A History Of Afro-Puerto Ricans

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  • @Cng215
    @Cng215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    I'm Afro Puerto Rican and we face colorism too. I love my dark skin and African features but I hate when other Puerto Ricans who're darker then me say that I'm not really Puerto Rican and that I hate being African. I luv Africans and I'm sick of having to introduce my entire family to make a point. Why can't people realize our oldest ancestors started in Africa and we are not just European...

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Cng215 I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that ethnocentrism, racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated, regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell, be kind and treat others with decency, while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. Please don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button to follow my channel here on TH-cam. Thanks for the friendship!

    • @ivycolon5170
      @ivycolon5170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      We all puertoricans have to understand that we are not a race 🙄we are all races together ,all Caribbean's are mix . The Real puertoricans are the Indians Tainos 😉❤My mom was afrorican, my dad is European and I look like a white girl lol 😁🤷‍♀️❤❤but my sisters are dark like my mom🙂

    • @ManuelGuzman067
      @ManuelGuzman067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Im puerto rican by both my parents but i look more asian than prican. Are there Asian ancestry in prico?

    • @asrealasitgets7798
      @asrealasitgets7798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We’re Taíno descent too

    • @angelnunez7376
      @angelnunez7376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ManuelGuzman067 yes search for it I don't have any according to Anscestry but I'm pretty sure there was based on the fact that a lot of Asians when to USA (they built the trains tracks) , Brazil (after a war or something I don't remember) and other places so it mades sense

  • @darnellmagruder283
    @darnellmagruder283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Dark Skin is still an issue all over this world why are we so ashamed of our dark skin? What makes dark skin so despised? We need to work together to rid ourselves of these prejudices.

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i dont let the melanin contents of my skin define who i am.
      i denounce those who try to label me as "afro-puerto rican" or "euro-puerto rican" or "american-puerto rican". all those terms are redundant and misleading.

    • @abrahampalmer1153
      @abrahampalmer1153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly dark skin is beautiful and enlightenment

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that ethnocentrism, racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated, regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell, be kind and treat others with decency, while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. Please don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button to follow my channel here on TH-cam. Thanks for the friendship!

    • @FirelightX3
      @FirelightX3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its best to just look forward while respecting each other. If you talk about it as if it is a problem then you are essentially recreating the problem. In this generation Of America it is not even a problem because we do not live in slavery times anymore, yet there is going to be some stigmas left behind which will eventually dissolve with the coming generations. It was only a problem of "yesterday". However, it is still a problem in other countries and other kind of peoples are experiencing this problem everyday within different cultures such as women and children in Iran, and in China.....Liberia.

    • @cw4506
      @cw4506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Deep and rich are the appropriate names for our beautiful skin tones.

  • @alexmorales3484
    @alexmorales3484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Afro-Puertoricans are beautiful people. I'm so proud of skin color, beautiful curly jet black hair and big dark brown eyes that looks almost black.

    • @coollock5912
      @coollock5912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Alex Morales So thank those pure "Africans" for giving you their "Superior" blood!

    • @judaprinxbeatz.8008
      @judaprinxbeatz.8008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      THAT SOUNDS BORDERLINE PREJUDICE ASFUCK LMAO

    • @jamalcole1985
      @jamalcole1985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@judaprinxbeatz.8008 Do you know the actual definition of prejudice?

    • @judaprinxbeatz.8008
      @judaprinxbeatz.8008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamalcole1985 YES ... NOW DON'T TRY TO PRESUME NOR ASSUME. GET LOST.

    • @jeanetteelmore5650
      @jeanetteelmore5650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @adewale ndjen YES THEY TRY TO LOOK DOWN WHEN THEY DONT WANT TO BE AFRO CENTRIC. MANY OF THEM TRY TO HIDE.

  • @kibweking9135
    @kibweking9135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1250

    I travel to Puerto Rico a few years back i went to Loiza where majority of the African pr and they are proud of there african roots

    • @randee4550
      @randee4550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      All of us, are proud of our multicultural heritage.

    • @305savage
      @305savage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@randee4550 ...

    • @westafricana4343
      @westafricana4343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      You will also see a lot of african influence there

    • @l0uisanthony991
      @l0uisanthony991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@305savage they are multiracial

    • @kloudnine2832
      @kloudnine2832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      shit we definitely are, ppl made fun of my black nose but im proud of my ancestors, exept for the spaniards!!!

  • @bellaroserela
    @bellaroserela 5 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    I had the shock of my life when I went to Puerto Rico with my sister and niece and met and saw a lot of dark skinned Puertorican people that look just like us. Love to all the diaspora🇱🇷🇵🇷🖤💖💕😅

    • @zxcibe5744
      @zxcibe5744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      SMH.

    • @Cng215
      @Cng215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Loiza ftw

    • @Cng215
      @Cng215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Kamar G I don't think he meant it in a bad way I think he meant it as not all Africans are from Africa. They are indigenous to those lands and weren't all brought through slavery. As we know all humans even the Chinese came from Africans in Africa but no one fights them on their Africaness...

    • @144wychwood
      @144wychwood 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Deshone Robinson Caribbean blacks may have been there a long time and make up majority of population but most were brought over as slaves by white colonialist just as they were in US and other parts of the world. Some of us have different features than others depending upon what areas/tribes we descended from. If we don’t look pure African thats because of race mixing. My late fathers mother from Barbados alledegly had East Indian and white in her but my father definitely looked like a black man. Bottom line we’re black and descendants of Africa.

    • @bellaroserela
      @bellaroserela 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@144wychwood I was just shocked because what I saw on TV and going there was difference then the people I was use to seeing. It felt because most people deny their African heritage. It made me feel very proud and welcomed.

  • @blessed18888
    @blessed18888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I am proud to call myself a Afro-Boricua I've showed this to my children and it helped them understand there heritage. Tfs and blessings to you and yours

    • @otisbillups4150
      @otisbillups4150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      blessed 1880
      " BLESS YOU " !

