WHY DON'T PUERTO RICANS IDENTIFY AS BLACK why?

Question

They are obviously black. Look at them and its obvious with their wide noses and kinky hair! HELLO
they are black

Answer 1

Maybe they say they are Puerto Ricans because..................they are!!!! You have a lot of nerve to try to tell other ppl what they are. Get a life and an education. I bet if I looked on your profile I would see a lot more stupid a$$ questions.

Answer 2

u seriously need to wake up, chica.

while puerto ricans have a black ancestry, that does not mean every single person who has a puerto rican background is black.
the ones that want to identify as black, do.
the ones that don't want to identify as black, don't.

it doesn't matter anymore anyway because we all came out of africa, and how many times do people have to be told already that the only reason why people have different skin colors is because of the evnvironment? we are all the same people, some of us are still just ignorant i guess.

besides, the word black is a color, just because some stupid predjucied people decided to name different groups of people by thier skin color, does not mean that it was right to label people because of their color.
also " blacks " are not the only people on this planet with wide noses and kinky hair!!! maybe if u got off ur computer and left your neighborhood once in a while, you would see that.

p.s. if u ARE of sicilian or palestinian background, what makes u think that u couldn't possibly be black too? sicilians and palestinians have a mixed background, or didn't u know that?
it doesn't matter how white or light ur skin is, people of color as well as whites can have the same ethnic background, and u better do ur research so that u don't have to still be deluded and thinking that u are so white.
no matter what color u may be, you sweetie are just plain ignorant, and i suggest going back to school instead of spreading hate on yahoo...

Answer 3

You are ignorant. Open up a book please. First of all, they are called Puerto Ricans because they come from Puerto Rico. Thats a completely different country. Now, there are those who consider themselves Black Puerto Ricans. They look black because a lot of the Africans who were stolen from Africa ended up in those carribean countries. And, there are some who migrated there themselves hundreds of years ago. Just like there are Mexican people who look European. There are Africans who are white. Etc. So again I say... open up a book. Someone needs to slap the hell out of your history teachers. Obviously you didn't learn SH*T!

Answer 4

Because black at least the way african ameicans use it is more than skin color. It's the way you talk, the way you walk, your swagger, dress, so much more. Just cause you have african ancestry don't mean you are black. I mean look at reggaeton. Reggaeton is a mixture of different cultures and music. Hip Hop, Dancehall, Reggae, Salsa, Plena, Bomba, Mereunge and so much more. But it is not salsa, it isn't dancehall, it isn't reggae it is reggaeton. Just because Ricans have black blood don't mean they are black. If that was the case then there would be no such thing as Puerto Rican. The people would be called mixed. Half black, half indian. See what i'm sayin.

Answer 5

#1 Not all Puerto Ricans have kinky Hair.
#2 My neice is 100% Puerto Rican and she has Blue eyes and blond hair.
#3 My hair is not kinky and I'm olive Skin.(I'm often confuse with Italian or Greek.)
Puerto Ricans are mixed with three differents cultures.
Spainiard,African and Taino Indian. That is why we all look different.Look at Daddy Yankee, J-lo and Carlos Ponce(Host for this year Miss Universe)I bet you didn't know that. oh and Miss Universe 2006.They all look different.Read the history is pretty interesting and it will help your question.
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml

I hope this helps.

Answer 6

Not all Puerto Ricans are black. The governor of Puerto Rico is white.

Answer 7

Do not make prejudgments of ENTIRE races based on one or two people. You are extremely closed-minded and you make too many rash judgements.

Puerto Ricans are of mixed Spaniard, African, and Taino Native blood. Obviously some will look more black, Latino, or white: skin-color-wise, or have more qualities of one or the others.

Next time I suggest that you Google your questions or look up Wikipedia instead of flithing these boards with your incessant racist, plain stupid, or just crude questions.

Answer 8

Puerto Ricans don't come from a country called black,they come from Puerto Rico.don't show all your bigotry in one sentence. they also come in many shades up to and including white,and why do you care?
Don't marry one don't have sex with one ,that's the ticket that way it wont bother you so much.You worry too much about things you have no vested interest in ,a waste of your unshackled racism.

Answer 9

Sicilians are descended from the mixing of Romans and Moors, Moors were BLACK AFRICANS if you didn't already know that.

The Roman Term "Maur" described the native inhabitants of North Africa west of modern Tunisia. Ancient to modern authors, as well as portraits, show them with a varity of features, just as the modern population contains. This was contrasted with other peoples described as "Aethiopes", or "Ethiopians,who lived further south, and Egyptians, or "Aegyptus".


Have a nice day!

Answer 10

I don't know where you have been but they are not all black, or have big noses or kinky hair.

Step out of the bubble.

Oh and by the way: HELLO YOU'RE AN IDIOT.