Saber de tu cultura y de tu pasado, y sentirce orgulloso de tus raices, no te hace menos Americano. A lot of the European descendents don't know anything about their European culture and background and don't have something to feel connected to. I believe this is why a lot of them hate and don't like when people know where they come from and celebrate their culture.
Why isn't this blowing up? This could inspire kids and adults who are shy about this topic. When I first got to college in the South the people said I couldn't be both one or the other, but boy are they wrong about this platano
I feel for you. I'm 1/4 Puerto Rican on my dad's side and my Latino friends accepted me but my mom's side of the family which is African American always told me it doesn't count, why are you embarrassed to be black? I'm not at all, but a do accept and love everything that I am. Now my dad wants me to learn Spanish and connect with my family and I couldn't be more proud!
keep in mind puerto rico is a country and not race. Being proud of the roots that you have from there is beautiful. Black is a race , and in puerto rico theres many black people who have majority of black blood but embrace their latino culture . African culture is beautiful as well depending from what part you are and culture you embrace. Be proud its not taking away from your black background.
I battled with this my whole life; I was never Black enough for my Black side, not Puerto Rican for the Puerto Rican side. You CAN be both and be proud of both, and I am teaching my kids to be orgullosos de todo! Weeeepaaaaaa!!! 🇵🇷
Considering puerto rican is an ethicity and we are mixed race anyway..the only way to not be puerto rican enough is to not hold the culture in your heart.
@Johnny Rutz u obviously aint never been 2 mexico with yo ignint @$$..mexico haz phenotypically, african,indigenous, european & asian pplz & u canc that without lookin too hard....itz better 2 keep yor mouth shut & havv ppl know it 4 syur when u talk....... get ouuta yo cave :(
This is so true!!! Even if you don’t have a genetic connection, being Puerto Rican is more of a state of mind, a feeling. A good example is our beloved Tony Croatto.
For real? People couldn't possibly claim that far back?! I thought it went as far back as Great Grandparents and that was it. She sure got the hang of Bomba though! ;D
I’ve always felt like this! My mom is half Puerto Rican and I’ve never felt like I was I guess “allowed” to be Puerto Rican. This truly is the insight I was looking for from Pero Like and I love it!
Being Puerto Rican means that you identify with the Puerto Rican culture. I(t has absolutely nothing to do with race. I recently met a Korean Puerto Rican and she was 100 Puerto Rican culturally. On the other hand there are persons of 100% European ancestry who are also Puerto Rican. Makes absolutely no difference.
My Dear Sister, There Is No Conflict Between Being Black And Being Puerto Rican! To Be Puerto Rican IS To Be African, Taino And Spanish! We Have All The Best Of Three Worlds Combined And Each Part Is Equal And Wonderful. I Would Welcome You Home, But You Were Always Home, This Is Where Your Heart Is!
Yesssss NOT ALL SPANISH HAVE AFRO BLOODLINES Puertoricans barely have Tainos too most Puertoricans have Italian not Spanish Españoles and they dont all have afro either
I too am mixed Black and Puerto Rican like her father and it's nice to see her embrace her whole culture and be embraced. I'm reading all these positive comments and it feels me with pride and joy. The brand is strong! 🇵🇷🐸
So you separate blackness from being Puerto Rican? Many African Americans would take that statement as evidence that Puerto Ricans are racists. Are you unaware of that?
I'm half Puerto Rican and it wasn't until my dad passed that I fully connected with my boricua side. I went to the motherland for the first time 2 weeks ago and it was a dream. Never been prouder to say "Soy boricua" 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
I needed this! It really helps me to know I’m not the only one feeling that inner conflict and validates the fact that you can be equally submerged in and proud of all the cultures you come from. We share similar stories and I appreciate you sharing yours. 💛😊 🇵🇷🙌🏾WEEEPPAAAAAA!!!🙌🏾🇵🇷
that's a kindred spirit , I was like that but not with puerto Rico , ifelt home in the states but a piece of French and italian.. like somewhere from that ueuropean..
Seeing somebody be introduced to their culture always warms my heart, because it took me a little longer than most to connect to my Cubanidad y Panameñidad. (And if it includes slang, Mofongo, Bomba, y Arroz con Gandules that's even better!)
Panama!!! I share a similar struggle, but it is good learning about where ancestors are from. I connect through my heritages(Granny spoke fluent Spanish, and this fact was a clue to my partial heritage! I am Jamaican also,) through food and music, as well as learning the language-I always found Spanish easy to learn! Need people to practice with though.
Of course if she decides to identify with her Latina side she will be welcomed. It is a matter of personal choice in such cases. It doesn't mean she is rejecting her blackness since there are black Puerto Ricans.
Thank you for this!! I'm a 1/4 Puerto Rican on my dad's side too. Sadly my grandma passed when he was young and he was adopted so I've never gotten to know anything about being Puerto Rican really. It's a part of me that I really want to get to know more about and seeing your video was really inspiring!
My mom was born and raised in Yauco, PR. I wasn't raised to speak Spanish. I knew very little about the culture and I've never lived there. My dad is your typical white man of Western European descent. Mostly German, Irish, and English. I've struggled with my Puerto Rican identity too. Most people say I'm too white to be Puerto Rican, even though I'm only one generation removed from being Puerto Rican on my mom's side. I have jibaro blood in my veins. I can speak Spanish decently, I love all the food, I cook some of the food, I can dance salsa, and I can survive almost anything. I won't let any uptight prick tell me who I am. No matter if they're from Puerto Rico or not, we'll have a problem if they try to tell me who I am. Be proud of who you are. No one can define who you are except for you.
