Boricua From The Island vs The Mainland

[@shesblessedx3]

The intro had me shook. Im like noooooo!!!!! We need unity people!!!!!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 😍😍😍💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@ginadoll00901]

I love all PR from the Island & the mainland. Hell I love all Hispanics & Latinos/Latinas. I just love people of all races. It's too bad I can't be around many people since the pandemic.

[@gabriellabrown2991]

Eres hermosaaa!! 😘🇯🇲🇵🇷

[@rosamendoza7227]

I Love All My People & You are right We don't need to fight each other

[@RottedDollface]

@@ginadoll00901 yesss!👏👏🌺🌺

[@chrisp4908]

Yes and we need independence and all of the diaspora should be fighting for this. The United States is exploiting our people and our island.

[@ileanettereyes3391]

You are Puerto Rican anywhere in the world. Hasta en la luna.

[@caromela2031]

@@nuyoricansarenotpuertorica1020 not sure if you are interested to have a conversation about this, or if you're just a troll, but why do you feel the way you do about this topic? Quiero entender tu perspectiva :)

[@ileanettereyes3391]

caromela Yo soy de la isla y también vivi en los Estados Unidos pero volvi a la isla. Entiendo que la mala perspectiva de los puertorriqueños de la isla es que esos de nueva york no están criados igual que los de la isla. Igualmente, que no les imponen el hablar español , lo que se supone que es nuestra lengua primaria. Pero, se puede ver que al igual que aquí en la isla o en cualquier parte del mundo, a uno se le infla el pecho de orgullo patria decir que es puertorriqueño.

[@caromela2031]

@@ileanettereyes3391 ahh ok! gracias por tu respuesta. Estoy de acuerdo contigo, la patria no es una cosa que se puede quitarse de cualquiera persona.Soy estadounidense sin patria de otro país, pero tengo amigos de los EEUU con la patria puertorriqueña que crecían con toda de la cultura y la comida de PR. Obviamente, la experiencia en la isla es diferente, pero la patria todavía lo persiste

[@ileanettereyes3391]

caromela completamente de acuerdo esta en uno y en los papás teach their kids about their island, culture , and who they are

[@hihellou343]

caromela we do not claim him for saying that i live in the island and barely any people think like this and most of them are just trolls

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I love Puerto Rico. I visited the island for a week in June 2009, had a blast. El Yunque is beautiful

[@onishojo9430]

Wait til you see Monte Del Estado in Maricao, the salinas in Fajardo and the bioluminescent bay in Vieques XD

[@ginadoll00901]

I'm glad you had fun & enjoyed our Island.

[@onishojo9430]

Sorry for double commenting but I've been around here (born and raised on the island) and I can tell you more about it! And I'm also glad you enjoyed our island

[@rosamendoza7227]

I'm glad you had fun on Our Island. My Boyfriend is Cuban & I had fun visiting Cuba too.

[@RottedDollface]

I remember a while back you commented rude things about Boricuas and PR, it's nice to see maybe you have changed your ways, and I'm glad you enjoyed PR. Cuba is just as beautiful!🌺🇵🇷

[@clarisamagdaleno8548]

I had that problem as a Mexican American. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, but everyone would tell me I am not a real Mexican, but my mom made sure we held on to our culture, tradition, and language.

[@mikemiguel5073]

Yes mi family as well but I’m Guatemalan American 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@shadowkissed2370]

I was just about to comment this. Growing up in Los Angeles I have seen this so much. If you are not born and raised in Mexico you are not a real Mexican. That is just not true. Its in your blood its your culture just because you were born in a different area doesn't mean you are not part of the people in he area you share DNA with.

[@borisrenderos5831]

Ask an East Coaster Latino the same. Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicanos dominate us other Latinos. So she struggle to make our make.

[@borisrenderos5831]

Shadow Kissed Your MexiCali. Raised Mexican on American land taken. Difference from us in east coast.

[@shadowkissed2370]

@@borisrenderos5831 there is no difference. I am on the east coast now. I know many Latinx on the east coast who were raised on mainland american soil who are considered not part of their culture because they were raised on mainland america soil on both east and west coast.

