+5 Yes, Puerto Rico is widely considered a colony—or often described as the world’s oldest colony—due to its status as an unincorporated U.S. territory. While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,
They didn’t know Bad Bunny was a US citizen because they’re ignorant of Puerto Rico.
I didn’t know Bad Bunny was a US citizen because I didn’t know he existed till last week.
We are not the same.
This is the same group that referred to Puerto Rico and a trash heap in the ocean…at that totallynotanazirally rally at MSG
I think your experience is very common and is EXACTLY what is driving that statistic.
I vaguely heard about a bunny something in US, but i pictured this bunny in my head
I vaguely heard about a bad… something else. Pictured it way different.
okay but what kind of rock do you live under that you don’t know who the most streamed artist in the world is 😂. Off topic, continue.
We don’t live under it, we just prefer to listen to it.
Puerto Ricans have been fighting for a long time for statehood. Taking a look at the US now, I suggest reversing course. Independance would be a better choice.
From what I’ve heard there isn’t really a consensus among Puerto Ricans on what they want their status to be.
Correct. The last vote barely failed. Think it was 51/49 or something close to that.
People indigenous to the island are very split between moving to closer alignment with the US via statehood or to move toward independence and ending the colonial commonwealth system. The only true consensus is that the current status quo is unsustainable and something needs to change.
Certainly they should wait three years but even if they were unanimously in support, it would take years to happen
Quick correction. Puerto Rico, not Puerto Ricans, is politically limited. Any American citizen that chooses to reside in Puerto Rico loses their right to vote (looking at you Paul brothers). Any Puerto Rican that choses to reside in any of the 50 states has the same right to vote as anyone else.
What’s being corrected here?
It’s confusing now because it has been corrected.
Ah! That’s what I originally figured but then we got into a whole thread like there was a discrepency and I was so lost haha
Weird that the little edit icon isn’t up there
I don’t think the edit icon is a thing on this instance. I edited my previous comment a few times to test and I didn’t see it.
the more you know!
While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,
…Right. That’s correct. Residents are US citizens and lack voting representation in congress and cannot vote for president. I feel like I must be missing something.
Also this is the case for US Citizens residing in Guam and Samoa
The correction is that the restriction is under the territory, not on the citizens. If they migrate to a state they can vote for president. If a citizen from a state moves to the territory the can’t vote for the president
…Right. I must still be missing something. Because that’s what the original post says, too
👍🏼
Same in DC as well.
At least DC gets 3 electors in presidential elections
Well sure, but it’s not like the residents get half a say without a vote so they’re just kind of there.
there is a vote for those electors. turnout is generally low because ~70% of the vote goes to a specific party and what’s on the ballot is only how to allocate a small portion of electors in the electoral college. most DC residents feel its pretty token and prefer to spend election day not stressing about something that’s out of their hands. when they do turn out the vote, it’s an act of “hey. we’re still here, goddammit.”
also this is all making miss my old hometown 🤣. DC is such a great city if your political interests are more towards community involvement than towards voting
Oh btw, people born in American Samoa are US Nationals but not Citizens
So bascially they’re second-class Citizens. They are allowed to freely travel withing the US, but cannot vote or run for federal office…
Laws are so fucking weird
edit: typo
I’m Native American and some whites don’t think I’m American.
This is actual “logic” my boss once used on this topic.
Native Americans arnt real Americans because they have native in front of them. Why would you need a different word to describe them if they were real Americans?
He’s Mexican, came over illegally and married into citizenship basically.
He also votes hard right maga and might be the dumbest man I’ve ever known.
You might be talking about an uncle of mine. You’ve described him perfectly. I feel your pain ✊
You should call White Americans “Euro Americans”, then. That may clarify things for this lost soul.