Ryan Bales anybody that says you are too white to be Boricua is someone that is either non Boricua or a person of Puerto Rican decent born in the states.
Omg I have almost the same experience as you! Except my grandparents were both born in the island and my mom in America. I always feel like I'm not puerto Rican enough even though I'm technically half
@@SuperVale19 yeah more definitely. People from all over the world settled in PR for centuries. People forget things like that and try to put Boricuas in a box and that we're all supposed to look a certain way.
@@radrook7584 not the same as Puerto Rico! Also, I was always told my heritage was Puerto Rican with ancestry back to Spain but when I did my dna no Spain all Portugal so to me Spain doesn’t hit the same as Puerto Rico, you lose the African influences as well as Taino
Many Spaniard’s arrived in PR when Spain occupied the island. Many identify as Castilian. But don’t get me started, they have their own traditions and most are fair-skinned. Many of the old time Spanish-influenced cafes in the San Juan area (Kasalta plus La Ceiba, España if they’re still in existence) were started by Castilians. They even have their own flag (it’s red) and I last saw one flown above the hardware store in Old San Juan, though I think they’ve closed.
I relate to this video on so many levels. My grandma is 1/2 Puerto Rican but I didn’t grow up with much of the culture beyond knowing I loved pasteles and gandule rice and could eat them all day everyday. Recently I’ve been learning more about the Puerto Rican side of my family and the culture, but since I’m essentially only 1/8th, it sometimes feels like barely a connection. It’s so nice to see others like me exploring their Puerto Rican side and especially interesting to see their journey. TLDR - Gracias Pero Like for helping me to embrace my Puerto Rican side through your videos!
@@Maverick.D. No, but some non-Spanish speakers have really hard times getting pronunciation right when learning. It helps if you've been exposed to the language and accent so maybe she's going by what her grandmother sounded like.
It’s so refreshing to see these types of videos! It’s interesting being an African-American who has no link to the islands whatsoever and inadvertently still feeling connected. De hecho, I’ve learned And practiced Spanish for the last 8 years and its just so powerful and moving that that I can dig just a little deeper into the culture and everything else because I speak Spanish. Destiny, kill it, boo! Keep these videos comin, Pero Like! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I love how confident she is and that pronunciation was soooo satisfying you have no idea how amazing it is to hear someone pronounce a word in a language they don't speak, you'll do great sweetie and I'm sure Puerto Rico claims you as their child before you were born
I really hope that Destinee does get to visit PR 🇵🇷. It'd be amazing to see a vlog-esque type of vid of her exploring it for the first time and see her come full circle.
You made me cry happy tears. Embrace who you are. No one can desquilify or grade how much or less puertorrican you are. Be happy! Dios te bendiga y proteja, mija! Welcome home!
I am half Mexican and half puertoriquen but i only know my Mexican side because my mom passes away years ago i never got in touch with it, but i can't wait to one day get tp experience my puertoriquen side as well
Así!!! I'm so glad you're connecting with your Puerto Rican roots! This was such a good video, especially as someone who is also of mixed ethnicity and has struggled with feeling "Puerto Rican enough". We are Boricua and it is so beautiful to connect with our culture! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
I am the exact same im black n 4th Puerto Rican n it’s always been hard, I always wanted to be out and be proud of being Puerto Rican pero sometimes I feel like I can’t because I don’t know Spanish that much or look much like a “latina” pero I want to embrace being who I am and this just really made me so happy 💗‼️
Wait till you learn more about Boricuas...in the Caribbean we are not just food, music, talent and noble people...we are Warriors and our seed is all over. Orgulloso de ser Boricua...PUÑETA!!! 🤣🤣🤣🍺🍺🍺😉🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
This hit me in the feels. I knew part of my dads family was from Puerto Rico so I always reppeped being Puertorriqueño but we did an ancestry test and find out his father’s father was Mexican. When I told my Mexican friend Noé this, he took me around Houston and sent me all types of stuff to show me what it meant to be Mexican. It is definitely an experience to reconnect with your culture
I think this was the most relatable video I’ve ever watched. I’ve struggled with the exact same thing for years being black and half Puerto Rican. Thank you so much
Hola mi gente....I can totally relate! I am finally embracing my mixed heritage, and after just finding my paternal Puerto Rican roots I am so moved by this. To be embraced meant everything to me, but now I have the courage to just BE! Boriquas & women/people of every race stand up!!😘🌻🌞🧚🏼♀️
Wepaaaaa!!!!❤️🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 Love My Culture so much ... even though I’m in Colorado I still practice our culture and food every day .... I’m so proud of going boricua .... I miss the island so much
i am sooo happy for her !! it warmed my heart to see her remember her grandma's food. with latinx's family is everything. food and dance is a way we connect with each other and our roots. you go girl!
felt this a lot it almost made me cry, aa this hits exactly at home :') I'm the same with her except it's my grandfather who's puerto rican ! was so nice to watch this thank you so much 💞💞
Destine please learn you Puerto Rican history it is very important. I am Puerto Rican Taino but my children mixed. Puerto Rican , Indian, black afro American, German and Irish It's a must to know your roots. Yes it will go beyond. Happy history lessons. Yes you can be both Puerto Rican and other mix. God bless you always
Girl, it’s so beautiful to see you explore your heritage. As Puerto Ricans, we are all about family and being proud of our roots, so it’s so beautiful to see you become a part of that
definitely keep them far away , too many of them are trouble makers , especially Islanders , had to many bad moments with them and those lost in upper Eastern states...lost with their gang mentality....
