Garcia the puerto rican Margarito

[ELHURACAN58]

Jokes aside, pa' todos mi manitos Boricua in this thread

If you want to bring clarity to the question of Self-Identity among the Puerto Rican community, at home and abroad (or our family en los Grandes Antilles as a whole, porque en realidad, por sangre, historia y voluntad..todos somos unos)....start by taking the time and educating your brothers instead of demeaning them and berating them for being ignorant to certain things. You weren't born with this information, so it does not belong to you.

Start by identifying what it really means to be a Boricua...give them political education, arm them with the information they need for self-determination, create solidarity for the fight for INDEPENDENCE of Borinken, advocate for environmentally sustainable practices like our ancestors did (so called "Tainos", which isn't even a real Borinken term ANY f**kin way)...Educate them about the proud and rich history of the island, teach the truth...about its history of colonialism, U.S. Imperialist occupation, about slavery, about the exploitation and POLITICAL manipulation of the RELIGION many of YOU still claim...About Campos & Filiberto....

it's deeper than a dish, a dance, or an accent. And it's CERTAINLY deeper than arguing about a Puerto Rican boxer born in Philadelphia on a boxing forum.

So Borikua...PONTE PA'LO TUYO......

y pa'lante con la independencia de Borinken.

Thanks but talking to these statehood wanters, coupon having ****ers is like talking to a wall, because they only go where there is less chance of having to work.

My mother is PNP and my father PPD, I had to educate myself to learn what I am and Im sure these brainwashed dumbasses are big enough to educate themselves too if the at least try to.

Im pretty sure they're parents told them "Uh yeah mijito I went to US because there is work here and in Puerto Rico there isnt".

And then we have to praise a West Side Story movie where Rita Moreno spends her time insulting the island.

[torosboxing75]

Man you keep misunderstanding me. Ok I will leave you a few questions every puerto rican should know. Lets see how much you know about Puerto Rico.

1)In what month day and year was PR discovered?

2)Who is the current governor and to what is his political party?

3)What is the name of the puerto rican anthem?

4)Who is our current abanderado in the 2012 Olympics?

5)What islands do we have to our North, South, East, and West?


Five painfully easy questions for you to answer and I give you 30 minutes.

You miss under stand me my point is if you test everyone in PR same 5 questions at least a quarter would fail. I respect your educated doesn't mean everybody else is.

[ELHURACAN58]

You miss under stand me my point is if you test everyone in PR same 5 questions at least a quarter would fail. I respect your educated doesn't mean everybody else is.

Then you are basically telling me being puerto rican to you (and for the quarter) is like me being french.

Just because I have the blood and support the french national soccer team (only because ours isnt at the world level yet), I should consider myself french.

If thats the case most of America's Hispanics are spaniards and most of America's northamericans must be british, if they want to represent them, cause its in their blood.

Thank you for the clarification.

On another note: Can you answer these questions 7 year olds know? Can you even google them to at least so I can know Im teaching a "stateside puerto rican" a bit of our island? Do you even speak spanish?

[torosboxing75]

Then you are basically telling me being puerto rican to you (and for the quarter) is like me being french.

Just because I have the blood and support the french national soccer team (only because ours isnt at the world level yet), I should consider myself french.

If thats the case most of America's Hispanics are spaniards and most of America's northamericans must be british, if they want to represent them, cause its in their blood.

Thank you for the clarification.

I'm simply saying if you do have french in you no body can tell you that you shouldn't be proud or have pride in that.

[ELHURACAN58]

I'm simply saying if you do have french in you no body can tell you that you shouldn't be proud or have pride in that.

But then it would be very humiliating for me to go to France without knowing the language, their history, their cusine, etc.

How would I be french? Just because I have their blood, a french surname, and some kind of "pride"?

I wouldnt, would I? And Im sure the way french would feel about me is the same way many puerto ricans feel about stateside puerto ricans.

Look at one of our members in the national basketball team: Daniel Santiago, dude was born in Texas, and before joining the NT he spoke no spanish. Look at him now, he speaks spanish with an american accent, but he learned because he wanted, and that is all we can ask from him. He doesnt have to go and tatoo PR on his body like Balkman did, and some others. He actually took time to learn something we puerto ricans do, and that my friend, is a true puerto rican.

[torosboxing75]

I do think you should know how to speak spanish and I try to teach my kids. But even the little little kids that don't speak it you can still see the spanish in them.

[ELHURACAN58]

I do think you should know how to speak spanish and I try to teach my kids. But even the little little kids that don't speak it you can still see the spanish in them.

Yeah see, thats all Im saying. You should also teach them the anthem and at least what happened in November 19, 1493.

Dont confuse me with one of those anti-nuyoricans that say "Well if you where born in the US and not on the island you are not puerto rican."

Im one of those people that says Tony Croatto was more puerto rican than most in the island, and he was an italian-argentine who had no puerto rican blood. He came here, fell in love with our culture and stayed here until his death. In that time he learned things about Puerto Rico half of the island didnt even know about, and I consider him puerto rican.

Again, Im not telling you to become the next "Boricuazo" and know every single aspect of the island, but guys like you and Danny should at least learn basic things every puerto rican knows about IF you want to rep us.

[SCtrojansbaby]

lol they are nothing a like

[Light_Speed]

Jokes aside, pa' todos mi manitos Boricua in this thread

If you want to bring clarity to the question of Self-Identity among the Puerto Rican community, at home and abroad (or our family en los Grandes Antilles as a whole, porque en realidad, por sangre, historia y voluntad..todos somos unos)....start by taking the time and educating your brothers instead of demeaning them and berating them for being ignorant to certain things. You weren't born with this information, so it does not belong to you.

Start by identifying what it really means to be a Boricua...give them political education, arm them with the information they need for self-determination, create solidarity for the fight for INDEPENDENCE of Borinken, advocate for environmentally sustainable practices like our ancestors did (so called "Tainos", which isn't even a real Borinken term ANY f**kin way)...Educate them about the proud and rich history of the island, teach the truth...about its history of colonialism, U.S. Imperialist occupation, about slavery, about the exploitation and POLITICAL manipulation of the RELIGION many of YOU still claim...About Campos & Filiberto....

it's deeper than a dish, a dance, or an accent. And it's CERTAINLY deeper than arguing about a Puerto Rican boxer born in Philadelphia on a boxing forum.

So Borikua...PONTE PA'LO TUYO......

y pa'lante con la independencia de Borinken.

While it's important to know the culture and history of your ancestors, it doesn't define who you are as a person and you definitely don't have to like it or support everybody who comes from the same country as you. Nationalism is just a form of tribalism, about as primitive and irrational as religion.

[boricuajr23]

ELHURACAN58,

Entiendo tu punto de vista pero pichea' el tema. Obvio q ser boricua es mucho mas q levantar la bandera pero no creo q aqui es el sitio adecuado para eso. Y ademas, la culpa se les debe hechar a los padres en no educar bien a sus hijos sobre la cultura e historia cuando deciden irse de la isla.

Vamos con Orgullo para los juegos olimpicos!!