    • @luisjuarbe6946
      @luisjuarbe6946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👰🍼🕺💵🤰🏃💏🤫😉👌💌🌹💎

    • @princesspeach9755
      @princesspeach9755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your not black stop it

    • @pandahplayz9830
      @pandahplayz9830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@princesspeach9755 you are racist

    • @YUCAYEQUE
      @YUCAYEQUE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@princesspeach9755 for real! 🙄

  • @8a8yBleu
    @8a8yBleu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    My last comment on this, I COME FROM THE BRONX IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE BLACK & HISPANIC/LATIN. I AM VERY PROUD TO BE BLACK I AM VERY PROUD TO BE PUERTO RICAN & TAINO. I WILL RAISE BEAUTIFUL BLACK CHILDREN WITH MY BOYFRIEND THAT IS FROM GUINEA WEST AFRICA. WE WILL BREAK THE CYCLE OF IGNORANCE 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 love everyone

    • @wildflower4795
      @wildflower4795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good for you!

    • @jL-hi4kr
      @jL-hi4kr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But wont claim their native

    • @greggonzalez859
      @greggonzalez859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m sending you love from Miami because I’m May live here now but the Bronx is in my heart always. PS 65 for life.

    • @christophergeigel8416
      @christophergeigel8416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      BX all day

    • @manuelguillermohernandezji6539
      @manuelguillermohernandezji6539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm looking for a Puerto Rican woman who makes me Man ♂️

  • @SoLNaTaL555
    @SoLNaTaL555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I come from Afro-Dominican/Afro-Haitian and Afro-Cuban parents. Tell us more about the Africans of these two islands. Thanks!

    • @icecreambeats101
      @icecreambeats101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haiti and Cuba are one of my favorite Latin countries

  • @CarlosMorales-le6ng
    @CarlosMorales-le6ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I am proud to be Afro Puerto Rico! Our roots in PR are strong! And let’s not forget our DR, Cuban, Jamaican brother and sisters!

    • @Bobbyxhuggy
      @Bobbyxhuggy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      One love

    • @FactChecker1378
      @FactChecker1378 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CarlosMorales-le6ng at one point there was a union lined up,
      It was called “The Antillean Confederation”
      EEUU managed to sabotage that development..

  • @Neighbor_
    @Neighbor_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    As a Puerto Rican born and raised in the Island, we are always reminded of our mixture: Taino, Spanish and African! Always Proud till I die!

    • @nelsona779
      @nelsona779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      💯✊🏽😎

    • @ab9840
      @ab9840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This song is for you - th-cam.com/video/ABlo9zb37Xo/w-d-xo.html

    • @chichileo2963
      @chichileo2963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How is this different from anything said in the video?

    • @Neighbor_
      @Neighbor_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chichileo2963 what do you mean?

    • @chichileo2963
      @chichileo2963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Neighbor_ Your comment seemed redundant because he stated exactly that.

  • @elsalserosaoco
    @elsalserosaoco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Proud to be an Afro Boricua !!!! Always....

    • @DeJaAjed
      @DeJaAjed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly! Puerto Rico IS a made up name like the divided states aka america! Call OUR lands what our ancestors called them. Borikén not P.R. 'The Land of OURS' not america!

    • @babak6409
      @babak6409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dig dat

    • @rickqueen65
      @rickqueen65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salute!

    • @tapsirusaccoh67
      @tapsirusaccoh67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m African and we love you guys ❤️

  • @indiaD5154
    @indiaD5154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    I recently traveled to Puerto Rico and loved every bit of it i definitely felt my ancestors, much love

    • @arroyo5born749
      @arroyo5born749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Welcome family with open arms

    • @luisjuarbe6946
      @luisjuarbe6946 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      👰🍼🕺💵🤰🏃💏🤫😉👌💌🌹💎

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    • @MarcusMartin-x7y
      @MarcusMartin-x7y ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😍📿🥰

    • @melbamartinez2183
      @melbamartinez2183 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Facts that Iam proud of I am privileged to have knowledge of my ancestor whi was enslaved by a Frenchman who brought his slaves to PR my mother's great grandfather who was a medicine man

  • @AR-bj2hj
    @AR-bj2hj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    Finally, As an Afro Puerto Rican, I am overjoyed a good video was made about this, Thank you!

    • @k.c.5426
      @k.c.5426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Hola kinfolk! AA here sending love to you and all the Afro-Latino/Afro-Carribean brothers & sisters. ✊💞🌍

    • @amariewalenda3801
      @amariewalenda3801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      We are afro we love it we are proud my family is not racists at all we are all black not high yellow either we do keep our traditions alive and our real culture we aren't catholic's or Christians either LOVE IFA always will not all Puertoricans are racists or prejudice, ASÈ too all

    • @amariewalenda3801
      @amariewalenda3801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RenaissanceKing igual ASÈ amor let olodumare bless you and your💚👍

    • @khephra1
      @khephra1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deshone Robinson what do you call it?

    • @jahjoeka
      @jahjoeka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why do dark-skined Puerto Ricans act like they not black or have African roots?

  • @alexanderramos9492
    @alexanderramos9492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    There is a museum in old San Juan about our African heritage.

    • @mlt1357
      @mlt1357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Alexander Ramos thank you for sharing. I will plan to visit.

    • @alexanderramos9492
      @alexanderramos9492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mlt1357 Awesome 👍🏼
      Much love from 🇵🇷😉

    • @harlem1182
      @harlem1182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@alexanderramos9492 that's good because black people need to know who we are, and where our indigenous ancient taino Indians ancestors come from. they are brainwashed thinking we are white or European or from Spain

    • @fordatimebeing
      @fordatimebeing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was really dope

    • @spanishfly5660
      @spanishfly5660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@harlem1182 You must not be paying attention. Puerto Rican people know their Roots is in our Music. Ismael Rivera & Ralphy Levitt have songs that addresses our Heritage. We are call the Rainbow People so don't bring that USA ignorance to us.

  • @kakuamoahboateng1948
    @kakuamoahboateng1948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    I'm from Ghana, Ashanti formerly Gold Coast. I hope to meet my Puerto Rican brothers someday

    • @cathyotero6229
      @cathyotero6229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hi I'm kathy I'm from Puerto Rico.

