**Ok-let's not be crazy-Pavlik beat Jermain...that's it for now**

I amazed by your comments claiming my ignorance while you claim to know what all PR have gone in other areas other than Jacksonville, I been in Jacksonville many time, have performed there a numeorus times, clinics/workshop in the University, I been there I know that town...my line of work takes me to many ..many ..cities with a wide variaty of ethnics groups and I am telling you son, Jacksonville is not NYC nor Chicago nor LA...so please stop with the ignorant insults since they reflect back on yourself...where have you been other than Jacksonville...did your Mom or Dad ever seat down with you and talk to you about our reality as second class citizen for the better past of the 20's century...it took us PR's a lon gtime, long time to get accepted in the NY metropolis, and I tell you what..I came to this country in the deep south, Atlanta Ga as I mentioned, the prejudice was not there until I speak and they detected my heavy accent, that was not fun....I experinced it first hand, it was not pass to me....

And I am surprized that your parents, the PR half has never tell you our early reality...maybe just maybe you should ask her, listen to what they ahve to say and then come back and insult me all you want...but the fact is that I know you won't be able to once you know and understand our history as inmigrants in the USA

 

If someone would ever ask you , what makes a Puerto Rican...simple:

African, Taino and Spaniard in that order...we PR's absolutely embraced our African heritage, we live our ancestry, and as a muscian and Ethno-musicology, I will tell you that our ancestry and with Africa in implanted deep on roots...we live it everyday, we eat, we speak it...African heritage flows thru our veins and the heart pump that African heritage with every pump....

If you have issues with your father, don;t take it on me, I am simply trying to tell you the Puertorrican reality, not trying to be eman , but simply telling that we have suffered as much as African American in many ways...that's one of the reasons that us PR have such a strong affinity with Afro-Americans more than any other ethnic group even other latinos...

 

Let's just said this...your history is not up to par...I am a history buff...so..I am well versed on the history of this country...in particular with racial issues...and beleive me...PR's in NYC were treated short of linching....police brutality and antagonism towards PR's still exist in the east coast specially between Boston and NYC and all that coast realm between the cities...if you don;lt know it, just say it..becuase for other like that has experince it first hand..it is acutally disrespectful..

You ahve a lot to learn about your half heritage, and maybe if you decide to learn about,more and more...you will graviate toward it, since our history is not to different the African American saga...from the Spaniards to the North Amercians the discrimination contiued ...even up to this point....

Take a trip to NYC and spend sometime, and clear state your PR heritage and see how people react toward you....you might think you never left the deep south...and remember I lived in the deep south for 8 years..8 long years...my image othe USA when I cam to Atlanta was the incredible images that remain in my head from Birmingham, Selma, Little Rock....etc...

BTW, for your information, if you really want to know about the Civil Rights travel to Birmingham, and go to the Civil Rights Museum, it will humble you up...I ahd the privilage to play at the CRM in Birmingham...exciting experience!!

I am honestly trying to educate you regarding what constitute our heritage....I know you were not aware of that triumvirat of cultures...

 

Then you should have come out and said taht a long time ago....