[@Marco_El_Afro-Latino]

I'm Afro-Rican. I lived en La Isla until I was in my late preteens. That's when my family moved to mainland US. Whether you're from La Isla or not, you're still una Boricua

[@ginadoll00901]

I agree

[@rosamendoza7227]

Yes you are still Boricua. But why do you have to be Afro-Rican & not just PR.

[@cuteus51]

@@rosamendoza7227 Agree! If Boricua is Boricua anywhere, then why divide them by adding prefixes? That is when you stop being Boricua.

[@damah.colondreamingplaying2956]

Afro-Rican 🧐 that doesn’t exist my grandma was as black as café negro en she was PUERTORICAN same as my other abuela she was caramel kind of skin she is also just PUERTORICAN don’t do that to our country please we are just PUERTORICAN we are the same

[@solidtron1965]

I'm only half Puerto Rican but I spent 7 years in arecibo as a kid. I use to get made if and told I wasn't Puerto Rican because I'm not full rican or look like one😔

[@jujub4553]

Iván’s accent is soooooo cute!!!

[@rosamendoza7227]

He sounds like his parents too cute.

[@sammi-vy3bb]

Some of the annoying islanders in the comments don't seem to realize you can be ethnically Puerto Rican and be something else nationally. a Chinese person born in America is still ethnically Chinese. a Haitian person born in France is still Haitian. a Korean person born in Japan is still ethnically Korean. Just because their ethnicity and nationality don't match up doesn't make them any less of what they ethnically are. I'm Puerto Rican AND American. Raised on both cultures and there's nothing wrong with that.

[@sammi-vy3bb]

@ok 01 I'm both. my islander father sees me as both and so does every islander I know personally. Get over it.

[@alexn.2901]

Isn't Puerto Rico part of the United States? Lol

[@sammi-vy3bb]

@@alexn.2901 Yep. Their passport is an American one, they use the US dollar, they can vote in the US elections, join the US military (like my Puerto Rican born father) and they're free to travel to the US whenever they want 😂

[@kuchisakekitsune4052]

Puerto Rican is a nationality not an ethnicity... An ethnicity would be latin (which includes Brazil, Guyanas and Curacao)

[@sammi-vy3bb]

@ok 01 If they're on the mainland, they can. That's what I meant.

[@SomasLuvzEllaz]

I’m fourth generation born and raised in Hawaiʻi. Great Grandma was brought to work on the plantations. Due to the plantation life Puerto Rican food had adapted to availability and was also influenced by other cultures. So sometimes Puerto Ricans are judged here for having small differences in our food. My heart cries at how much language and traditions have been lost some due to past generations feeling the need to adapt and/or the intertwining of cultures here (though beautiful). We still have a thriving Puerto Rican community here. Although mixed I still feel my ancestors in bones, I still mourn my elders who have passed and the love they showed us of our culture. I hope one day to go to the island and bring as much generations with me as I can. @perolike I hope one day you could shed light on the stories and history of Puerto Ricans here in Hawaiʻi. We have heritage groups, restaurants, events and so much more. Hawaiʻi being such a melting pot there is always bound to be at least one Puerto Rican dish at the potluck and you can buy pastele on the side of the road almost anywhere and any day of the week which is a unique thing that evolved here.

[@brittanyrivera5752]

I’m from NYC and I’m Puerto Rican, I have visited the island twice a year since I was born. It doesn’t make me less Puerto Rican because I wasn’t born in Puerto Rico. I love my island and I will always claim it till the end 🇵🇷❤️

[@isabelmorgan9941]

My children were born in the USA, from a Puerto Rican mother and an American dad. They know their roots, and they tell others they are Puerto Rican. They feel very identified with the culture so much that they took Spanish in high school and major it in college also. It’s our ethnicity, it goes beyond being born there or not.

[@Mous3v2]

Real talk, as a fair skinned boricua that grew up in orlando and now lives in chicago I can tell you we get dissed by our people all the damn time. You don't have to look or act a specific way to be hispanic you just are. Thank you for this video! WE need to stick together now more than ever.

