I’m Puerto Rican.
That should be very obvious.
Puerto Ricans will PROUDLY let you know where we’re from and why our Island is a beautiful place deserving of your attention and your respect. It’s fucking gorgeous, the food is amazing, as I have been told by multiple creepy older men when I was an overly developed 11-year-old, the people are beautiful.
However, there is something that gets’ lost in the translation. Something that both sides of the political spectrum conveniently and annoyingly forget.
Puerto Ricans are US citizens. We have been US citizens since the end of the Spanish American War.
I am unsure why people forget this, and it frustrates me each time. The media and some online discourse almost insidiously and conveniently frame the narrative by how they talk about us.