    • @johnrodz4892
      @johnrodz4892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      K AKUAMOAH BOATENG you'll be more than welcome and thank you for giving us the most beautiful music in the world (bomba).

    • @polorican_Red_I.D.
      @polorican_Red_I.D. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Care to address the rampant trade of other Africans to the Portuguese, Germans, Dutch, Norwegians,and Swedes for slavery in exchange for spices, gun powder, guns etc?Explain to the people what the Ghanian Slave Castles are? You know Elmina and Fort Chritiansborg. And explain to them how Ghanaians rounded up other Africans for the Europeans to be held in these castles to be shipped off.*

    • @benjaminpadilla3824
      @benjaminpadilla3824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hi I'm Benjamin ,I'm from Coamo,P.R. my house is your house my brother!!Would love to meet you

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@polorican_Red_I.D. funny modern Ghana didn't even exist 50 years ago let alone 300 years ago but also those slave castle where built by Portuguese and the Portuguese where know for raiding the coasts of Africa and taking slaves but for the sake of this argument this is about afro Puerto ricans who are Africans which i doubt you are

  • @lesedim4492
    @lesedim4492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    Why do many people confuse "Latina" as a racial group? As I understand it, that community is made up of a diverse group of many racial/heritage backgrounds.

    • @TCthaCrisis
      @TCthaCrisis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Because alot of time when you ask what race are they.. They reply "Latino" "Latina"

    • @lesedim4492
      @lesedim4492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      TC tha Crisis True. I just wonder why is their actual race hidden. Others do answer better and say "Hispanic"(implied euro descent?) or "Afro-latina" as stated in the video. Especially in media, you can clearly see this community is diverse☺

    • @lesedim4492
      @lesedim4492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      King Shaddd Exactly! ☺ It's a culture. I can believe the heavy African/Asian presence as you say. Even the Latin music could pass for Afro Beats.

    • @12sisters1bride7
      @12sisters1bride7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Princip Mondesir thats becoming a trend in n.america,smh

    • @danielanderson8322
      @danielanderson8322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      The truth is people will claim anything before black, even if it's of a separate category.

  • @jpoupart23
    @jpoupart23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    From a black puertorrican Thanks!

  • @SyrahJStgo
    @SyrahJStgo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Very interesting video,,my paternal grandmother used to tell me stories of when her mother,two sisters and herself came to Puerto Rico from Senegal by the family of spanish(Sevilla Spain) Don Demetrio Santiago Rangel(my grandfather) in the late 1800 to "work" in their hacienda in Ponce PR...my grandmother had 14 kids with Don Demetrio (my father was one of them) my grandma died at the age of 97 in 1984,and I remember her dearly,I learned abaut my African heritage from her and I passed that on to my kids and grandkids.

    • @JAW242
      @JAW242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Syrah J. Stgo I live in Texas and one of my patients (around 70 yo) is from Ponce and his last name is Rangel. Might be related to you:D

    • @SyrahJStgo
      @SyrahJStgo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JAW242 oh wow,interesting

    • @SyrahJStgo
      @SyrahJStgo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JAW242,,,who knows right

    • @sinigaleetv2428
      @sinigaleetv2428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Greetings you so much from Senegal living in Germany

    • @vtecnegro85
      @vtecnegro85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The moors who went to the mountains in puerto rico were the Wolof from Almoravid dynasty. They also come from old Ghana empire.

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    I know some afro-latinas they get very angry if you call them black. They'll say they're Spanish in a heartbeat.

    • @Naeem_El
      @Naeem_El 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      BLOODY POND LIVES I know some too they hate that big time

    • @ao1920
      @ao1920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Spanish is a language and belongs to those of Spain.

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@ao1920 I know that and I also know people from Spain are Europeans. But it's that whiteness that these Afro Latinos want to claim.

    • @ao1920
      @ao1920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@grapeshot they've been brainwashed or they've brainwashed themselves Lol

    • @bakaribradford
      @bakaribradford 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@grapeshot Right as if the Spanish people of Spain would love to claim them... That's like black Americans trying to claim British heritage for themselves...

  • @edguerra8790
    @edguerra8790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    Do one on Afro-Mexicans.

    • @charlesspeaksthetruth4334
      @charlesspeaksthetruth4334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Hell Yeah!!! Most people don't even know afro mexicans exist, let alone know that Mexico's second president was a black man by the name of Vicente Guerrero.

    • @MSALIYAHJORDAN
      @MSALIYAHJORDAN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Word

    • @beanabong2896
      @beanabong2896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That would be very interesting video!

    • @jordanstorr1871
      @jordanstorr1871 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      King Shaddd I heard of him. His story is very interesting.

    • @MSALIYAHJORDAN
      @MSALIYAHJORDAN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @2 piece Willy Word, is an African American expression. It's like saying Yes!
      Ex.
      You: This pizza is good!
      Me: Word!

  • @spaceseed9250
    @spaceseed9250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love the video home team! And all your videos especially since I am an Afro Puerto Rican. I'm so glad that you are bringing this out to our African American brothers and sisters, because the media only portarys most of the time Puerto Ricans that look like Jenefer Lopez and Mark Anthony. The only time you see Puerto Ricans looking like us is when we are playing sports boxing or baseball ( you forgot to give props to Reberto Clemente ) but this was a great and highly needed video, because sad too say alot of Puerto Ricans are ignorant of there African Heritage!🙏😎

  • @rdlybrka
    @rdlybrka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    "CQC" Consistently Quality Content. Thank You.

  • @vazquez1196
    @vazquez1196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Being Afro Rican myself I love this

    • @rohidnablayy6060
      @rohidnablayy6060 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s your African background my father is fro Ghana I’m hoping I have peurto rican in me my mother is Irish

    • @rx7racer88
      @rx7racer88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right?

  • @grandpa7815
    @grandpa7815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My mother is black my father afro Puerto Rican I have always known that Puerto Rican have strong African blood ,but now I know exactly from where great information.

  • @itburns8053
    @itburns8053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Thank you for another african history lesson. I really enjoy all of your videos my friend. Keep up the great work brother

  • @eddreads
    @eddreads 5 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Thank you!!! I'm from Puerto Rico and your channel it's my guide for everything.
    Also im a artisan on the island and my work is based on African heritage.