[@EstradaProSpeaker]

I was 15 years old when I first went to Puerto Rico. Before we went, my parents prepared us. We knew the news, the concerns on the island, what they were going through, and of course, we spoke fluent Spanish. Anyway, we arrive, and my cousins say, "Oh ustedes son de aya fuera." Then we start talking Spanish to them. Fluent Spanish, and they were shocked. "Considerando que ustedes son de aya fuera, hablan muy bien el espanol." My siblings and I looked at each other, then we told them, "Hablamos el espanol en la casa, y el Ingles fuera de la casa." They were also surprised that we knew about what was happening in the island, the concerns of the people living there. They gained a new respect for us as their family. It's not enough to just know the music and dancing. We have to know the history. We have to understand the concerns of the island and what they are feeling. That's where the disconnect is experienced. hey want us who are born in the states to know that contrary to popular belief, there are Puerto Ricans who are in C-Suite, who are astronauts and scientists, who are professionals. They want us to know that they are contributors to the Mainland, as well. Their men and women fought wars for this country. Once our cousins knew that we knew what they were feeling, everything was wonderful! We also told them about what was happening with Mainland Puerto Ricans. We found out that we had many of the same concerns. Of course, in between conversations, we had asopao, sanchoco, pasteles, alcapurrias, bacalaitos, limber, helados, quenepas, panapen con bacalao frito y cebollitas! lol! Y Mavi!

[@jalicea1650]

My family does this too! They all talk to me in English, when I can speak Spanish, and I was like wtf? I kept responding in Spanish and made a point to remind my cousins that I'm Puerto Rican even if I don't live on the island. :) Don't forget we have Boricuas who are politicians like AOC or in the Supreme Court like Sotomayor. So we're everywhere. Being born on the island or in NYC doesn't change the fact of who we are.

[@chagg1994]

I get that car flag feeling whenever I see a Latino in general... I’m like yooooo mi gente!!! Then after we know each other the national pride banter happens

[@axelpikon8374]

Literally happened to me when I was working the overnight shift at McDonald’s😭

[@itsliz2004]

Me being born and raised here...It's amazing, I'm proud to be from here..❤🥰

[@julitza03]

Yo soy de la isla 🇵🇷 mi esposo es uruguayo 🇺🇾 mis hijos son Boriguayos como yo le digo y no hay quien les diga que son menos BORICUAS por eso! Me encantó este video

[@brittanyrivera5752]

Love my people, the food, the culture, everything! Te amo Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ❤️

[@natashamia7]

I love this video!!! Puerto Rican pride! 🇵🇷

[@leandracampos9924]

I was born in Tampa, then lived on the island and then moved to Fort Worth, Texas with my family in 2008 (I was 9 years old). I consider myself Puerto Rican but I’m thankful for also being raised in Texas 🤠 No matter what, though, I’ll always be 🇵🇷 BORICUA 🇵🇷

[@ylcampos5]

I'm from Chicago and moved I to Fort Worth, TX too 😁😄 But I miss the PR restaurants and the large Puerto Rican presence in the North Side of the city.

[@leandracampos9924]

ylcampos5 Aww, I bet! There are a few Puerto Rican restaurants in DFW but they’re so far 😫😂

[@ylcampos5]

@@leandracampos9924 they had this nice little bakery/restaurant in Hurst, they closed it down 😔 I'm not down to drive to Arlington lol

[@leandracampos9924]

ylcampos5 We definitely need a bigger Puerto Rican community in the DFW 😂😊

[@ylcampos5]

@@leandracampos9924 My cousin used to run the Dance Academy of Salsa in Dallas..but he's since moved back home to Chicago. I've always been down to start something here in Texas for all the Boricua's ...we need a parade just like they have in Chicago & New York here in Texas. I'll gladly drive the 45min to an hour to Dallas for a nice parade and festival

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? Love all the times Jazz get thrown out

[@Yissaury]

Kim Jong-un 😂😂

[@ginadoll00901]

LOL

[@imperiumgrim4717]

LMAO

[@rosamendoza7227]

That was hell of funny.

