CIRCLE WITH A DOT

As an update: this was all resolved. It was a huge misunderstanding.

I’ll take any opportunity to teach people about this though.

@leni I’ll take any teaching opportunity I can get. Lord knows we need it now more than ever.

3- this isn’t a policing on how *all* Puerto Ricans should feel

There are people who feel internally like a tug of war between both identities.

There are people who feel at peace embracing both.

And that’s fine.

If anything, policing over the Puerto Rican identity is done by the pro-statehood side of things because Puerto Ricans seeking independence while living abroad directly disprove what they believe.

3/

Hope this helped. And if it didn’t, you can ask questions directly. Publicly or via DM. Doesn’t matter. 4/4

We just got a report on the “Puerto Ricans are not USians” comment made by one of our users. Resolved it immediately. And I’m answering here just so the person reporting it can reach out if they want.

1- Rejection of the American (as in people from the USA) label by Puerto Ricans is a standard position by people seeking independence. And it is a valid one.

Puerto Ricans have their own culture and identity despite the 100+ years of being under USA’s dominion. 1/

#puertorico #borikensocial

2- What we as moderators keep seeing is outsiders jump into this conversation and immediately confuse this position with the American (as in people from the USA) far right trying to redefine what it means to be American (as in people from the USA).

There is a distinction. Subtle to the average non PRican person. But it’s there. 2/