User talk:Guissin

The demographic part of this entry has several problems. Putting the grammatical issues aside, the claims about ancestry are not sourced and are in fact false. Puerto Ricans throughout the Island have European, African, and indigenous ancestry and this has been proven through DNA testing. Sources for this could be found in the main entry for the Common Wealth of Puerto Rico. It should be acknowledged that proportions vary per person and that some people claim ancestry due to national "myths" regarding Puerto Rican identity. But this claim has surprisingly been proven to be true, to some extent. Colonial history and genetic studies prove that Taino women had children with European men. Not all Taino people died of smallpox, and in fact, there was a gender specific genocide. This is evident in the Taino legacy being almost exclusively found in Mitochondria DNA and almost non-existent in Y-Chromosome DNA (although, I personally know of a few men with indigenous Y-chromosome haplogroups). I myself carry Taino DNA and my Mitochondria DNA belongs to an indigenous haplogroup.

Lastly, the concept of white is superficial. Putting asides issues of internalized racism and a legacy of colorism, Puerto Ricans might identify by race based on phenotypical attributes. This does not indicate an actual direct ancestry, but rather, for example, pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. It's rather shallow. By looking at me you would think that I am "white" or European, but I am actually part North African, Taino, and West African. This issue is rooted in "blanqueamiento" (whitening), which is a form of "bettering the race." The whiter the person became, they would "bleach" all other ancestries. I would also say that the European component is not exclusively European, North African and Middle Eastern groups were absorbed by this term. This is because of Muslim and Jews who had to pass for Catholic when they came to the Americas. Also, Puerto Rico received a vast amount of Canarian migrants which they themselves carried had a history of colonialism. History and genetic studies show that Canarians have North African ancestry, due to proto-berber ancestry (guanche).