I have a similar story. My grandmother on my father's side is Venezuelan but she passed away when he was about 7 so all we've ever connected with is our Trinidadian roots (His father is Trinidadian and so is my mother). And lately, I've been feeling this absence in my life relating to not knowing more about that side of my family and I just don't know where to start or how to fill that void.
I'm a quarter Puerto Rican too! Unfortunately my grandma was ashamed of her culture and was orphaned as a young child so everything I know about the culture I've learned on my own.
Well I'm Dominican...grew up around Dominicans all my life...but I've always been told that I don't "act" dominican...i know exactly what people mean, I don't fit into the stereotypes...I'm not loud, I don't dance merengue nor speak freakishly fast with a Dominican accent...I have a very calm demeanor, like classical music and my Spanish sounds "universal" (I don't know how else to describe it 😁 )...and I'm still 100% Dominican and proud. So yeah, I too represent Dominicans and the culture. People need to stop trying to define others and categorize them according to what they believe to be is right... and most importantly, people can't let the unsolicited ignorant opinions and thoughts of others, question who you are and what you represent.
I have literally this same problem. My grandma died suddenly and she was just starting to teach me the food and the culture because I told her how important it was to me. Growing up I didn’t have the culture around me and when I learned I was Puerto Rican I kept being told I was “too white to be anything but” by a lot of mean people in my school. I just recently started having a passion for my family history and seeing this video gives me the motivation to just go for it and learn everything my grandma couldn’t teach me in time. Thank you for doing this!
can i be puerto rican? 😂 omg i loveeee puerto rican people! i grew up in a puerto rican neighborhood here in chicago and every person i met is always so nice, they talk to u like you're part of the family, if youre shy and u dont wanna talk they do all the talking, they make sure youre having a good time, they wanna feed u, and i aint even mad i wish can eat pr food every single day! lol
Being puertorrican is not only about your family descendance or if you were born on the island. It is about embracing the culture, it's people, it's heart. Once you have embraced all of those things, the Island of Enchantment shall be within you wherever you go.❤❤❤
That’s dope discovering your roots. Being Black and being Latino is not that different... the seasoning may be different, but in the end, it just goodness!
I can 100 % relate. My father is Black & Puerto Rican too. My grandmother is from Poncé. So I too am 1/4 Boricua but growing up I had many people say I was lying because I couldn’t speak Spanish and didn’t look like it. But over time, it just fueled my desire to learn more about my Latinx culture.
Theres a lot of people who question their identity or place in their culture and ethnicity but if you want to learn and be part of your culture, just own it, who care about what other people say because at the end of the day you would loose the oportunity to connect with YOUR lineage and YOUR culture, dont let arrogant "cultured" people take that away.
@@josephupholstery1416 yea its all overrated, you are what you are and nothing is going to change that and most people like to put labels on people so they will disect you all they can...
Wish I could do more then just like the video and share it. Made me remember why I wouldn't change anything about my heritage. Absolutely loved the energy she brings. WEPA PUÑETA!!! YOU GO GIRL
My momma was a very Christian woman but when she heard bomba playing she would dance like she was young again..thank you for that memory....p.s someone please bring this young afro latina to la isla bonita!
That warmed my heart!!!! Yessss sis I see those dance moves! You are embracing who you are!!! Nothing wrong with it 🥰 Latinos are the most welcoming people we love you before we know you! Can’t wait to see you go to Puerto Rico that island is magical!
Yaaaaaaas si mamita dale! You're never not going to be PR enough. You are one of us! You are both. Both are wonderful and beautiful and rich in history. 🇵🇷🇵🇷
Wait a got dang minute, I need to cop them pr shades and the pr shirt like asap!!!! But giiirrrrrrllllll, I'm soooooo happy you got to reconnect with your pr roots!!!!!! 😘😘😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I've been saying for almost my entire life. There's no such thing as "I'm x% Puerto Rican" you're just Puerto Rican. I was born in New York both my parents are Puerto Rican. We're all just Puerto Rican. 😁❤️
Mami You are a beautiful Human being. You are a 100% of everything I'm Puerto Rican born and raised ,and you are as much a puerto rican as I am. PEACE GOD IS LOVE.
I love this! I am mixed (father is portuguese mother is italian and PR) and I have a similar situation with my grandfather and not being able to grow up with him showing me first hand but my mother has always kept the culture alive! Im always proud to say Im puerto rican! ❤️❤️
I wanna do this because I am a big chunk Puerto Rican but my family wants to forget about our history and not be proud. 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷now I love my Hispanic side
Sooo proud of you! Happy to see another Puertoriqueña en LA. Just wait til June in Long Beach at the festival of San Juan all the Boricuas come out of hiding lol
I hope you do get to go to Puerto Rico to embrace, explore & experience your culture. It was pretty cool just watching that happiness come out from within you. It would be nice to watch you throughout your journey. Xoxo
i relate so much. my grandma was puerto rican too and my dad is half puerto rican. honestly wish I could speak spanish and just learn more about the culture because it's so amazing
I feel like it’s disrespectful to not recognize both cultures. Afro Latina is a thing and that’s what you are, that is being respectful to your grandma and keeping her light alive. My moms Puerto Rican and I consider myself Afro Latina too. Good for you embracing both sides of your culture
I didn't even know Destinee was Puerto Rican!