[@jasminetoney5406]

I always always told that i have PR blood on my dads side but I don't know for sure. I have friends who live on the island and love sharing their culture with me. Hearing their pride for their culture and having a best friend who is Puerto Rican has driven me to learn about the island. They are always so open to sharing with me. I even wrote a paper on why someone should visit the island. Growing up the Hispanic culture(s) have always been close to my heart and im grateful for a channel like Pero Like

[@elysepenton]

I’m Puerto Rican and was born in Florida. Some people have told me I’m not a real Puerto Rican and it always sticks with me, but I love being Puerto Rican and have grown up in the Puerto Rican culture. I love Puerto Rico and I love being in the States❤️🇵🇷🇺🇸

[@apma6508]

well you have descent but is not your nationality. You’re american...

[@elysepenton]

AP Ma Yes I know that, but I grew up with my Puerto Rican family and people would still tell me that my experiences weren’t valid. I feel like there is tension sometimes between people born on the mainland and the island and there really shouldn’t be

[@yanyi]

Wepa! Me encanta! Representando lo que es ser boricuas de verdad. Simpatía, amor y humildad. Besotes de tu fellow china boricua 🥰🤍

[@selenaitara]

I'd love to see more videos about this! I'm second generation Puerto Rican, but I never got the chance to learn about my culture or what life is like to be Puerto Rican. I'm in the process of trying to reconnect to my roots and learn what life is like so this is very valuable to me 💕

[@anitramcomalie]

That bromance and hug in the beginning

[@bryantorres190]

You guy's are awesome!!!! Love from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷!!!❤❤❤

[@lynnettetorres7338]

I'm from the Island but a lot of my family lives in the states but OMG we're all proud of been Boricuas!!

[@mimigreenz]

Although technically I was born in NYC and that makes my nationality “American”, if anyone asks me I will forever and always say I’m “Puerto Rican”. Don’t care what anyone says, Soy Boricua!!!!! 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷

[@thehopeofeden597]

Nyuorican!❤️

[@thehopeofeden597]

ok 01 Puerto Rico is apart of America my dude.

[@chrisboricua1911]

🇵🇷❤

[@TheKira127]

I love this video so much because I’m Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Nicaragüense, and this kid in 5th grade was from Puerto Rico and told me I’m not Puerto Rican cuz I’m not from the island. I got mad and told her that biologically I am Puerto Rican so take that! But I also get told (harshly) I’m not Mexican cuz I don’t speak Spanish and don’t live a “traditional” Mexican lifestyle. I’m mixed and 🤦🏽‍♀️ can’t we all just get along?

[@jerrybaena6161]

Yes, I love this journey of Eli reconnecting with his puertorican roots, but it would be awesome he also reconnect with his mexican roots (mother side I think), he almost never talk about that side of the story.

[@gabriellabrown2991]

Any Caribbeans!!!!??? 🇯🇲🇵🇷🇩🇴🇬🇾

[@shesblessedx3]

😍😍💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@xxjer23xx91]

im rican but you left out 🇨🇺

[@belle7904]

BORICUA 🇵🇷❤🇵🇷❤🇵🇷❤🇵🇷🔥🔥

[@EcoCeramicFlo]

I sometimes don't know how to identify with identity politics and such sometimes, I'm mixed Puerto Rican Mexican Moroccan and Greek, I've spent the most time in Puerto Rico among boricuas and usually identify as just Puerto Rican, but people always say I'm not and I'm just mixed. I don't know why the connection to PR is so strong, but this video even rang for me, and that connection is real even as a mixed kid people have come up to me because they felt it too haha, thanks for this it's a comforting feeling to see this

[@gisellehammer]

I can relate to this 💯, i lived in PR til i was 9 and then moved to Mexico and later California. But when I went back to visit friends and family, people loved calling me out and telling me how not Puerto Rican I was. My accent was a bit different and I left so it was like that made me less of a Puerto Rican. As an adult I had to learn to stand up for myself when other Puerto Ricans would say things.

[@peppermintcandies889]

So many people tell me I’m not Puerto Rican. My grandmas, my grandpa, and my mother were all born on the island. My grandparents grew up on the island but moved to the states (my mom was born on the island but was raised in the states) and my dad was born here in the states. I AM Puerto Rican.

