[Nelson-A19780]

I'm Venezuelan but I have many Puerto Rican friends, from blonde blue-eyed to dark black. First of all, Puerto Rican is not a Race. In Puerto Rico, the vast majority is brownish skinned, the 'mestizo' type, there are also white-caucasians, blacks and even a small asian community, just like here in Venezuela. Cuba is pretty much the same, with people of all colors. The person that got defensive is definitely American influenced, where white-caucasian is what many want to be. Mexicans for example have almost ZERO african communities, so they see blacks like something foreign (they are brown and white, but the mexican whites don't emmigrate). Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia and others along the Caribbean have african roots. Do Puerto Ricans feel offended if called blacks? If you call a blonde Puerto Rican black (a true Puerto Rican, not an Americanized race-consciuos one), he'll take it with humor because it's obviously a joke. If he's brown, he'll say 'yeah, my great great grandfather was black', and if he's black he'll say nothing because calling a black friend or acquaintance 'mi negro' is absolutely ok.

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Name : Nelson-A19780, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 37, City : Caracas, State : NA Country : Venezuela, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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