Welcome to La Familia Boricua girl!!!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Saber de tu cultura y de tu pasado, y sentirce orgulloso de tus raices, no te hace menos Americano. A lot of the European descendents don't know anything about their European culture and background and don't have something to feel connected to. I believe this is why a lot of them hate and don't like when people know where they come from and celebrate their culture.
She is only a quarter. I don't give a damn about what people say!
Best Friends it’s a nationality lol
@@rshaaad9572 (.)
@@ihaveavintageheart *Omg calm down! It was a joke...*
Your Puerto Rican because you are, no such thing as being enough!!😘, I'm proud of you! Welcome back home mama
Jennifer Bates “back home?”
Shenayah’s World I think she means you know giving her a warm hug bag back into the culture❤
@@vadanarodriguez4623 Excatly!
Yeah and she is fucking a quarter. Ella es una pinche idiota.
@@Kaiviti_Jonte YOU fucking hater Racist this is not your culture spot go fuck yourself RACISTA
I commend her pronunciation. Even if she doesn't know or use it often almost everything she said in Spanish came out naturally.
Because it in her blood once a Puerto Rican always in Puerto Rican❣❣❣
🎶🎊Weeeepaaaa 🇵🇷🎊🇵🇷🎊🎉🇵🇷🎉🎊🎶🎵
I said the same exact thing! Literally commented the same thing almost word for word. You could tell it's in her blood. She has the tongue for it.
Fr!!!
ITS IN OUR BLOOD PUÑETA
Its not really that hard though in my opinion
Why isn't this blowing up? This could inspire kids and adults who are shy about this topic. When I first got to college in the South the people said I couldn't be both one or the other, but boy are they wrong about this platano
El Mono share it, if you already haven’t friend, I did !!!
RIGHT?! This whole channel would have boosted me up so much as a teen LOL these kids these days are so lucky!
It’s certainly inspiring me
Y’all made me cry 😢 Your Abuelita is smiling from above fo sho!
Big facts!!!
Deadass 😭👑 🇵🇷
me too. my abuela made it too and i missed her so much right then.
When she ate the rice and it reminded her of her Nana. I started crying. I felt it. I felt it
@@jennTwaambo Yes, it was so real. I felt it as well
I feel for you. I'm 1/4 Puerto Rican on my dad's side and my Latino friends accepted me but my mom's side of the family which is African American always told me it doesn't count, why are you embarrassed to be black? I'm not at all, but a do accept and love everything that I am. Now my dad wants me to learn Spanish and connect with my family and I couldn't be more proud!
keep in mind puerto rico is a country and not race. Being proud of the roots that you have from there is beautiful. Black is a race , and in puerto rico theres many black people who have majority of black blood but embrace their latino culture . African culture is beautiful as well depending from what part you are and culture you embrace. Be proud its not taking away from your black background.
Puerto rican is a nationality & culture💖not race
You are Afro Latina. Claim your heritage love 😊
You can be any color and be Puerto Rican. There are even Chinese Boricuas. Be proud of who you are.
I’m half Puerto Rican and Half African American. Girl embrace that Boricua culture. Wepaaa!!
I battled with this my whole life; I was never Black enough for my Black side, not Puerto Rican for the Puerto Rican side. You CAN be both and be proud of both, and I am teaching my kids to be orgullosos de todo! Weeeepaaaaaa!!! 🇵🇷
Considering puerto rican is an ethicity and we are mixed race anyway..the only way to not be puerto rican enough is to not hold the culture in your heart.
Santana L there iz no “race” anywhere,.....itza false social construct... racialized ppl & marginalized ppl yes, but race NO
@@ihaveavintageheart so many people in the USA think slavery of black people only happened in the USA. It's ridiculous.
@Johnny Rutz u obviously aint never been 2 mexico with yo ignint @$$..mexico haz phenotypically, african,indigenous, european & asian pplz & u canc that without lookin too hard....itz better 2 keep yor mouth shut & havv ppl know it 4 syur when u talk....... get ouuta yo cave :(
WEEEPAAAA
your great great great great grandparent could be Puerto Rican and we'll still claim you as family 😂
Thats beautiful lol
I love this ❤️♥️
This is so true!!! Even if you don’t have a genetic connection, being Puerto Rican is more of a state of mind, a feeling. A good example is our beloved Tony Croatto.
TRUEEE
For real? People couldn't possibly claim that far back?! I thought it went as far back as Great Grandparents and that was it. She sure got the hang of Bomba though! ;D
I’ve always felt like this! My mom is half Puerto Rican and I’ve never felt like I was I guess “allowed” to be Puerto Rican. This truly is the insight I was looking for from Pero Like and I love it!
Being Puerto Rican means that you identify with the Puerto Rican culture. I(t has absolutely nothing to do with race. I recently met a Korean Puerto Rican and she was 100 Puerto Rican culturally. On the other hand there are persons of 100% European ancestry who are also Puerto Rican. Makes absolutely no difference.
