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+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,

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[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 29 minutes ago* (last edited 28 minutes ago)

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.

[-] GaumBeist@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 minutes ago

I didn't know where he was from, nor had I heard about him until the outrage machine hyped him up. I just assumed he was an immigrant based on the outrage, but I guess that's asking too much of the racist who can be fooled into liking Kid Rock.

[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago

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.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

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

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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.

[-] housedogpartyfavor@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago

A movement to turn pro sports into quasi nationalist rallies, with barely a peep about it, is far more alarming than ignorance about the vagarities of US territorial policy. Most people can’t even name the vice president! This is a very strange kind of manufactured outrage.

[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago
[-] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago
[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh no, the Gen Alphas are infiltrating Lemmy

[-] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

GenX, actually. But I've got a kid.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 23 points 9 hours ago

I’m Native American and some whites don’t think I’m American.

[-] titanicx@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 hours ago

Native also, I 100% got profiled by a white cop in a small town I went fishing in last fall. Got pulled over and he was surprised I wasn't Mexican, fuck him. 

[-] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago

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.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

You should call White Americans "Euro Americans", then. That may clarify things for this lost soul.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

You might be talking about an uncle of mine. You've described him perfectly. I feel your pain ✊

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Some of those whites have guns and "absolute immunity"

Native Americans are being swept up by ICE

[-] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

No worries! That's what SCOTUS repealing the 14th Amendment will fix.

/s

[-] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 7 hours ago

Wait, so why is that part of mexico american, I am confused? /s

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 6 points 6 hours ago

mexico gave it to murica as a gift because mexico very nice 😊

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