I wish this was a true statement. After being here for some time the racism is the same. You might not ever experience it but I’ve seen evidence literally written at a playground. It’s the same but that makes sense because racism is everywhere not just the US.
You can’t dismiss someone else’s experience because you yourself haven’t experienced it.
@@annwarner7278 asé…so true! We will never make any progress by denying the existence of discrimination rather it’s based on skin color, race, nation etc.
Where any of you born in Africa?
As the title states and we have verbally stated we are African American so no we weren’t born in Africa we were born in America.
If we were born in a country within Africa we would call ourselves by that country name for example if we came from the Country Nigeria we would say we are Nigerian or if we were 1st generation(or greater) immigrant we would call ourselves the African country + American. Staying with the Nigerian example we would be Nigerian American.
So just FYI if you ever hear anyone refer to themselves as African American they weren’t born in Africa they were born in america.
If you move to Puerto Rico, just be patient and behave then you be ok.
Behave? Lol that’s an interesting choice of words.
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I have a three year plan to buy a house in Purto Rico and live there. I want to buy a house in or around Loiza.
I will rent out my condo here in Ohio soon and live in my Semi truck to kill overhead costs.
I am also from Southern California. I cannot wait for my journey to begin!
Yay we are excited for you !! If you need any help with your transition please be sure to reach out!
I would recommend you would forget what you heard from Reverend Jackson and sharpton you're not oppressed here you're on the island you're one of us your Puerto Rican let it go if blacks are in a certain area it's because they choose to live there I went in the '60s to Puerto Rico we moved from Compton to the City of Bell where there was the law or a ordinance not allowed to sell property to black people over here just take it easy man having my diet or two and kiss let go that victimhood take care much love from Puerto Rico
In my knowledge gringo go home is about the white people who come, and act up, not you. For my knowledge Puerto Rican love Africans American and any African decent. It is a mix culture after all.
They don’t sweetheart and I’ve been told to go home because they ubtilmateoy are anti black and AA are the walking representation of blackness so they REALLY hate us. They treat their own like shit. Alot of slave masters has black family members that doesn’t resolve you of being racist. And it’s a mixed culture because white Spaniards took over alot of the African traditions. I mean we see white peoples do it all the time and they aren’t mixed well not in thought I do believe they are in DNA but DNA doesn’t mean you actually identify as that way. When asked over 80% will say they are white ONLY according to how people SELF identified on the last two census. Also when your culture believes the way to improve the race is by marrying white they are quite literally Followers of white supremacy but somehow think they aren’t racist. I can also give you details about an incident I know about a child being attacked in October for being black. I personally know the little girl’s mother. Also there was recently a teen who got expelled from school for going around stating he was going to shoot all the black children. You think these kids are racist but their parents aren’t? Where do you think they learned such hatred and that’s just situations with children. I have a friend who was outwardly denied access to a bar not stating she was black but when you look see no black people and notice they have more people come in after you and another black couple gets stopped idk seems like too much of a coincidence for me.
The reason why blacks in Puerto Rico live in certain area is because of Cultural reasons.. by they way Gringos are the White American.. blacks are not Gringos it's hard to understand if you don't speak the language and you don't understand the cultural.. I make sure I took a picture of my American daughters standing by the Gringos go home 😂😂😂
It’s not hard to understand mama majority of you all speak English. I’ve been told too many times by way of comments literally on these videos I am a gringo. That’s in plain English mama and clearly we are not white. We found it actually odd at first because we are from SoCal and this by far is not our first interactions with Spanish speakers so we have heard the word multiple times and the past. We understood it to be white folks but apparently here folks are using it as a slur against mainlanders. And as for the blacks living in certain areas I would agree it is cultural because your culture is racist. If PR wanted to live in those areas they wouldn’t have left them to go to the mainland. Those who have remained have spoken several times regarding why they remain. Family does play a role but in the sense that they do not want to live their families. They say you have to rebuild but you don’t think when the government continuously delay aid to places such as Loiza and La Pearla(the two areas I’ve researched mostly due to proximity and their history) that doesn’t impact the people’s ability to “build” but not only build but move. I’ll send you a link to a video I watched that was black Puerto Ricans giving their take on way they stay and what’s actually occurring and why I consider it de facto redlining.
