Tuesday, February 14, 2012

By black it can be mullatos. Me and two other friends (one has been to Puerto Rico) were arguing about the existence of blacks in puerto rico. Our friend who has been there said that the majority of people in puerto rico were blacks and that white (by whites i mean white latinos) people were very few.

I always thought puerto rico was a white country(state), can anyone let me know if the majority of people there are whites or blacks?|||From what I know,the people in Puerto Rico are mainly of mixed race,(black,caucasian,the indians originating from the south american area,etc..) and latino is not a race anyway it is an ethnicity.|||We puertorricans are proud of our mixed heritage coming from:
* europeans (mostly from Spain, but also in a minor scale from France, Italy, Corcega, other countries, even Germany)
* american natives (taino-arawaks) original residents when the europeans arrived, now extinct but their blood/genes are still in us,
* african, brought here by the europeans to replace the natives which practically disappear due to illness brought in by the europeans which the inmune system of the natives were not prepared to fight, and due to revolts.
* and in a less %, we have to start acknowledging that since 1898 we have been receiving american blood in our mixture with the whole variety that "americans" have in their bllod (americans have britanics, irish, iatlians, american natives, africans, germans, etc. in their blood too).

If most of us are "white latinos"or "light brown latinos" is a matter of perception; we do not pay much attention to that.|||Umm, no there are alot of black puerto ricans.. or Afro-Boricuas
and i myself am one (my dad's people to be exact).

just like USA, Central/South America, and any other island in the carribean, puerto rico also had slaves broguht to them from africa. And many in PR have black heritage just like the other person said, you can have pale skin but with Kinky hair|||No, most people in Puerto Rico are latinos. Most of the "black" people that you refer to are usually from the Dominican Republic or Haiti that have migrated over. It is a Latin country.|||See site below. Scroll down and read the "Quick facts down the right hand side. Then scroll down and read the section on "Population and racial makeup"|||they say the majority of us are whites which is true but everyone cant deny black heritage. all of puertoricans are mixed. u can be pale as milk and u still have black heritage whether u want too or not

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