User talk:JohnJames777

Puerto Ricans are mostly of European ancestry. Very few black slaves were brought to the Island, and few, like the Indians there, survived European invasion due to many reason. The influx afterwards were mostly of European decent, and white French from Haiti fleeing the revolution.

I don't understand where the "Puerto Ricans are black" came from. I grew up with many living in New York City, and I have even visited Puerto Rico, and over 90 percent were European looking. No doubt they mixed with blacks in the U.S. but by no means enough to call them "black" people. I suspect that many African Americans want to be considered Puerto Rican. Who wouldn't want to be mixed with them as they are a melting pot of the greatest European civilizations ever existed: France, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Corsica, Italy And all didn't take kindly to mixing with other races.

I am an anthropologist, and the above is the truth. Most of what you are reading about Puerto Ricans are lies. Many are highly educated, and doing quite well after successfully integrating into American society.