Do Puerto Ricans think they are American?

We consider ourselves as both, but most would describe ourselves as Puerto Rican with American citizenship. There's a very clear difference between the Puerto Rican and the American lifestyle, but eventually our actual commonwealth status will become obsolete and we'll become a State... Independence isn't really an option.

First of all, you need to understand what America is. America is from the top of Alaska to way down the edge of chile. So, everyone who had been born around those areas is an American but not a US citizen, just to clarify your confusion. This is the New World remember, a discovery.

1. Definitely I am an American. Puerto Rican is what define the place I was born.

2. If I will go abroad I will say I am from Puerto Rico, which is the place of my birth. If more information is require or asked then I might emphasize that I am currently living in the USA.

3. Puerto Rico should remain a commonwealth. we need one another somehow, "I believe that is the reason US conquer the island."

I think Puerto Rico is an exception. Puerto Rico is a part of the United States, but I feel like Puerto Rico the island should be treated as a separate culture with a separate language. Puerto Rico is a self-governing entity and has its own language, which is Spanish. No, I wouldn't call a Puerto Rican, an American, unless they were born and raised in the USA and they wanted to be called that way. All other Hispanics, however, I would call American if they were born in the US.

Dear Partner,

Since the United Nations determined in 1960 that colonialism is a crime against humanity, there is no longer a need for plebiscites. The solution is to give Puerto Rico her sovereignty.

But being the United States government does not want to, it continues to advocate the use of plebiscites to find out what Puerto Ricans want. Even if 100% of Puerto Ricans would want to continue being a US colony, Puerto Rico would still be obligated to accept her sovereignty to then decide what she wants to do.

The only thing these plebiscites are good for is to divide Puerto Ricans. A Puerto Rican didn’t invade us to make us a colony. When will we understand that we need to unite?

This is why we must peacefully protest at least 3 times a year until Puerto Rico is decolonized!

José M López Sierra

www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com

As in US american, I don't.

Then again, I don't identify myself with any particular country, not even my own.

However I was born in Puerto Rico, therefore I'm Puerto Rican. Geographically speaking.

Independence sounds nice always does, but do you think we (PR) can handle independence right now? Also remaining as we are or becoming a State would maintain a problem that has kept the people lame; we depend on the US, most people here have no real work ethic, they look for the easy way out and the feds have it: they get government support ''el mantengo'' as we call it.

Sh*t, most scorn reading and education. We really are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Puerto Ricans are U.S citizens but they are not American. America is a continental land mass and Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean and not part of the continental land mass of the Americas. Originally it was called the West Indies.

1. No, and it makes me really mad cause americans don't consider us americans as well, but to any other country they thing we are sort of outcasts cause we are citizens

2. Puerto Rico, we don't mention the US until they ask us about our political system

3. That debate is still going on, and personally I think that we are not ready for either of those options, but its really stupid to stay just the way we are now.

You should really learn spanish cause its the second most spoken language in the world and in the last poll it turns out that more than 50% of the people who live in PR don't speak english, and if that is the case in an US territory (were even the sings r in english) I don't want to know in places like Mexico or Venezuela with whom US has negotiations

This is a little complicated since I've been strongly influenced by PR culture my entire life I mean, I've lived in PR my entire life, but at the same time I've been influenced by the American culture. Most PR people will tell you they are Puerto Ricans, some of us treat PR as if it were a country, when its not. I guess we have that nationalism thing, just like some of you guys, for example Texans, and believe it or not, inside PR we have the same phenomenon, people born and raised in Ponce, are so proud of it, its crazy. As for me I say I'm Puerto Rican, I don't know, maybe I feel more Puerto Rican than American, which is funny because we are all part of the Americas, so that makes me an American in that sense. If I say I'm American with my accent people will look at me funny, right? I'm Latin, and look Latin, feel Latin, so I guess its more correct for me to describe myself as the way I look and feel. As for PR being independent, we would never make it as an independent country, since we have no resources, and most people here are LAZY thanks to those government aids (unfortunately), we do have hard-working people, but they are leaving the island for the US, because opportunities are typically small in PR. Honestly PR has been politically messed up ever since the Spanish acquired us.

I would say Im Puerto Rican and sometimes I say "Boricua"

ANYWHERE I go in the world when I travel I Always tell ppl Im from Puerto Rico ... if they don't understand then I might mention that I'm an US Citizen as well ...

and .. Yes I like it just the way it is .. (US Territory) 50-50

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American=somebody born in North, Central or South America.

Puerto Ricans are US Citizen born in the Island of Puerto Rico.