    • @Prettibaddmimi
      @Prettibaddmimi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eduardo Paz good for you 👏🏽

    • @ShaniOnSinai
      @ShaniOnSinai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is awesome. I recently visited old San Juan. Is your art available online? I'm planning on returning to Rincon where my mom was raised.

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Long live Africa and its children

    • @polorican_Red_I.D.
      @polorican_Red_I.D. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So basically do you deny your Spanish heritage.? You know your white ancestry or do you just celebrate Taino and African? I'm not criticizing you it's your life Im just inquiring.

    • @TheFizzyGenie
      @TheFizzyGenie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Polo Rican We celebrate all of them!

  • @aracelisgonzalez-reyes
    @aracelisgonzalez-reyes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Correction, we never abandoned our African bomba and plena. I was born in the Bronx and every Puerto Rican home had "tambores, guiro and other African instruments, which we still used today. Salsa and merengue are other styles of music we've embraced. I lived and went to schools both in the USA and Puerto Rico. Our three culture is very much alive on the island Spanish, African and also our Taino culture.

    • @tweetytweet2257
      @tweetytweet2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guiro is a Taino indian instrument. Very beautiful sound and the drums are african

    • @dberry1043
      @dberry1043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That all may be truth but I also lived on the island and racism is alive and well and the darker you are the more your deemed to be a trouble maker!!

    • @coquireport
      @coquireport ปีที่แล้ว

      The Guiro I believe is a Taino instrument..

  • @-I1C2U3-
    @-I1C2U3- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    LOVE LOVE LOVE what you are doing. Im Afro Puertotican and we need to be educated on our history and lineage. Ty. 👍🏾✌🏾

    • @-I1C2U3-
      @-I1C2U3- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Will be supporting on Patreon.

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good to hear yall aren't anti Africa like some USA blacks

    • @-I1C2U3-
      @-I1C2U3- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Im from the Ny Nj area and all my life thats what I know myself to be. I get there are others that identify as something else and thats because I believe they might not know or use is as an opportunity for gain. They are lost cause when they are reminded they are not white they cry wolf. Relatives included. 🧐🤨

    • @-I1C2U3-
      @-I1C2U3- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Alright I officially showed support thru Patreon. So much material on there. We should all support. 👍🏾✌🏾

    • @ericirizarry7218
      @ericirizarry7218 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Google1 Google2 Afro Puerto Rican’s are only in Loisa Pr

  • @arleneserrano8120
    @arleneserrano8120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I am a proud Afro Rican ❤️ from Brooklyn

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Arlena serrano, i think its time Afro Boricuas learn one major african laguage to build a bridge with the continent. it will be a show of strength , everyone is afraid of a determined Afro gal.

  • @Morenitto89
    @Morenitto89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love this. Being afro puerto rican myself and proud of it, there are many who dont understand that fusion and ridicule me for “being black or hispanic when it convinces me”; Which is why many denounce one of the other. But rise through the hate and embrace the African/Indian within.

  • @VivaBellabyXtina
    @VivaBellabyXtina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Contrary to what someone else here said 😏...not all of us Dominicans denounce or reject our African heritage (in fact most don't- the loud ignorant ones get the most attention though)! A video on Afro-Dominicans would be cool too! To anyone curious look up Dominican Palo music, it is our most African influenced genre of music

    • @VivaBellabyXtina
      @VivaBellabyXtina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Iridescence7770 yea (to be honest I don't really use the word Afro Dominican), but I mean more specifically those that are identifiably black and more of African descent, as there are many that are more European descent, white-passing, and I wouldnt necessarily label them as being black

    • @8a8yBleu
      @8a8yBleu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Where I’m from (New York City born & raised) if you dare call a dominican any form of black or African they will curse u out & become extremely upset. I have met very few Dominicans that acknowledge let alone be proud of their true roots. I know this does not apply to everyone because there are ton of Puerto Rican’s that are the same way however in my personal experiences in New York I find that Dominicans are extremely racist towards blacks & black culture more than Puerto Rican’s. Puerto Rican’s are much more Americanized & closer to black people (In the Bronx) at least.

    • @mixtapemania6769
      @mixtapemania6769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As a Haitian I would love to see this. Afro-Dominican former slaves fought alongside the whites in the war against Haiti (1840s). Trujillo really fukked up racial relations in the DR. He is the cause for any inferiority complex or racism that exists there today really. Before, it didnt seem Dominicans thought about themselves racially.

    • @Cahluvca
      @Cahluvca 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Def not all but many dont seem to call out those that do here in the states. Im sure its many around that diaspora that are proud of their African heritage

    • @BreuckelensFinest
      @BreuckelensFinest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VivaBellabyXtina We've spoken before on TH-cam. Marry me already. Hahaha Yo soy Boricua. I love your views. Stay true. :-D

  • @manakamuhammad6936
    @manakamuhammad6936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    From Kenya East Africa love you all brothers in the world.

    • @arroyo5born749
      @arroyo5born749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love you right back brother

    • @Africasoil
      @Africasoil 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peace bro.

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      manaka muhammad I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that ethnocentrism, racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated, regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell, be kind and treat others with decency, while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. Please don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button to follow my channel here on TH-cam. Thanks for the friendship!

  • @zxcibe5744
    @zxcibe5744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Love Puerto Rico!!! Many blessings from there. My family is blessed to have all parts of PR represented.

  • @ellengomez6249
    @ellengomez6249 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this video. My mother taught us about our afro-puerto rican heritage when I was a child. While attending school I faced prejudiced from my own "boriquas" because my skin was darker than theirs and my hair was thick and coarse. I received more acceptance from my african american school mates. Thanks again for this video. 👍

    • @Radrook353
      @Radrook353 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In contrast I had Puerto Ricans calling my hair dead because it is straight.