WEPA BORICUA!!!🇵🇷🇵🇷WELCOME TO OUR CRAZY BORICUA FAMILY YA TÚ SABE!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷💃💃💃💃👑👑🇵🇷🇵🇷💃💃💃💃💃
Sierra Centeno WEPPPAAAA MI BORICUA
Sierra Centeno well come to are crazy boricua family *disparos* PUÑETA ME CAGO EN LA CRKIKA CORRE CBNA CORRE MAMÁ BICHO
My Dear Sister,
There Is No Conflict Between Being Black And Being Puerto Rican! To Be Puerto Rican IS To Be African, Taino And Spanish! We Have All The Best Of Three Worlds Combined And Each Part Is Equal And Wonderful.
I Would Welcome You
Home, But You Were Always Home, This Is Where Your Heart Is!
Not for all.
Not all Puerto Ricans are "mixed". Some are only European or White. So stop the BS.
Yesssss NOT ALL SPANISH HAVE AFRO BLOODLINES Puertoricans barely have Tainos too most Puertoricans have Italian not Spanish Españoles and they dont all have afro either
Tainos are Asian mix not many are known that tribe is very small.
Ylnevaeh Stsoh fax
I too am mixed Black and Puerto Rican like her father and it's nice to see her embrace her whole culture and be embraced. I'm reading all these positive comments and it feels me with pride and joy. The brand is strong! 🇵🇷🐸
somebodys also a bodega boys fan 😭
Love this
Familia!!🖤🇵🇷
So you separate blackness from being Puerto Rican? Many African Americans would take that statement as evidence that Puerto Ricans are racists. Are you unaware of that?
Puerto Ricans are african descent... embrace your wepa, hermano
I'm half Puerto Rican and it wasn't until my dad passed that I fully connected with my boricua side. I went to the motherland for the first time 2 weeks ago and it was a dream. Never been prouder to say "Soy boricua" 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
wepa
I needed this! It really helps me to know I’m not the only one feeling that inner conflict and validates the fact that you can be equally submerged in and proud of all the cultures you come from. We share similar stories and I appreciate you sharing yours. 💛😊
🇵🇷🙌🏾WEEEPPAAAAAA!!!🙌🏾🇵🇷
????u only havv inner conflict if u allow OUTER ppl 2 d-fine u........DONT!!!!!!!!
that's a kindred spirit , I was like that but not with puerto Rico , ifelt home in the states but a piece of French and italian.. like somewhere from that ueuropean..
I’m loving that Pero Like is uploading so many videos related to Puerto Rico🥰
Deadass
Who you telling 😂 I’m going to know all I need before my first visit #gettingbacktotheroots
Ivan was like, “you guys don’t have enough PR videos ima help y’all out” lol
Same! 🇵🇷
No love to colombia 🇨🇴 😭
Seeing somebody be introduced to their culture always warms my heart, because it took me a little longer than most to connect to my Cubanidad y Panameñidad. (And if it includes slang, Mofongo, Bomba, y Arroz con Gandules that's even better!)
Awsamazing Eden 🇵🇦🇵🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️
🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
Yo tambien/ Same 🇨🇺
@@joshiyonnahayes6016 🤗♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎉🎉🎉🎉
Panama!!! I share a similar struggle, but it is good learning about where ancestors are from. I connect through my heritages(Granny spoke fluent Spanish, and this fact was a clue to my partial heritage! I am Jamaican also,) through food and music, as well as learning the language-I always found Spanish easy to learn! Need people to practice with though.
Can we please make this a series? I'd love to see Destinee connect more with her Puerto Rican side and even go to Puerto Rico.
Of course if she decides to identify with her Latina side she will be welcomed. It is a matter of personal choice in such cases. It doesn't mean she is rejecting her blackness since there are black Puerto Ricans.
Thank you for this!! I'm a 1/4 Puerto Rican on my dad's side too. Sadly my grandma passed when he was young and he was adopted so I've never gotten to know anything about being Puerto Rican really. It's a part of me that I really want to get to know more about and seeing your video was really inspiring!
My mom was born and raised in Yauco, PR. I wasn't raised to speak Spanish. I knew very little about the culture and I've never lived there. My dad is your typical white man of Western European descent. Mostly German, Irish, and English. I've struggled with my Puerto Rican identity too. Most people say I'm too white to be Puerto Rican, even though I'm only one generation removed from being Puerto Rican on my mom's side. I have jibaro blood in my veins. I can speak Spanish decently, I love all the food, I cook some of the food, I can dance salsa, and I can survive almost anything. I won't let any uptight prick tell me who I am. No matter if they're from Puerto Rico or not, we'll have a problem if they try to tell me who I am. Be proud of who you are. No one can define who you are except for you.
Ryan Bales anybody that says you are too white to be Boricua is someone that is either non Boricua or a person of Puerto Rican decent born in the states.
Omg I have almost the same experience as you! Except my grandparents were both born in the island and my mom in America. I always feel like I'm not puerto Rican enough even though I'm technically half
@@christinabrown232 embrace that culture hermana.
100% boricua here and I dont look like it... remember we are a mix of 3 (possibly more)
@@SuperVale19 yeah more definitely. People from all over the world settled in PR for centuries. People forget things like that and try to put Boricuas in a box and that we're all supposed to look a certain way.
Send her to Puerto Rico! That would be an amazing video
AGREE. Desecheo in Aguadilla makes BOMB mofongo.
I think she would feel similar to certain Latino Americans who have a strong Spaniard lineage and who who visit Spain.