[@angelicaberrios4431]

I was born in PR, but only I lived there for a year (as a baby practically), before my family had to move to Florida. Before I'd be in my own head thinking that I wasn't "Puerto Rican enough" just because I didn't actually grow up in the island, but it's always been in my heart to continuously learn about my culture in all the ways I can because as he put it, Puerto Rican is literally who I am and not just how I act. At the end of the day like a lot of us say, if you feel it in you heart, then it's who you are.

[@msg3tr1ght]

Love this video for sooo many reasons! Firstly, I listen to everyone from Hector Lavoe to Bad Bunny. Secondly, I’m Afro Boricua and people are always trying to either separate me from my Blackness or Borciuaness, and I’m just like DEJA ESO COÑO! Lastly, I’m disabled and haven’t been to PR since I was 3, the island is unfortunately not very wheelchair accessible and it makes me sad. But eating comida jibara and blasting salsa always helps ✊🏽🇵🇷

[@ER-df8vx]

Yeah you're definitely not Puerto Rican using that afro nonsense

[@emiliarodriguez1630]

THANK YOU!❤🇵🇷

[@RottedDollface]

I was born in PR, and soy orgullosa to the max, I love my people no matter where they were born. BORICUA ES BORICUA!!🌺🇵🇷🌺

[@kariuchiha16]

My uncle jokes around saying I’m a Sorta-Rican.😂

[@lucyw.mcmellan7274]

I feel the same way as a Honduran. As soon as I see that flag hanging in someone's car, there is a big smile and a wave. 🇭🇳

[@Theegothkid]

Lucy W. McMellan What city do you live in???

[@franciscobenitez905]

I feel like at times we are our own enemies. It's nice to know there are a few that still have respect and love for their fellow Boricuas ✊🏽

[@radrook7584]

You are absolutely right. Being of the same nationality or even of the same race guarantees absolutely nothing. I had all my furniture stolen from my house in Philadelphia by fellow Puerto Ricans when I was absent for two days. Five of my jobs I have lost because of trouble with fellow Puerto Ricans=-one included my Puerto Rican uncle and Puerto Rican cousin. . I once fought a gringo as a child and those Puerto Ricans who were there were rooting for him. I say good morning to Puerto Rican women neighbors, which is s a common courtesy here in the USA, and instead of replying in kind, they bark sneer and growl. So I have learned not ten not to give the same importance to this so-called Puerto Rican brotherhood that some others do. In fact, I am apprehensive.

[@franciscobenitez905]

@@radrook7584 it's like that sadly. I'm sorry to hear of all those terrible experiences. I know that can really change the way you view people and the world. We just need to treat everybody the same. It's really hard though. Hope you only have good experiences from here on!

[@radrook7584]

@@franciscobenitez905 Thanks for the reply. You are right, we all should treat one another decently.

[@JaIri122]

Thank you!!! I been waiting for y’all to make a video like this/about this!!!

[@anneberlynvalladolid8005]

Even though I'm Mexican, I always wanted to go visit Puerto Rico. My Best friend is Puerto Rican love her with all my heart! I may be planning on to the visit the island maybe next year, but if I go, what type of foods do you recommend over there?

[@dead_gaybo]

if you go to San Juan, there’s this restaurant called La Bombonera and they have amazing mallorca👌

[@anneberlynvalladolid8005]

Isabela Martinez I searched the restaurant and I looked at the Food and my God they look tasty!

[@dead_gaybo]

@@anneberlynvalladolid8005 i only went to La Bombonera once a few years ago but that mallorca is unforgettable🤤😂

[@hihellou343]

ohh you should get un bacalaito its like a street food and its delicious

[@PsychonautDreams1251]

You gotta try mofongo and a refreshing piragua!

[@ginadoll00901]

Not sure why some of us fight. Other races just view us as one😂

[@rosamendoza7227]

I agree We Are seen as the same by others. We need to stop fighting each other.

[@luiscolon7749]

The “mainland”? My “mainland” is PR.