  • @tripleooo7881
    @tripleooo7881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    That's why puerto Rican women so beautiful. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

  • @alicemoh9225
    @alicemoh9225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    It's sad when colonised and enslaved people dont acknowledge their african roots. It's because of their african gene most of them survived. We african are physically and mentally very strong

    • @EvaAnika
      @EvaAnika 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's when your oppressors spend 500 years trying to brainwash you.you have to be extremely strong to oppose that kind of brainwashing for hundreds and hundreds of years back to back.

    • @ashleyotero4394
      @ashleyotero4394 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was because of the "TAINO" and African gene in which why we survived. Get it right sister.

    • @alicemoh9225
      @alicemoh9225 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ashleyotero4394 no it's not. Why did you think native american died out. Sorry but they were too weak.

    • @ashleyotero4394
      @ashleyotero4394 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kenneth Liburd
      You're 7 months late

  • @lindarichard4629
    @lindarichard4629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    We black people have made extra great contributions to all civilizations. Enough said. Great video

  • @andyotero6104
    @andyotero6104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    African +
    Taino +
    Spain = Puertoricans

  • @strangeleerose7351
    @strangeleerose7351 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am happy that you spoke about African History in Puerto Rico. Love it!

  • @BXGUY73
    @BXGUY73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The TERM "SALSA" was created by the FANIA Record label (NOT only by Puerto Ricans) because they wanted to GENERALIZE all the various Afro-Caribbean (Spanish) music genres under ONE TERM. Even though each rhythm was DISTINCT and different from one another to musicians although NOT to the general public.
    For example: Cha-Cha-Cha, Mambo, Son, Guaguanco, Plena, Bomba, AFRO-CUBAN-JAZZ/Descargas, Merengues, Boleros, Seis Jibaro music & Boogaloo were ALL under the UMBRELLA TERM of "Salsa."

    • @Radrook353
      @Radrook353 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Merengue has never been confused with salsa. The percussion rhythm is completely different.

  • @johnbhughes3419
    @johnbhughes3419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    You should do a video on the gullah geechee people next.

  • @khandeojones264
    @khandeojones264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Please do one for us Jamaicans, I'm curious

  • @anthemmakersmusic
    @anthemmakersmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dr. Ben Yocchnan, was an Ethiopian Puerto Rican Judio, and one of the foremost Egyptologist, and lecturers in the world. A member of my aunt's church in Harlem, New York city. Minister Farrakhan has much of his scholarly research since his death. Study hard! Stay on a straight path. I began at 9.

    • @Nisa1971
      @Nisa1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fascinating, Dr. Greg Carr speaks of him often on the Karen Hunter Show. Thank you for your comment.

  • @constructivesolutions8952
    @constructivesolutions8952 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I live in San Juan, PR. They practice blackface for comedy on t.v.. The system of white supremacy is refining strong out here.

    • @errolthomas9426
      @errolthomas9426 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. Smh.

    • @Militantreturns
      @Militantreturns 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There brainwashed

    • @constructivesolutions8952
      @constructivesolutions8952 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuki BabaYaga it’s still going on in 2020.
      remezcla.com/lists/film/10-egregious-uses-of-blackface-on-spanish-language-television/

    • @constructivesolutions8952
      @constructivesolutions8952 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuki BabaYaga satire comedy is use to degrade blks by playing a dumb and stupid image for the racist system. It’s self evident. All European culture practice racism to some degree. This is extreme.

    • @constructivesolutions8952
      @constructivesolutions8952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Puerto Rico has over 10 shows that practice blackface and they have a kkk headquarters on the island. It doesn’t take that much research to find out that Puerto Ricans practice blackface. European including French, portugueses, Spanish culture came from the caves like homosexuality, diseases, and from caucas mountains. They couldn’t see each other bc there was no sun light. Institution in Australia did to research on white people. Now in 2020 Puerto Rican practice blackface on public tv. Do your research.

  • @samuellangrin7334
    @samuellangrin7334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Reggaeton is a fusion genre of jamaican reggae and a derivative form of dancehall another music form in jamaica

  • @joseloboricua4502
    @joseloboricua4502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was born in Ponce Puerto Rico Raised in New York. Now I lived in California and I will never forget my roots. I will always be Boricua hasta la muerte.

  • @anactaneustheeleventh2542
    @anactaneustheeleventh2542 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm PR'can and proud of my African ancestry, loved the video brother, Thank you.

  • @Lando-kx6so
    @Lando-kx6so 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Reaggeton is really just a mutated version of 90s "Reggae en Español" from Panama which is really just Dancehall (from Jamaica) in Spanish

    • @RottedDollface
      @RottedDollface 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes, Big diff between Spanish Reggae and Reggaeton. It all goes back to Jamaica. Pero Reggaeton is Boricua.

    • @hornybastard3902
      @hornybastard3902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THAT MAY BE TRUTH BUT PEOPLE REALLYGOT TO IT WHEN IT BECAME REAGGETON BEFORE IT WASNT THAT POPULAR...............

    • @Lemon-rk9hq
      @Lemon-rk9hq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RottedDollFace reaggeton is better in my opinion it’s bad ass not everyone likes it though

    • @arroyo5born749
      @arroyo5born749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny ...so true
      El Heneral was the first one we heard in NY.
      That should be correct.
      No one was doing before him.....if there was one they had no circulation. .

    • @2121luv1
      @2121luv1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reggaeton and y'all music aint the same at all

  • @dariangregory6182
    @dariangregory6182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    There are two different kinds of Puerto Rican. The kind who embrace their African Heritage and the kind who claim white on the Census.

    • @erinlaboricua
      @erinlaboricua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Some of us can't claim our African heritage when writing on the Census, doesn't mean we don't try to learn about it and claim the rest of our culture 😔 I was born with super pale skin. To check a different box in America would be considered a lie.

    • @MrToolz.
      @MrToolz. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@erinlaboricua no it wouldn’t.. you dnt have to say you’re white just because your skin is pale

    • @SyrahJStgo
      @SyrahJStgo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Growing up my great grandma told us stories of where we came from, I still do that with my grandkids

    • @gjone1
      @gjone1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@erinlaboricua Being white is not about how you look, it's about exclusive European ancestry. Claiming you are white because you look like you can pass for having exclusive (meaning only) European ancestry is called "Passing", which is an interesting cultural phenomenon that has extensive research in the social sciences. Some studies suggest that it is a self-abusive defense mechanism to help people deal with the unresolved shame of their internalized racism.