@@radrook7584 not the same as Puerto Rico! Also, I was always told my heritage was Puerto Rican with ancestry back to Spain but when I did my dna no Spain all Portugal so to me Spain doesn’t hit the same as Puerto Rico, you lose the African influences as well as Taino
Many Spaniard’s arrived in PR when Spain occupied the island. Many identify as Castilian. But don’t get me started, they have their own traditions and most are fair-skinned. Many of the old time Spanish-influenced cafes in the San Juan area (Kasalta plus La Ceiba, España if they’re still in existence) were started by Castilians. They even have their own flag (it’s red) and I last saw one flown above the hardware store in Old San Juan, though I think they’ve closed.
I relate to this video on so many levels. My grandma is 1/2 Puerto Rican but I didn’t grow up with much of the culture beyond knowing I loved pasteles and gandule rice and could eat them all day everyday. Recently I’ve been learning more about the Puerto Rican side of my family and the culture, but since I’m essentially only 1/8th, it sometimes feels like barely a connection. It’s so nice to see others like me exploring their Puerto Rican side and especially interesting to see their journey.
TLDR - Gracias Pero Like for helping me to embrace my Puerto Rican side through your videos!
I can tell it's in her blood though because she has the tongue for spanish. She may not know spanish but she sounds good speaking it.
K Fallon Accent has nothing to do with genetics.
@@Maverick.D. I don't think they were trying to be offending but you are making it sound offending
@@Maverick.D. No, but some non-Spanish speakers have really hard times getting pronunciation right when learning. It helps if you've been exposed to the language and accent so maybe she's going by what her grandmother sounded like.
Your grandma is smiling down!!! Saying my beautiful baby girl is learning about our culture and the things that make us who we are! Great job
It’s so refreshing to see these types of videos! It’s interesting being an African-American who has no link to the islands whatsoever and inadvertently still feeling connected. De hecho, I’ve learned And practiced Spanish for the last 8 years and its just so powerful and moving that that I can dig just a little deeper into the culture and everything else because I speak Spanish. Destiny, kill it, boo! Keep these videos comin, Pero Like! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I love how confident she is and that pronunciation was soooo satisfying you have no idea how amazing it is to hear someone pronounce a word in a language they don't speak, you'll do great sweetie and I'm sure Puerto Rico claims you as their child before you were born
I really hope that Destinee does get to visit PR 🇵🇷. It'd be amazing to see a vlog-esque type of vid of her exploring it for the first time and see her come full circle.
You made me cry happy tears. Embrace who you are. No one can desquilify or grade how much or less puertorrican you are. Be happy! Dios te bendiga y proteja, mija! Welcome home!
I am half Mexican and half puertoriquen but i only know my Mexican side because my mom passes away years ago i never got in touch with it, but i can't wait to one day get tp experience my puertoriquen side as well
Claro q si q puedes ser los dos!! Afro-Americana & Boricua,, orgullosamente!!
Así!!! I'm so glad you're connecting with your Puerto Rican roots! This was such a good video, especially as someone who is also of mixed ethnicity and has struggled with feeling "Puerto Rican enough". We are Boricua and it is so beautiful to connect with our culture! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
“When you don’t feel like your talking puertorican just start cutting down words” That’s SOOOOO true😂😂😂
I love the Puerto Rican content lately! Hope you really catched the feeling of our culture and that you can put it in your life! Amor desde PR🇵🇷🇵🇷❤
I am the exact same im black n 4th Puerto Rican n it’s always been hard, I always wanted to be out and be proud of being Puerto Rican pero sometimes I feel like I can’t because I don’t know Spanish that much or look much like a “latina” pero I want to embrace being who I am and this just really made me so happy 💗‼️
Off topic
But she's pretty ASF 😂❤️
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i want the video of her going to PR. Welcome to our amazing familia .
This is the best video from perolike! Im half Puerto Rician, and its so nice to see someone come to know both sides of their life its inspiring
Im not Puerto rican but my dad married into a Puerto rican family and everytime i visited i felt like family. Never felt outcasted.
Wait till you learn more about Boricuas...in the Caribbean we are not just food, music, talent and noble people...we are Warriors and our seed is all over. Orgulloso de ser Boricua...PUÑETA!!! 🤣🤣🤣🍺🍺🍺😉🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
This hit me in the feels. I knew part of my dads family was from Puerto Rico so I always reppeped being Puertorriqueño but we did an ancestry test and find out his father’s father was Mexican. When I told my Mexican friend Noé this, he took me around Houston and sent me all types of stuff to show me what it meant to be Mexican. It is definitely an experience to reconnect with your culture
I think this was the most relatable video I’ve ever watched. I’ve struggled with the exact same thing for years being black and half Puerto Rican. Thank you so much
Hola mi gente....I can totally relate! I am finally embracing my mixed heritage, and after just finding my paternal Puerto Rican roots I am so moved by this. To be embraced meant everything to me, but now I have the courage to just BE! Boriquas & women/people of every race stand up!!😘🌻🌞🧚🏼♀️
Nice love this video I'm Puerto Rican Cuba & Jamaican I love all my cultures. You go girl vist PR. & always be proud of your background.
This woman is drop dead gorgeous. Representa mamitaaaa 💃🏽💃🏿❤️❤️
This blesses my little boricua heart. 😍❤🇵🇷
Touched my soul! I love to see another proud afo-Latina, ya tú sabe!
“My Grandmother made this...” 😭😭😭😭
I had to hold the tears back!!!!