Here’s the link short video but really dope…I have plenty where this comes from. My degrees are in black studies, feminist studies and I have a degree in social work. My life mission is advocating for black women and children. So imma look up the history reasons and the causes. I started study race in Latin America and the carribean back in 2010. This was before the term Afro Latino was even well known lol but my focus is predominately regarding race on the mainland but most of my research has been focusing on how there are parallels to white supremacy on the mainland compared to the other places that participated in the transatlantic slave trade. And one thing I have come to realize…they all had the same goal which was to maintain a system of control and how they did that was by way of racism where white supremacy was king. This is why in Pr you say things such as “marry white to improve the race”. Just how you all went about enforcing said racism was different. In the US they used segregation in most Spanish speaking countries they tried to breed the blackness out. they literally promoted people to breed with white people in an effort to “improve the race” and I want you to really think about that statement. If you are improving the race by mating with white people you are stating that you believe white is superior to black that’s literally the definition of white supremacy.
And look black people call themselves the n word all the time so if you wanna subject your children to xenophobia that’s on you but I would highly recommend you analyze how your friends and family really feel and how people are really being impacted.
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Here’s another link to a video about the breeding with whites. The focus is on Latin America as a whole and they did lump PR with Latin America due to you all speaking Spanish and engaging in similar political frameworks.
ruclips.net/video/4zF5UovmW18/видео.html
@@GetIntoTheBLACK I am from Puerto Rico, there's a small porcentaje of the Island, Always have been, they want Puerto Rico to be independent... Basically now that's WOKE Puerto Rican politics it has nothing to do with any other place in Latina American.. because Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands are the only territories of USA... Puerto Rico biggest problem is not USA is the Corruption that's one of the things we had in Common with Latin America, besides the language...
@@lilamayoral1031 did you watch the videos? Because you all have a lot in common ahahahaha and I know why the Xenophobia is present but that doesn’t make it okay. I don’t need you to describe something I’m living mama. Have a blessed day and please watch the videos I think it’s important you understand your history and how your country has utilized white supremacy to oppress the Afro Latinos of the land. I mean unless you don’t care and think racism is okay then that’s cool too do you boo but I’m sure you’ve heard of the personality Bianca go watch some of her videos she has even mentioned how she and people who look like her have participated in racism. People have researched this and have well documented it. I mean yaw racism run deep. Did you know that after the slaves were freed that you all still forced them to work for three additional years for free and then the slave owners were paid money for the slaves they had to free. But your system isn’t racist? Literally you used slave labor to build this country and then got paid more money…but yaw love claiming yaw are classist not racist but don’t think that plays a role in the social class structure? Lol yeah right
When it comes racist areas... what are the best least racist areas African Americans can live?
In the world or in Puerto Rico?
@@GetIntoTheBLACK Puerto Rico
@@spadesmaster2153 I would say the least racist areas would be areas more populated by darker skinned Puerto Ricans so like Loiza and La pearla but as mentioned in the video people are typically friendly in person. Most of the racism in Puerto Rico is covert so it’s more embedded in the policies and laws and isn’t in your face racist. You’ll get comments made in conversations that you might overhear but they won’t say anything to you directly overtly.
@@GetIntoTheBLACK oh ok
@@GetIntoTheBLACK Another question.. in places like Loiza and La pearla, if I wanted to purchase small dwelling, would you also recommend this area?
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Understand you are not Boricua. Learn the history, learn the language and culture.
Look I know I’m not boricua and no offense I DONT want to be Boricua…I LOVE my own culture and will never assimilate for anyone…I clearly know I’m African American…hence you know the title of the video lol but I gotcha…I have learned the history and continue to learn it and I’ve been immersing myself in the culture and language so thank you for your input we are doing just that but we all know those things are things you can never know EVERYTHING about you continue to learn…I personally don’t understand how you can live somewhere and not immerse yourself in the place but I know many do but thank you for the suggestions.
My only thing is why do you all assume people don’t know the culture and history and I’ve stated several times we are learning the language no one learns a language over night. Just feels like your comment wasn’t really for us you were just commenting based on some assumptions you have about us without knowing anything like did you actually watch the video? But God bless your soul have a wonderful day
You do realize Puerto Ricans are Americans right? If I’m entitled you’re entitled
I am Puerto Rican and I appreciate that you like the island. I agree with some of the things you said. However, before moving to a country you must learn its history. All Puerto Ricans have black heritage, all of us without exceptions. We know it and we recognize it. Puerto Rico’s history begins 200 years before the USA history. When the peregrines arrive to America, there was a full society born and raised in the island; a combination of races between Europeans and indigenous. When the Spanish enslaved the indigenous population to their extinction, they brought Africans to work on the sugar cane plantations. Since sugar cane grows on the coast, slavery was more prone in that area. And so, when slavery was abolished in PR, the black community stayed in those coastal areas. Being the last ones to arrive, they were the last ones to progress economically, intellectually, and to adapt to the life as free people; they had to start from the bottom and they were extremely poor and were the last in the social stratum. And so, this is not about race or “red lining”, which is a financial strategy created by American financial system to avoid the black population to mix up with the white community. In Puerto Rico blacks and whites live in the same neighborhood and, although you are correct when you say there are a lot of expensive neighborhoods, there is also a lot of black Puerto Ricans living in those neighborhoods. Most of them are lawyers, physicians, engineers. My mother used to call my dad “negro” because in the island, the word “negro” is like saying “honey” or “sweetie”. Puerto Ricans, generally speaking, are not racist. Yes, there is always one or another, but those are not the majority. I am asking you not to push for this kind of American thinking that everything is about race. This is not the case in my country. The peace of mind you feel by not been harassed by the Puerto Rican police, should give you the hint that we are not racist.