    • @erinlaboricua
      @erinlaboricua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gjone1 If that's your passive way of implying that I'm a racist, I'll happily put that to bed by denying that absurdity. All my life I was referred to as "white" by my peers, and at least in the area I grew up in, being "white" was majorly due to skin color. I'm proud of my Puerto Rican heritage and always correct people that I am not "white" in the way they believe, which yes, is based on how I look. I only recently learned about the term "white passing" earlier this year. Forgive me for not referring to myself as such when that is still new to me.

  • @JuanRodriguez-wh9sn
    @JuanRodriguez-wh9sn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    This is why I’m so proud to be Puerto Rican 💯💯💯🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

    • @Albanianwarrior23
      @Albanianwarrior23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      with a German last name... lol.... You do know its German and not spanish right ?

    • @drelewis2448
      @drelewis2448 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same bro

    • @dirzx1979
      @dirzx1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO. the sun is a deadly lazer... not anymore theres a blanket

  • @kloudnine2832
    @kloudnine2832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    THANK U SO MUCH IN DOING THIS DOCUMENTARY BRO, NO BODY KNOWS OF WHAT MY PPL BEEN THRU!!! THANK U SO MUCH GOD BLESS!!

  • @thebridge5483
    @thebridge5483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    This comment section should be interesting, I’ll check back in 2 months with a bag of popcorn 🍿

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂😂😂 its going to be fill with racist comments

    • @thebridge5483
      @thebridge5483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Arusha Alghu 🤣

    • @amariewalenda3801
      @amariewalenda3801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats not funny is ignorant and disgusting

    • @thebridge5483
      @thebridge5483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Walenda Oshunmarie you must be new around here

    • @amariewalenda3801
      @amariewalenda3801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thebridge5483 nope, just tired of people's ignorance, i would never comment on anything else or other race or other facts but ive been waiting for a long time for this video

  • @BlancoToldYou
    @BlancoToldYou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Mi gente 🖤🇵🇷✊🏽thank u for this , I'm always having to explain this to ppl we aren't all European looking,and most of us are proud of our afrikana roots..

  • @DAyeshua
    @DAyeshua 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good job my brother. The only thing that your missing is a few minor details about the mulattos that came from Spain in the initial trip to Puerto Rico as well as the part that the "ladrinos" had in this historical event. Lastly, I love the Bomba y Plena reference because its a direct connect to Puerto Rico and Ghana. I did my senior thesis on this very thing back in 93, and asked to be published by African American Historian. There are other things that could be added in a part two version. Just a thought. I also read one request about Afro-Mexican. I can help you if you want. Just a thought. I studied there and did research there too. I love this content. I'm so excited.

  • @sosaalejandro5536
    @sosaalejandro5536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'am proud to keep learning. As i already accepted my true heritage as a Israelite from Puerto Rico. Thank you and all the other hebrew brothers and sisters that are waking our people up from our true identities. So many people are still denying it but movement is still moving forward. God bless.

  • @lurei1202
    @lurei1202 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @israelizzybrown4646
    @israelizzybrown4646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Gracias hermano! Por favor no faltas la pronunciación. ❤️ Ponce (pon-say) Taíno (tie-ee-no). Pronunciation is everything. ❤️ thank you so much for this video!

  • @laabitres
    @laabitres 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Reggaeton was not invented in Puerto Rico, it was made worldwide there, the origins of reggaeton come from afro Jamaican immigrants that started making music in Panama, the first guy to ever record a song on a Reggaeton beat is called Nando Boom and he's still alive. We gotta give credit where credit is due.

    • @kibweking9135
      @kibweking9135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It really started in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 but they took it to a higher level in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 n The DR 🇩🇴

    • @Neighbor_
      @Neighbor_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reggie was not invented in PR, Reggueton was. Reggueton is a mixture of genres and is funny you say it, because the person who called that genre reggueton for the first time is arguably the biggest artist in that genre: Daddy Yankee

    • @Neighbor_
      @Neighbor_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nando Boom was still another arm of the reggue music. Not reggueton

    • @laabitres
      @laabitres 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Neighbor_ yes but the first Spanish song on a Reggaeton beat was still his, then other Panamanians did it.waaay before Ricans ever did it

    • @Neighbor_
      @Neighbor_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      First, he never gave a name to nothing. Second, he was a one hit wonder that wasn't heard much after that.

  • @joselinediaz3731
    @joselinediaz3731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is very informative and very educational. As a puertorrican I want to thank you for taking your time and gather this piece of valuable information.

  • @michaelwright1467
    @michaelwright1467 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a Black American here in the USA, I know many Puerto-Ricans who are realer than many who claim they are all about our Culture. I went to an HBCU and my roommate was Rican. He taught me a lot about the Carribean and skin color. Went home with him and his fam accepted me like I was one of their own. We still keep in touch thru the years.

    • @majorpaindiaz
      @majorpaindiaz ปีที่แล้ว

      Non-sense and exceptionalism

    • @michaelwright1467
      @michaelwright1467 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can tell you don't get out or travel much huih? @@majorpaindiaz

  • @xiomanaxoxoxo3212
    @xiomanaxoxoxo3212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    THANK YOU SO MUCH , I HAVE FELT IN MY HEART AFRICAN all my life. alhtough I am light skinned, as most carmel skinned puerto ricans are, I knew. I am proud of my AFRICAN roots, and will one day see Africa my mother land.:) Puerto Rico what a beautiful place.

