Talk:List of Puerto Ricans of African descent

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this list excluded Rosie Perez (actress) film credits include "Do The Right Thing", White Men Can't Jump", "Yo Soy Boricua, Pa Que Tu Lo Sepas!" (I Am a Boricua, Just So You Know It.), "Fearless", and "Lackawanna Blues", just to name a few.

[edit] Requested move

List Of Notable Afro Puerto Ricans Of African Descent → List of Puerto Ricans of African descent — First, "Notable" shouldn't be in the title. Second, the title doesn't make sense, all "Afro Puerto Ricans" are of African descent, if they weren't then they wouldn't be "Afro Puerto Ricans". If anyone objects to List of Puerto Ricans of African descent then suggest another title, but the current one must be changed —Saikokira 01:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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• Support, and suggest that this is uncontroversial. I think you might be fine making this move yourself. Dekimasuよ! 02:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Uncontroversial, especially given move history. This article has been renamed from List Of Notable Afro Puerto Ricans Of African Descent to List of Puerto Ricans of African descent as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 10:23, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

This should be joined with the Afro-Puerto Rican category. Of course, some changes should be made to exclude persons who are not Puerto Rican blacks (afroboricuas). Saludos.--Noopinonada (talk) 01:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Apparently the trend of including people whose black ancestry comes not from Puerto Rico but other nations has continued. Afro-Puerto Ricans are black people from Puerto Rico, i.e. whose African ancestry in the African diaspora is from Puerto Rico, not the USA, not Cuba, not the Dominican Republic, and not any other country. Also, the inclusion of the psuedohistorian African-American "Dr." Yosef Ben-Jochannan, with his dubious and totally unverifiable claims of Puerto Rican ancestry, is laughable. Furthermore, a user's inclusion of Victor Santos, a Dominican, is incorrect, as was his/her chiming in with opinions on the racial nature Santos' beauty context. This is an encyclopedia, which is an inappropriate forum to share personal opinions. I have edited the list.--Noopinonada (talk) 23:39, 15 May 2008 (UTC)