Wepaaaaa!!!!❤️🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 Love My Culture so much ... even though I’m in Colorado I still practice our culture and food every day .... I’m so proud of going boricua .... I miss the island so much
You may leave the island but the island never leaves you.🇵🇷💪🙏😏😎
Colorado Puerto Rican over here!
THE_GHOST_RICAN trueeeeeee
sassyfeistymighty omg sameeee
It's VERY important that we stay connected and pass it down to ours kids etc.. It's how we grow and keep shining our great culture 🙏
i am sooo happy for her !! it warmed my heart to see her remember her grandma's food. with latinx's family is everything. food and dance is a way we connect with each other and our roots. you go girl!
Que bueno que te estés conectando con tu lado puertorriqueño ahora falta que vengas a Puerto Rico y lo conozcas.
Veronica Gonzalez Definitivamente ❤️🇵🇷🙌🏼
felt this a lot it almost made me cry, aa this hits exactly at home :') I'm the same with her except it's my grandfather who's puerto rican ! was so nice to watch this thank you so much 💞💞
Girl! You are so sweet and you definitely can be both the best of both worlds! Wepaa indeed❤🇵🇷❤ you got that boricua flavor in your veins girl🙌🏻
Destine please learn you Puerto Rican history it is very important. I am Puerto Rican Taino but my children mixed. Puerto Rican , Indian, black afro American, German and Irish
It's a must to know your roots. Yes it will go beyond. Happy history lessons. Yes you can be both Puerto Rican and other mix. God bless you always
It’s good to see a fellow Afro-boricua learning the culture. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Jabari Leonard there’s no such thing as a Afro-Boricua
@@Lerpskin Yes there is.
@@Lerpskin You ain't no "Isis"
MrAmhara what... thats my legal name dummy
MrAmhara and there isnt. afro- boricua doesn’t exit. boricaus are a mix of AFRICAN, Native American and European.
Girl, it’s so beautiful to see you explore your heritage. As Puerto Ricans, we are all about family and being proud of our roots, so it’s so beautiful to see you become a part of that
Donde estan mis PUERTORIQUEÑOSSSSSS 🤣🇵🇷🇵🇷😈💪🏾
YEEER
definitely keep them far away , too many of them are trouble makers , especially Islanders , had to many bad moments with them and those lost in upper Eastern states...lost with their gang mentality....
Send her to Puerto Rico
So she can feel it in her soul.
Welcome back, now go and spread the Love and knowledge 💕🙏🦋
I have a similar story. My grandmother on my father's side is Venezuelan but she passed away when he was about 7 so all we've ever connected with is our Trinidadian roots (His father is Trinidadian and so is my mother). And lately, I've been feeling this absence in my life relating to not knowing more about that side of my family and I just don't know where to start or how to fill that void.
Awwww this was amazing. The dancing gave chills. So so beautiful.
Nice!! 1/4 Puerto Rican is still Puerto Rican!! Better late than never to tap into partial heritage! I understand that for sure.
I love that she’s trying to get more in tact with her Boricua side....that dancing came natural to her....Yasss girl 💕
I'm a quarter Puerto Rican too! Unfortunately my grandma was ashamed of her culture and was orphaned as a young child so everything I know about the culture I've learned on my own.
We're pot of beautiful mixed colors and cultures. Yo soy Boricua pa' que tu lo sepas!😊❤ 🇵🇷
I EM👏🏾PHA👏🏾THIZE with not feeling __________ enough!!!
Well I'm Dominican...grew up around Dominicans all my life...but I've always been told that I don't "act" dominican...i know exactly what people mean, I don't fit into the stereotypes...I'm not loud, I don't dance merengue nor speak freakishly fast with a Dominican accent...I have a very calm demeanor, like classical music and my Spanish sounds "universal" (I don't know how else to describe it 😁 )...and I'm still 100% Dominican and proud. So yeah, I too represent Dominicans and the culture.
People need to stop trying to define others and categorize them according to what they believe to be is right... and most importantly, people can't let the unsolicited ignorant opinions and thoughts of others, question who you are and what you represent.
@@juliem6840 - YASSSSSSSSSSSS JULIE!!!!!
*gets out of her seat and begins to slow clap*
I have literally this same problem. My grandma died suddenly and she was just starting to teach me the food and the culture because I told her how important it was to me. Growing up I didn’t have the culture around me and when I learned I was Puerto Rican I kept being told I was “too white to be anything but” by a lot of mean people in my school. I just recently started having a passion for my family history and seeing this video gives me the motivation to just go for it and learn everything my grandma couldn’t teach me in time. Thank you for doing this!
can i be puerto rican? 😂 omg i loveeee puerto rican people! i grew up in a puerto rican neighborhood here in chicago and every person i met is always so nice, they talk to u like you're part of the family, if youre shy and u dont wanna talk they do all the talking, they make sure youre having a good time, they wanna feed u, and i aint even mad i wish can eat pr food every single day! lol
Being puertorrican is not only about your family descendance or if you were born on the island. It is about embracing the culture, it's people, it's heart. Once you have embraced all of those things, the Island of Enchantment shall be within you wherever you go.❤❤❤
Cindy Campos Humboldt park!!!!! People are super friendly there
@@ChicaMexicana17 😂😂😂 yes!!! u know it
We’ll adopt you 😂
Cindy I'm half Cuban from my dad's side. Im from the westside of Chicago very familiar with Humboldt Park.
7:06 so beautiful to see her dancing her heart away :)
That’s dope discovering your roots. Being Black and being Latino is not that different... the seasoning may be different, but in the end, it just goodness!
