Are puerto ricans considered white?

[Anonymous]

As in can they be considered white while also being considered hispanic? Apparently Puerto Ricans can call themselves white and no other hispanics can (columbians, mexicans, etc) is any of this true? by the way I was told this so I am not coming up with all this.

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[pr3ttybr0wn]

from what I know they come in a variety. I haven't seen a Puerto rican that looks white. even if their skin is light, they look *ethnic* and can't pass for a standard American white. Marc Anthony has light skin but he doesn't look white in my opinion. well upon doing a google search, Dayanara torres looks passably white, hell she is white just of pr descent. but most of the ones I've seen don't look like that. most of them look like marc Anthony or they are mulatto looking and some look like black people to the point where they can't tell until they tell you. I used to live across the street from a pr guy who I always thought was black until one day I asked him why his last name was Lopez.. lol that sounded ignorant but I was like 16..

[Asker]

From what I understand there are white, black, and different types of hispanics. Would puerto ricans be considered white or latino though?

[Luv2BRealExotic13]

No. If you were told that then that person must wanna be caucasian. Puerto Ricans are African, Spanish, and Native peoples of the island. You have some people that try to deny that. Hispanic is embracing ones European heritage. Latino is embracing ones native and Afro heritage. So your friend is wrong like if someone from Cuba or Columbia could call themselves either or depends on where they'd like to identify with.

[Asker]

Funny thing is she is half puerto rican and half white but hates that she is half white because they are "boring". I know that hispanic is an ethnicity and white and latino are races but which one would puerto ricans fall under? According to your answer it seems like latino right? I don't think it's fair that only puerto ricans and no other hispanics are allowed to refer to themselves as "white" I thought she said this because it is part of the US.

[Luv2BRealExotic13]

Whichever they'd like to go with. Your friend could sign herself off as hispanic since she's half white and if she wants to be more embracing towards her European ancestory.(by Spanish, I meant spaniards). Whichever side they recognize more to be their heritage is what they can go with. It's like being half white half black, and in America it's usually what your mother's ethnicity is. So if her mother puts on her taxes hispanic or Latino than that's what she'll be categorized as.

[opugh93]

I know there are light and dark Puerto Ricans. I consider them Latino. I just know I love me some Puerto Rican men

[Longblackveil]

Well Puerto Ricans vary just like any other country.

But Hispanic people ARE white. It's not about the color of their skin, it's about their European ancestry. Hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity. 75% of Puerto Ricans population is white

[Asker]

Can't some hispanics be black? Or aren't there other types of hispanics? So puerto ricans wouldn't be latino?

[Longblackveil]

Most Hispanics come from European descent, Latin speaking tribes from Spain and Rome. They can be black, but that's sort of mixing things in.

Latino and Hispanic don't mean exactly the same thing. But most Puerto Ricans are both Hispanic and Latino, it again has to do with their European ancestry

[Anonymous]

Why would a puerto rican want to be considered white? Puerto Ricans are puertoricans and they are hot lol

[AshBrown]

All I know is they are often fuckin attractive. Hehe.

[BumbleDeev]

But they're not white, their puerto rican

[Asker]

Puerto Rican isn't a race/ethnicity though. I meant are they white vs being latino in race since hispanic is an ethnicity.

[BumbleDeev]

Oooh. Um. I would assume their latino then

[justbeinghonest]

Well some Puerto Ricans are white.

[Anonymous]

No, they're not.