  • @TheFinanceRebel
    @TheFinanceRebel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent!!! Great work right here

  • @ldrdatribeoflife5072
    @ldrdatribeoflife5072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for sharing this, I was always curious about them

  • @DajiaJoyce
    @DajiaJoyce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just did 23&me and found out my recent ancestry was from Puerto rico, love this video😊

  • @0709abus
    @0709abus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We are a mix of Taino, African and Spaniard and yes we were enslaved in the early 1400's as well. That's why if you visit the island you will see all types of colors and culture we are a very proud people and embrace our roots 🇵🇷♥️

  • @damalavanda
    @damalavanda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for taking us into account, blessed be

  • @Cellyescalera
    @Cellyescalera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Am Afro Puerto Rican and it's enjoyable the way so perfect that you gave the information. Just exactly the way it is. Thanks! I give you 10 🌟, for talking about our culture. And am from LOÍZA and my last name no everyone has it . Only LOÍZA People and we are all relatives. It's something that if you hear the last names: Escalera, Clemente, Quiñones, Pizarro, Calderón and Ayala, which are most exclusive in Piñones and Loíza. And we keep living close enough to the area. Piñones is a like the city and Loíza is like the state In P.R. When we say our last name, AUTOMATICALLY plp knows exactly where we come from. Those are last names that are still maintain originals or Virgin between afro-puerrorricans. An we love BOMBA most. We have a event every year it's call The Loíza Fest and you can see our customs. And you'll find a lotta "CABEZUDOS" (THE BIG HEAD CHARACTER) I just enjoy dance BOMBA AND Plena. GRACIAS! FOR SUCH DOCUMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT!

  • @FirelightX3
    @FirelightX3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, I had no idea about my African ancestry and was kinda shocked to learn about it.

  • @wadatmusik2859
    @wadatmusik2859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I am African American with Caribbean heritage. I love my latino people from all their different countries. One blood!

    • @ladymsthing6056
      @ladymsthing6056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wadat Musik African American or Caribbean heritage? They aren’t the same. The term African American cane from ADOS people wanting to embrace their African roots. I hope HomeTeam breaks down Black American so people will know my people’s history, especially if they live in America.

    • @biracialmario8211
      @biracialmario8211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ladymsthing6056 stfu

    • @johnbhughes3419
      @johnbhughes3419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ladymsthing6056 a person can have both let's say his father is Caribbean and his mother is African American from hundreds of years of being in America with ancestors that where formerly enslaved.

    • @wadatmusik2859
      @wadatmusik2859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@johnbhughes3419 I am so surprised that LadyMsThing couldn't figure that out.

    • @johnbhughes3419
      @johnbhughes3419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wadatmusik2859 yes some people are typing without thinking

  • @dopecoces4237
    @dopecoces4237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Hey research garifuna bro would love to see my culture up front

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He will bro don't worry

    • @pianistNorganist
      @pianistNorganist 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just about to recommend that! My mother's side stems from the original Garifunas from St. Vincent before they were exiled.

    • @dopecoces4237
      @dopecoces4237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Innerpapaya22 awesome moms Belize 🇧🇿 x pops from Jamaica 🇯🇲

    • @breezeeasy1064
      @breezeeasy1064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you Belizean or Honduran Honduran Garifuna??

    • @dopecoces4237
      @dopecoces4237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Breeze Easy Belize

  • @inocentelopez5775
    @inocentelopez5775 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks ,very good information.

  • @BethanyNes77
    @BethanyNes77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I am Puerto Rican found out I have Western African roots

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good for you

    • @fantastixfilms5372
      @fantastixfilms5372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because most of us do. Some of us like me have more and have darker skin as well

  • @WillieLigo
    @WillieLigo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im puertorican mulato , my mom side is descendants from new Orlan , they emigrated for the sugar plantation in south Puertorican-Ponce and im proud of my history

  • @alexsantiago3516
    @alexsantiago3516 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a Rican LIVING in PR, no one says were Spanish we say Puerto Rican. 2) Yes there is racism here but the Black PRicans here are extremely proud of their African roots and it's celebrated as are Taino roots are and Spanish (Spain) No one in the Carribean calls themselves Spanish like in the US. Its the equivalent of the people in the US calling themselves English cause they speak the language

    • @biggalaxy9102
      @biggalaxy9102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I hate when my mom refers to Boricuas as "Spanish!" It irritates me bc we are not Spaniah, we are Borikin!

    • @Radrook353
      @Radrook353 ปีที่แล้ว

      I haven seen any Latinos in the USA referring to themselves as being Spanish. Mexicans say they are Mexicans. Dominicans Dominicans, Puerto Ricans Puerto Ricans. As a cultural group we all call ourselves Latinos.

  • @timjohnson172
    @timjohnson172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video and the hidden history you found

  • @s3hooligan
    @s3hooligan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very informative video. In Ponce, there is a statue (El Hombre Redimido - The Man Redeemed) that pays tribute to the Puerto Rico’s African ancestry. Also, to be correct, while reggaeton is popular in Puerto Rico, it began in Panama.

  • @Mr2bad1
    @Mr2bad1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Ponce has two syllables not one. "PON-CE"

    • @Tsukino
      @Tsukino 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      was thinking the same thing.

    • @CrimsonRaven51
      @CrimsonRaven51 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More phonetically - Pone say.

    • @KP-zm1bo
      @KP-zm1bo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      For real the way he was saying it made me cringe lol but I have nothing but love for the brother

  • @fabian21pr83
    @fabian21pr83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am a white Puerto Rican from northwest part of Puerto Rico!!! From Isabela!! I am proud of our Afro-Puerto Rican’s!!!

  • @factsdc3719
    @factsdc3719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is very interesting. I’m Black living in America but even I know that other Latinos in Central and South America consider Puerto Rican’s, Dominicanos , Cubanos, & Mexicanos as the “ni*gas” of Latin America.
    Pero if you go travel to Nicaragua , El Salvador, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru I’ve found deep African roots there as well.
    STOP DISCRIMINATION

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      todos los latinos somos una mezcla de americanos, africanos y europeos.
      excepto los gringos y los canadienses. esos son casi puros, o africanos, o europeos.

  • @JoseOrtiz-zx8sf
    @JoseOrtiz-zx8sf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Afor-puerto rican is a made-up word , we are all just Puerto Ricans, admix that represents the entirety of humanity.

