Reply #7: Puerto Rican- Nationality [View All]

:) Obama is considered mulatto in P.R. because he is of mixed race Black/White). There is a misconception among the U.S. Mainland that Puerto Rican is a race. Puerto Rican is a nationality. We are not like the the Italian or Russian. These are homogeneous countries where the people are primarily native of these territories. Puerto Ricans are like any other part of the United States or the new world. It is comprised of a heterogeneous population because the island was settled by people coming from all parts of the world. Before 1492 there were only the Indians living in the island. The largest immigration of Europeans to Puerto Rico originated out of the Canary Islands. What's different about Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico is that we love politics and we have a lot of respect for our black Puerto Ricans brothers. Sorry I got off the original subject but I constantly hear the talking heads on cable TV giving out the wrong history about Puerto Rico and it's people.