Those pochos are the worst kind, literally traitors to their country
Some of those whites have guns and “absolute immunity”
I’m as white as they come, moved to AZ for a bit and was ASTOUNDED by the number of people who think New Mexico is on the other side of the border or that every brown tinted person is clearly Mexican, despite like half of th state being Res territory. Now I’m in UT where the Utes are mostly a sports mascot
The fact that Reservations exist at all is a slap in the face, maybe this time instead of the Canadians yall burn down the White House, just sayin
Shhh don’t give away the plan…
I have almost no idea who that Bad Bunny person is but I do know that fascists/republicans hate him so he must be pretty cool.
Where you getting that 73% from?
I’m sure the number is ridiculously high, but it’s always funny to me when memes just throw a random percentage out there with no sources. This is done to make stupid people think this is a professional, real statistic.
It’s a real stat. Just like 49% of US citizens think we are not divided.
Their ass, they spent all morning rooting around up there on the C-line
Source: I took the C-line to work today
So it’s kinda No Taxation Without Representation situation? Or does that only apply to white people?
There are lower/no taxes there. That’s why so many conservatives move there, or buy property there - particularly after a hurricane. Disaster capitalism.
I mean DC has plenty of white people but they’re in a similar situation. Although at least they get to vote for president.
Still worth considering that DC is called “Chocolate City” for a reason. It’s a majority minory city. I’ve encountered at least a few political scientists who firmly believe that the biggest barrier for DC gaining statehood is that historically the American imperial project will support social goods until they’re extended to Black people (with the New Deal being the commonly referenced example of this, as well as why building a gentler form of capitalism through social democratic reform should be viewed as good, but not as enough)
Poor, white people.
The rest of them live in Maryland and Virginia and commute to DC
We all know the answer to that question
I’ll do you one better: I didn’t even know who Bad Bunny was prior to this news cycle. Not my genre of music.
But I do remember the last time Puerto Rico was hit by a hurricane, and Trump didn’t do shit to help. Because he’s a vile piece of shit that would rather fuck kids, his daughter, and this country rather than help anyone.
At the time I thought that was a good reason why they would be better off if they chose to pursue statehood. We do much better with emergency response to states and we invest more in states for infrastructure and stuff. At least economically it would seem a strong positive.
But then Trump happened and somehow our representatives are allowing him to restrict emergency response by personal spite and and self-enrichment, so I just don’t know anymore
he didn’t seem to know Puerto Rico was part of the US at all
the orange pedo clearly did not know Puerto Rico was a US territory during his first term… he also did not know it was an island
and this level of brilliance was rewarded with a second term by muricans… so yes, I tend to believe every stat that claims they are mostly ignorants
American here, if I could read I would be SO mad about what you wrote
thank you for your good humour… I know I am generalizing which is usually not a good thing, but the frustration mounting over the last few years is really getting me now
Believe me, you are not alone in that frustration. Living here is like watching your stove catch on fire and the one creepy uncle who no one talks to aside from major holidays is actively trying to block you from the extinguisher in the cabinet…while the rest of your relatives just sort of look away. Infuriated is a polite way of saying what I feel these days
Wow, guys. I’m Mexican and not a fan of Bad Bunny at all, but you seem really out of the loop with this guy.
He is a Puerto Rican, and in that sense he is an American citizen, but Bad Bunny is a sovereignist that would very much prefer to be free from the USA. The song Ricky Martin sang during the SB halftime show is just beautiful (listen to the Tiny desk version!). The name of the song is “Lo que le pasó a Hawaii” (What happened to Hawaii) and the lyrics talk about a strong, deep feeling of belonging to the Puerto Rico island. He talks a lot about the simple life in there and some of their traditions. In the end, the song calls Puerto Ricans to hold their flag and don’t allow “them” to do to Puerto Rico what happened to Hawaii.
I was in awe to listen to at least some of these lines in the middle of the Super Bowl. Honestly, don’t even try to ask me about the rest of the show.
Cool, good for him. I would be too.
I don’t understand what the issue is here…
The dumbest man you’ve ever known is your boss? Maybe time to switch careers. What type of work do you do?