    • @lamis1053
      @lamis1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Nina Aden in puerto rico there are not "afro latinos", because all of us have black blood, no matter how white the skin look like here, all of us are multiracial, because puerto ricans are a mix of africans, europeans and native caribbean americans, and the mayority have 50-60% white in the blood, so those "afro-latinos" are just latinos that are ignoring the others races that they have

    • @susanllequis3832
      @susanllequis3832 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We must not fall for the USA tradition of deviding Black=White.Please we are Puertorricans period.Yes many of us belong to the Black race,so what?We love our brothers wherever they were born in or out of Puerto Rico.Peace

    • @susanllequis3832
      @susanllequis3832 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nina Aden We are hispanic,we are not Latinos it is a mistake to call ourselves Latino.

    • @susanllequis3832
      @susanllequis3832 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will move on no matter if you wish to continue to use the phrase Afro Latino which is a stupid contradictory use of language.

    • @lamis1053
      @lamis1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Nina Aden in spanish the hispanic people are the ones that speak SPANISH, spain is one. Latinos are the ones that speak a lenguage that came from the latin, the french or spanish

  • @GetTouchMag
    @GetTouchMag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My Father is Puerto Rican / Mom African American this was vey informative 😊 Thank You

  • @drevsandre4555
    @drevsandre4555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m from Loiza raised in Bayamon... I live in Houston now and you do not know how many times I have to explain I’m a dark skin Puerican.

  • @ShaniOnSinai
    @ShaniOnSinai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My mother's family are the one of the few who fled from colonialization, in Puerto Rico we call ourselves jibaros. Thank you for posting. So many times I've dealt with super ignorant and violent reactions due to my coming out so light but it doesn't matter...I adore my history.

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beautiful Puerto Rican queen

    • @jhjhghghg1467
      @jhjhghghg1467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You are white

    • @Jonmad17
      @Jonmad17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You realize that Jíbaros were European, right? They were Canarian migrants who were granted land by the Spanish government in the center of the island. The reason you're light is because the majority of your ancestors likely came from Europe.

    • @Radrook353
      @Radrook353 ปีที่แล้ว

      African Americans are not all of the same shade of skin color. They have absolutely no issue with it.

  • @judorican973
    @judorican973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m a black Puerto Rican both parents born on the island! I love ❤️ my blackness 🇵🇷✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @TheBLACKboard65
    @TheBLACKboard65 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am ADOS but was initially inspired to learn Spanish because I saw a book in the library on PR. All the people looked just like my family. So I figured if I learned Spanish and French along with my mother tongue of English, I'd be able to speak to Blacks just about anywhere I traveled - and, I was right!

  • @Renould2010
    @Renould2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Home team your Always winning, continue to Shine, 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿💯💯💯👑🙏🏾.

  • @celimardejesus7857
    @celimardejesus7857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you SO much for this video ❤🇵🇷

  • @mimomuiruri1552
    @mimomuiruri1552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My Puerto Rican friend and I were just having this kinda conversation.
    More like her schooling me, lol
    Thanks for posting this.
    Love from Kenya ♥

  • @davidlopez-rl4sh
    @davidlopez-rl4sh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for teaching me more than what I already know.

  • @solo9352
    @solo9352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    U do r people a great service thanks. 🌠

  • @soilomasbello1156
    @soilomasbello1156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a Puerto Rican with some African ancestors as most of us I don't like the term Afro Puerto Rican at all. Although the history shown is mostly true, at this point in history we are all just Puerto Ricans. The use of term look like trying to import the same racial division and hate US is living and I don't want this for my island. Doesn't matter if the person is as black as carbon or as white as paper call all of us just Puerto Ricans is the most beautiful thing.

  • @GearsinMotionGraphics
    @GearsinMotionGraphics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you!, for posting this actual and factual information to those who are lost upon the whole idea on what an African Latino is, Puerto Rico as far as Dominican Republic is concerned is a wide range of mixtures especially African descended people... glad to be part of the afro Latino Club

  • @Peace704032797
    @Peace704032797 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very informative. Thank you!

  • @damalavanda
    @damalavanda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you, bard. I'm from Rio Grande the town right next to Loiza

    • @luisjuarbe6946
      @luisjuarbe6946 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      👰🍼🕺💵🤰🏃💏🤫😉👌💌🌹💎

  • @nw9801
    @nw9801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    LOVE.THIS.VID. Please do one on the small group of Jamaicans that emigrated to Panama to build the canal

    • @dwaynerichburg1706
      @dwaynerichburg1706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is where the origins of Reggaeton come from Panama( No offense to Puerto Rico) but, that’s the truth & The Puerto Rican’s know the truth

    • @amariewalenda3801
      @amariewalenda3801 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dwaynerichburg1706 yes buddy we know the true we damn well know it was PANAMA saludos de 🇵🇷🗽, la atrevida, el general, y muchos mas👍💚

    • @sedsa097
      @sedsa097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      St. Lucians too, in fact ppl from many islands migrated for work in Panama during the construction.

  • @MelodicalJazzyphile723
    @MelodicalJazzyphile723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for putting in the time to present this to us brother. Good job man. It's needed.

  • @gray_bullet2310
    @gray_bullet2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for this video!!! I am full blooded Puerto Rican and am so proud of my blood and how we came to be the people we are today. Many do not acknowledge our ancestry or so many refuse to acknowledge the plight of the Puerto Rican people and its roots when it comes to our African Roots, although it's celebrated and made us a proud people

    • @kingdick5611
      @kingdick5611 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Facts the African side gave y'all flavor n spice y'all definitely have more African features trust me when u mix wit a African the genes dominant over n thing how u think Brazilians n Puerto Ricans get there hips n butt from the sista n her take pride

    • @SHANNY13_96
      @SHANNY13_96 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@kingdick5611they get from Congolese Angolan Sao Tome Mozambique Creatures!!"😅

  • @michaelreyes6761
    @michaelreyes6761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for posting this awesome documentary about my beautiful Puertorriqueños.✌️

  • @ceciliasegeda8641
    @ceciliasegeda8641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Grandfather is Puerto Rican and I am proud to be who I am. I would love to go see San Juan Puerto Rico where he was from.

  • @NYGUY9
    @NYGUY9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Puerto Rico is responsible and dominant for 2 of the top 5 music genres in the world that descend from the mother land Africa and people wonder where the pride comes from. That’s not to mention the European and Native culture/influence and we embrace them all as one people.🇵🇷