[@Tina-rc7bh]

I'm puerto Rican in my heart. I dream of going there since I was 18

[@styleproud]

Dope! Thank you for making this! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@maidinmanhattan7820]

I love you guys, I was born in Catano and was raised in NY I’m 100 💯 PR and proud and by the way there is no differents

[@skettistraps1108]

It's different for me..... I'm from Chicago & both my parents are from the island. I have never been there but when I meet other boricuas from the island they are shocked at how well I speak, write, & read spanish, they honestly think I'm lying about not being raised in P.R. But I do want to go & visit my family. It looks so beautiful from the pictures & videos I see. I also wanna go cuz the quenepas are delicious 😂😂

[@foxwithin]

I knew that's how y'all get along cause I always joke with my friends too 😂 but I wouldn't be like that with strangers. I like when people have that type of friendship it makes things so funny lol hope y'all continue bringing in the great content ❤️

[@Mxzyck]

Newyorican we're different, but we are all Puertorriqueños at the end of the day, my grandparents were brought from the island and my grandfather was forced to fight in Vietnam.

[@ginadoll00901]

How are we different. You all like the same things we like on the Island. When I moved to NY. I did not see PR born in NY any different from me. You are right We Are All PR.

[@Mxzyck]

@@ginadoll00901 only different cause growing up in a huge city

[@rosamendoza7227]

@ok 01 WTH does that mean & who are you talking about.

[@Mxzyck]

@@rosamendoza7227 I ignored them lol cause I've been to the island, still in touch with my family and was gonna move down with my tia till the hurricane and earthquakes

[@rosamendoza7227]

@ok 01 Zangano I was born on the Island. Are you even from there Mamabicho. You sound Loco😂

[@tweetingsparks]

Eli, the Puerto Rican teddy bear.

[@jasminebaez7678]

I love this conversation. I'm 3rd generation from the Bronx and grew up never identifying as anything other than Puerto Rican, I until I went to PR and visited family and was called a gringa by my cousin's. It did hurt but I was a kid and they were just kids being kids. I love MY Island and go several times a year with my GF who is from PR. I am pleased to say that as an adult I have not experienced anything negative. People in PR have been nothing more than inviting. Well at least the folks I have been around. I'm sure they are just being nice but I'll take it 😆

[@monicachuidian-riveracalde9554]

I love 💕 all Boricuas unconditionally 💖 love from the Philippines,am happily married to a Boricua from La Isla😍😍😍

[@carlosriverajr9159]

I’m Puerto Rican, German and Irish. I’ve been asked if I’m Spanish and I say I’m also German and Irish. The look I get from them is priceless.

[@j.m.6007]

I'm 🇵🇷 and 🇩🇴 born in PR raised NY. I consider myself NY.rican.dominican!!🤓

[@motherofcats7671]

Domiriqueño❤

[@Mxzyck]

Preach lol

[@ブラクマト]

I love u I’m part Puerto rican🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@j.m.6007]

@@ブラクマト 👍 your puerto rican and ?

[@Samnataxsama]

Nuyoricans in the house! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@ezaserrano4677]

Does anybody else have a crush on Eli? Can’t just be me. I love these kinds of videos 🥰

[@dalialin3065]

🇵🇷 Puerto Rican from California ❤

[@lilyj9924]

HI , I AM CUBAN FROM CALI💜 & I HAVE ONLY MET 3 PUERTO RICANS💜, THERE ARENT TOO MANY IN LA, THERE ARE MORE IN NY, CHICAGO, & FLORIDA.

[@FrannHynard]

Same 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@Nicolas__-js1jm]

Thank you :)

[@SoKelly]

I was born in PR & raised in Florida.

[@mariposaarts]

There was this other Boricua in my class and when I was finding out if she was bori or not I was like "Mofongo?" And she replied "Mofongo!" "Platanos maduros?" "Platanos maduros!" "Marc Anthony?" "Marc Anthony!" And we were both like ayyyyyyyyyyy. It was like meeting my long lost sister. 🤣

[@Joyride37]

I was raises stateside but my papí raised me in the culture and taught me I was Puerto Rican no matter what (especially because racist kids in school were always telling me I wasn’t Hispanic enough, whatever that means) The only time I ever feel like I truly belong anywhere is when I’m in Puerto Rico with my relatives. It means a lot to have friends and family who embrace you and teach you more things about the culture you didn’t always get to experience directly (and help you keep your spanish from deteriorating to nothing)

[@ShalyTorres]

I feel you. My family migrated from PR to the US when my older sister was young. She was born on the island and I was born on the mainland a few years later. My family worked hard so I didn't feel any less Boricua than them and I find myself proving my Puertorican-ness whenever I go to the island. What you said spoke to me Eli, it's not me trying to be-its just what I am. I need to remind myself of that more often. Siempre un Borincano aunque naciera en la luna

[@showstoper9227]

Saludos desde trujillo alto PR...

