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If that's the case then why do 23% of Puerto Ricans claim "American Indian" ancestry on US Census forms?
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reply posted on 8-5-2012 @ 04:52 AM by Dembow
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Same reason most of us pick "white" on those forms. We as a people don't consider ourselves "white" "black"
or "american indian". Me for example, I look white, but my dad and grandfathers were "black", my mom and grandmothers were "white". What am I? Neither. Just puertorican. What is puertorican?----the mix between Spanish, African and Taino races and culture.
The census forms don't have a proper classification for us. Everybody just goes: "well, im lightskinned, so I'll pick white." Or "I'm darkskinned, so I'll put black". A prope classification would be "Mestizo" or mixed. We are joined by tradition, customs, history and culture, not race. That's why racism is almost non-existant here. Same goes for Cuba and Dominican Republic but not Haiti or Jamaica.
Same reason most of us pick "white" on those forms. We as a people don't consider ourselves "white" "black"
or "american indian". Me for example, I look white, but my dad and grandfathers were "black", my mom and grandmothers were "white". What am I? Neither. Just puertorican. What is puertorican?----the mix between Spanish, African and Taino races and culture.
The census forms don't have a proper classification for us. Everybody just goes: "well, im lightskinned, so I'll pick white." Or "I'm darkskinned, so I'll put black". A prope classification would be "Mestizo" or mixed. We are joined by tradition, customs, history and culture, not race. That's why racism is almost non-existant here. Same goes for Cuba and Dominican Republic but not Haiti or Jamaica.
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