On the topic of the “Gringo go home”, you need to understand that Puerto Ricans were first oppressed by Spain and later on by the USA. Again, you need to know about history. The Americans did invade the island in 1898. They forced Puerto Ricans to speak English and to go to the Great War, the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The reason for them to give us the American citizenship was to be able to draft men to go to war. Then, by creating the cabotage law, we are still forced to import goods using American transportation, which is the most expensive. Because of this imposition, we pay a lot more than we should. We “don’t pay federal taxes” but the taxes are included in all those goods that are imported on those ships. There’s more to this Gringo Go Home topic, but you need to do your homework as well. Good luck with your channel and pardon my English; I know is not the best. 😊
Lol I know Puerto Rican history especially black Puerto Rican history. I’m not an expert but I know their was slaves and there where Africans before that…we actually mention Afro Puerto Rican history multiple times in our videos. I’m a black studies major and actually did my final project on Afro Latinos before Afro Latino was even the term used.
One thing you fail to realize is idc if someone has some black abuelita in a rocking chair somewhere lol first of all I don’t believe in the one drop rule so unless both of your parents are BLACK imo you’re not black. Secondly as my elders would say “not all skin folk be kin folk” what that means is just because someone is black or has black in them does not mean they are good people and don’t possess some form of internalized anti blackness. Heck you can be 100% and still possess antiblackness 🙄 so please stop repeating yaw have some black family member somewhere that doesn’t mean anything nor does it resolve you of being anti lack. Wanna know something…my great grandmother hated my mother because she was a dark skinned black woman. Literally said it out her mouth multiple times. My great grandmother married a lighter skin black male hoping her children came out whiter. My great grandmother was a dark skin black woman. Let that sink in…so when you’re telling me someone got a black grandma or family member idgaf because my black behind grandmother was hella anti black. Being black doesn’t mean you can’t be anti black.
When your culture believes that the way to “better” the race is by procreating with white people you’re anti black. That’s literally the definition of white supremacy.
And the police are racist lol they just aren’t racist to use because we aren’t local blacks. Our American identity affords is certain luxuries in regards to dealing with the police. The moment we start talking they know we aren’t native to PR. Heck they probably look at us and know we aren’t local. But I have been called racial slurs here, I know children that have been harassed which means it’s being taught and passed down and we know it is because you all openly repeat white supremacy rhetoric. I’ve also talked to local black Puerto Ricans and have seen plenty of documentaries and data to suggest your country and police are racist and over police black bodies.
Now you can deny all you want and that’s okay but you writing me this long comment isn’t going to change the anti blackness in Puerto Rico.
…but I am seeing we will need to do some more education and I will continue to highlight the racism here on the island. And I know the movement I’m black lol I dealt with displacement back home but guess what I never did became xenophobic or racist🙄 we’ve also talked about the jones act and how that impacts food etc. Please watch multiple videos before you tell us what we know and don’t know.
Thank you for your comment anyways just know when I start dragging yaw with my content all I wanna hear is “my bad we can do better” instead of all the excuses you gave for why PR can be extremely xenophobic and anti black
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@@GetIntoTheBLACK wow you absolutely know nothing lmaoo and have no respect for our people. GRINGO GO HOME
You first ✌🏾
I never been scared to get pulled over…what kinda victim shit is that
So you never heard of police brutality in the US that’s interesting…but yes we do fear getting pulled over by the Police in the US but not here in PR.
Do you both work remotely? *Im new here*
Hey! So I am a stay at home mom and I do some work part time and Yo owns a marketing business. We are both also crypto investors and run a short term rental property. I do free lance work for Yo’s marketing business helping with small businesses who are looking to market through social media. Basically we work for ourselves lol
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