[@segunalexandrae]

I was born in Chicago and moved to PR when I was younger. I honestly understand both sides

[@rubenocasio9188]

Awesome!! I was born in New York but I was raised in the South and also went to Puerto Rico four times in my life and I live there for a little time but every time I went back it was always a new generation and the culture was also changing only with the youth ; which also led up with me getting into fights with Puerto Ricans from Puerto Rico versus me from New York because they looked at us as nuyoric ans stuck-up and some may look at the ones🇵🇷 in the islands to snobby so it's all fun with me let the games begin boricua power!!!

[@johnnyg7899]

The roof of a house in PR is called "el techo". In New York, "el rufo".

[@andreasantiago9280]

PR EN LA CASA PLO PLO💥

[@squishharmonica8083]

Does anyone else play "Spot the Puerto Rican" in public? It's one of my fave games!

[@mariam4084]

I have to admit I did mess with my cousin 😂 when they visit but I still love them.

[@luisrosario3781]

Nací en el pueblo de Salem, Massachusetts, en los Estados Unidos. Mi primer idioma es el inglés. Técnicamente, mi segundo idioma es el alemàn, y mi tercer es el español. Yo siento mucho orgullo por mi gente y mi isla, a pesar de ser "gringo". ¡Yo soy boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas! I've seen some really harsh criticisms of Puerto Ricans here in the mainland that may not have learned Spanish in their respective households. While I think it should definitely be encouraged to further understand the history of our people, reprimanding people for not knowing what seemingly everyone else knows won't incentivize that person to learn more, but oftentimes the inverse. Granted, we're an incredibly prideful group of people, and said pride can certainly get the best of us, we always manage to stand tall, despite what's been thrown our way. ¡Viva nuestra gente!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@salas7395]

I thought the sarcastic jokes were going to keep coming lmao #DopeVid💯

[@wilfredoperez2107]

“Boricua Buddies” ❤️ 🇵🇷 💯

[@Stitchxavi]

Mi orgullo ❤️ 🇵🇷

[@HenryGiovanniLopezTrujillo1989]

Best intro ever!!!!!!

[@thehopeofeden597]

This video is the positivity needed while the island is getting ravaged by complete lack of support.

[@chrisboricua1911]

Boricua is boricua mi gentes todo el amor de ambos lados❤❤🇵🇷

[@theycallmejojooo]

I love this ❤️ I am boricua de la tercera generación just like Eli!! But I am proud to say.... SOY BORICUA HASTA LA MUERTE 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@14thivy89]

Ok, Eli just pulled this Black girls heart when he brought up Fresh Prince.😍🖤😂😂

[@theenchantedceiling]

This is one of those videos I wish I had 15 years ago but I'm glad I have it now. I never feel Puerto Rican enough, and the few times I try to partake in our thing, within the family especially, it's treated like watching a dog walking on its hind legs and reciting Chaucer lol

[@anap.1833]

Love this - specially being from “the island” and knowning my children will have a different experience growing up in “the mainland”.

[@psj9640]

I love Puerto Rico and Boricuas!

[@alexisgarcia1344]

Its weird to hear my name and it's some one else!