Wrong OP, I think.
Why is it a problem if he sings about that? Being a Puerto Rican is something to be proud of and it’s appropriate if he has opinions on what future they should seek.
I personally think they’d be better off as a state and would welcome them, but it starts with people there deciding what they want to do
I didn’t say it was a problem, on the contrary, I found it admirable.
They, contrary to all my hopes, want so bad to be a USA state, but it’s looking like they are too brown to be “Americans” or they are far from being a priority for the government. The Trump administration seems fixated with the idea of a 51st state in the north. But, hey, at least they are not being economically blocked since the 1960s.
Canada will give them a home. Lord knows we need a friendly southern escape.
That would be an incredible change for the island. Right now their economy is kneecapped by byzantine US shipping laws. The jones act gives american shippers complete control over goods going to and from the island, driving up prices.
Falling under the care of a sanier nation, one who will help them rollout a reliable solar grid instead of dismantiling it, would do wonders.
Maybe we’ll use it as a launching pad to adopt Cuba as well.
Made up statistic aside, why is not knowing the nationality of a celebrity… bad? I don’t even know his real name, this seems like a stretch to make it into american chauvinism rather than people just not knowing about a celebrity. Is that the joke?
It’s relevant here because of the backlash from maga morons when it was announced a guy with brown skin would be doing the half time show. There was a lot of nationalist rhetoric bouncing around, being used to justify their racism.
It was all bs as their arguments were being levelled at an American citizen as he is Puerto Rican.
It’s amazing how many Lemmings claim to be above billionaire propaganda and yet sit here jerking themselves off about, both, knowing Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen and him being at the Super Bowl.
Here’s a thought: don’t watch the fucking Super Bowl. Crazy, outlandish idea — but as a U.S. citizen I can guarantee that it is possible for you to do this. Break your chains.
So bad bunny isn’t a chick? Feeling out of the loop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhad_Bhabie
You’re probably thinking about the cash me outside girl.
While I understand most Americans are apparently racist idiots, I find that stat hard to believe.
In all the hoopla around the halftime show, I never once read anything other than he is Puerto Rican. Not even in the maga content the algorithm insists I want to see (to the extent I didn’t immediately block).
Maybe this is being too pedantic but it would be more believable if
- “73% of Americans don’t understand that puerto ricans are us citizens”. Because we are that dumb.
Replying to that German guy somewhere in the comments - Spanish is spoken all over the us as the second most common language. Certainly anywhere in the south you’ll hear it all the time, but even up here in New England it’s very common. There’s no reason to be surprised by hearing it nor to think they are anything other than Americans who are speaking Spanish
There’s an entire TikTok side, not just one influencer but several, that have centered their accounts around random chat apps where they ask north-americans if America is a continent, for comedy. Now, this is truly just anecdotal, however. I’m talking about several influencers who pump dozens of this kind of videos each, every day. Every video has 2 or 3 video chats, sometimes multiple people per chat. There’s so much content that they are their own hashtag and tiktok sphere, of videos making fun of north americans for not knowing basic geography.
I like to introduce myself as coming from America’s biggest country. I might then mention that we only speak French here.
Film yourself asking 100 people the same simple question
find 5 who are clueless
Only post the 5% of people who make for good content, never mention the other 95%
Morons lap this up as real
The ole Charlie Kirk youtube method didn’t die with him I see.
If you ask South Americans, at least some of them will tell you that America is one continent.
The day I told my 3rd graders in Colombia that there were 7 continents, it sparked a conversation I was not expecting (because that is what every social studies textbook said when I was in school in the US). Here, they only count five. That was the day I learned there is not an international consensus about what constitutes a continent.
And if you do try to define object science-based criteria, you get things like New Zealand is a continent
There’s no reason to… think they are anything other than Americans who are speaking Spanish
The vast majority of Americans speak English in public. People who speak Spanish as their primary language in public are usually assumed to be foreigners.