I can 100 % relate. My father is Black & Puerto Rican too. My grandmother is from Poncé. So I too am 1/4 Boricua but growing up I had many people say I was lying because I couldn’t speak Spanish and didn’t look like it. But over time, it just fueled my desire to learn more about my Latinx culture.
Theres a lot of people who question their identity or place in their culture and ethnicity but if you want to learn and be part of your culture, just own it, who care about what other people say because at the end of the day you would loose the oportunity to connect with YOUR lineage and YOUR culture, dont let arrogant "cultured" people take that away.
We love the woke ones😔✊🏾
Thx they make it weird when i say I'm mexican but I'm dark
@@josephupholstery1416 yea its all overrated, you are what you are and nothing is going to change that and most people like to put labels on people so they will disect you all they can...
Factsss preach
I needed to read that. Thank you. Blessings.
Wish I could do more then just like the video and share it. Made me remember why I wouldn't change anything about my heritage. Absolutely loved the energy she brings. WEPA PUÑETA!!! YOU GO GIRL
My momma was a very Christian woman but when she heard bomba playing she would dance like she was young again..thank you for that memory....p.s someone please bring this young afro latina to la isla bonita!
That warmed my heart!!!! Yessss sis I see those dance moves! You are embracing who you are!!! Nothing wrong with it 🥰 Latinos are the most welcoming people we love you before we know you! Can’t wait to see you go to Puerto Rico that island is magical!
This is so beautiful. I love this
Yaaaaaaas si mamita dale! You're never not going to be PR enough. You are one of us! You are both. Both are wonderful and beautiful and rich in history. 🇵🇷🇵🇷
Wait a got dang minute, I need to cop them pr shades and the pr shirt like asap!!!! But giiirrrrrrllllll, I'm soooooo happy you got to reconnect with your pr roots!!!!!! 😘😘😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
lol she’s so cute i love her energy in this video! i know her grandma is happy 💛
Omg I’m exactly like her! My Grandfather is full Puerto Rican and my Mom is half!!!💖😱
This is super dope!!!! and this is coming from someone who is Black and Puerto rican himself. You definitely can be both!!!!!!
I've been saying for almost my entire life. There's no such thing as "I'm x% Puerto Rican" you're just Puerto Rican. I was born in New York both my parents are Puerto Rican. We're all just Puerto Rican. 😁❤️
That's how it is with Creoles in Louisiana
Same with Louisiana Creoles we're all just creole
no your not ,!!
no your not
I’m part Puerto Rican but grew up with my Jamaican family I felt you on so many levels
Wow yall should do a video of your journey to Puerto Rico
Mami You are a beautiful Human being. You are a 100% of everything I'm Puerto Rican born and raised ,and you are as much a puerto rican as I am. PEACE GOD IS LOVE.
I had the biggest smile ME ENCANTO i loved it guys i miss Puerto Rico😞❤️
I love this! I am mixed (father is portuguese mother is italian and PR) and I have a similar situation with my grandfather and not being able to grow up with him showing me first hand but my mother has always kept the culture alive! Im always proud to say Im puerto rican! ❤️❤️
I wanna do this because I am a big chunk Puerto Rican but my family wants to forget about our history and not be proud. 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷now I love my Hispanic side
Come to Puerto Rico! I'll do this with you!
you half puerto Rican and Mexican right?
Im a quarter-rican too!! So nice to see someone else like me!❤️❤️
Sooo proud of you! Happy to see another Puertoriqueña en LA. Just wait til June in Long Beach at the festival of San Juan all the Boricuas come out of hiding lol
Go Girl Even the Bible says you are what your father is, It goes by the fathers seed not the mother's, good luck baby girl you did Good!!
Dominicans and puerto rican we need to stop fighting. we literally eat the same food. SAME FOOD!!!!!
Lmao it's like sibling rivalry though, like we love each other but it's fun to have a little competition
I thought that B.S. beef was left behind in the 90s.
Well I'm 🇵🇷 and 🇩🇴, there hads to some love because i was born.😄
For real. We are also the product of the same genocide and rape that created us latinos.
Still not the same. Sorry.
Welcome to the family! !! We love our people! !!... go visit PR. Still beautiful even after the disaster. It is truly the gem of the Caribbean
I'm a simple girl. I see Marc Anthony, I click.
This made me cry, in a good way. Well done guys!
Please do many more videos of learning your Puerto Rican heritage.
I hope you do get to go to Puerto Rico to embrace, explore & experience your culture. It was pretty cool just watching that happiness come out from within you. It would be nice to watch you throughout your journey. Xoxo
Girl part 2 should a crash course on Puertorican Christmas!
Esssooooooo!
i relate so much. my grandma was puerto rican too and my dad is half puerto rican. honestly wish I could speak spanish and just learn more about the culture because it's so amazing
Learn lol come join us 🙏
¡Chica, Que línda eres tú! ¡WÉPA! 🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷
I'm 1/4th Puertorican too!! (Mainly Nica🇳🇮) I still count it because the culture and people have had their influence on me
I feel like it’s disrespectful to not recognize both cultures. Afro Latina is a thing and that’s what you are, that is being respectful to your grandma and keeping her light alive. My moms Puerto Rican and I consider myself Afro Latina too.
Good for you embracing both sides of your culture
This looked like a lot of fun, so proud of you for connecting with your roots!