[@Revolumuzik94]

Me as a puertorican born and raised in the island, idc if you were born in Pakistan from puertorican parents, if you consider yourself puertorican and is proud of it, you definitely qualify as one because of the love. There’s a saying we say on the island: “Más puertorriqueños son los q se crian en otra parte del mundo, por tan solo amar sus raíces y ser orgullosos de donde viene su ADN” Mire unity, less division. Eres Puertorriqueño aunque naciste en la luna 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@thesamurialianderp2937]

I was born in Texas but was raised by two Puerto Rican parents so that makes me Puerto Rican

[@evrgrltoo]

You know, I typically "WOO!" or something every time I see a flag or someone mentions Puerto Rico (you know, because 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷), but I had a hard time keeping up with that habit in this video because of how many times y'all said PR and I am so 100% here for more PR content, y'all. ❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷❤️

[@BryannaPR]

I live in puerto rico and i am puertorican

[@drew2c659]

Ive gotten this a lot. Especially when it comes to me talking about the food i grew up with. What I call pastellios, I had a puerto rican from the island get aggressive with me amd say theyre called empanadillas. Theres like an unspoken disdain for puerto ricans who live on the mainland from my experience

[@nicoperezsantana870]

Saludos my name is Nico. My mom is white and my dad is Puerto Rican so I’m half and half but I’ve always been super proud to be Boricua (as we always are jaja). And I didn’t care that my skin was lighter than my fathers I still always reminded people “my name is Nicolás Santana and I am Puerto Rican!” Lmao. But all my life I’ve had to fight to prove my latinidad with other Latinos because of not being “dark enough” and I’ve heard this videos topic my whole life as well. “You’re not really Puerto Rican though because you grew up on the mainland.” Luckily my family on the island never believed that but other island native Puerto Rican’s have always treated me differently for it. And the worst was the Dominicans in college who would treat me differently for it. I always say though that DNA is stronger than Nationality! You can be born anywhere by coincidence but that doesn’t make you apart of that culture necessarily. Your blood/dna is what you are. I’ve done my ancestry and I am Puerto Rican I have Taino blood running through these veins haha. So I really appreciate this video guys, short but sweet. ❤️

[@Ricovette]

It's called "One Blood"... Stay safe... Rico

[@katherinecarmona7848]

I believe we should be united, but I cannot denied that our upbringing is very different. We are different, nothing wrong with that but we can see the difference between the language, type of music we do know are not the same. I have know New Ricans that do not know what is plena, and I am in shock, but at the same time those are the same people that feel so proud the wear the bandera regardless if they have been to the island or not.

[@TEACASTRO]

I was born in puerto rico but my family moved to florida when i was 2. I cant control that. Yet I always get judged for not being a “real puertorican” I always get judged for having a slight accent when speaking Spanish, but I can still speak it perfectly and understand it all. So unfortunately I dont speak it unless its with family because of the criticism I receive constantly. Its so frustrating to live this way because its not my fault my parents moved🤷🏻‍♀️

[@CatACor21.]

Me and my sister say this to each other all the time. I was born and raised in PR but she was born and raised in NYC. I’m a real Puerto Rican and she’s a New Yorkican 🤣😂🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@uriah2224]

Y tus raíces mexicanas? 💪🏽🇲🇽🇲🇽💯

[@KBcubedP3]

I get this same thing from other Jamaicans. I was born in the US (1st generation) but I was raised Jamaican. It definitely hurts when it feels like someone is trying to strip you of your culture that you're so proud to be a part of. 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@mariopinot9884]

Nice.

[@sasssassy8134]

My real name is José Luis Meléndez and I was born in Puerto Rico but then I moved to Oregon with my mom when I was 2. I got americanized like Eli so when I visit my family in PR it’s hard to feel like i’m really one of them. It’s cool to see both perspectives in this video tho.

[@j.m.6007]

There's puerto ricans in Oregon?

[@ramonanaya6236]

Omg woow i was like i never saw Eli mad.

[@waleskaogando6663]

Yup ! I was born in NYC but I consider myself 💯 Puerto Rican. Don’t give a sh!!!t when ppl tell me I’m not a real Rican. I got that 🇵🇷 in my car 🤪 .

[@RobZavalaPhotography]

I became boricua since I became a JLO fan in 1997 lol I love Puerto Rico!

[@amyt2400]

🇵🇷 She often talks about the way her culture plays a part in her holiday celebrations. She loves Puerto Rican food, speaks Spanish and riced the Super Bowl with that Puerto Rican flag jacket. Even if she’s not your favorite, you gotta admit that she’s a very proud Puerto Rican. 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿🇵🇷