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Member583 posts
Busy bee
- glitterati
- 2 years ago
- Wedding: May 2015
Let’s see if we can do better than the national average on this question.
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poll: Are Puerto Ricans American citizens?
Yes : (115 votes)
88 %
No : (15 votes)
12 %
MemberPost # 2
Member527 posts
Busy bee
- MsAfarian
- 2 years ago
- Wedding: June 2017
I’m not even from the US and I’m pretty sure I know the answer.. Curious though as to what the national average is? 😛
Post # 3
Member1319 posts
Bumble bee
- wildflowerz
- 2 years ago
Me too, what’s the national average?
Post # 4
Member9903 posts
Buzzing Beekeeper
Post # 5
Member6944 posts
Busy Beekeeper
- beethree
- 2 years ago
hikingbride : It’s really sad, isn’t it?
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Member7883 posts
Bumble Beekeeper
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Member2765 posts
Sugar bee
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Member326 posts
Helper bee
Post # 9
Member6353 posts
Bee Keeper
Post # 10
Member7502 posts
Bumble Beekeeper
- MrsBeck
- 2 years ago
- Wedding: June 2013
I do know the answer but I can also understand why people might feel as though this is a “trick” question.
Post # 11
Member957 posts
Busy bee
- kiram
- 2 years ago
I think the confusion comes from the fact that Puerto Rico is an unincorperated US territory, so legally speaking it’s not part of the US…yet they’re in the possession of the US, and while they have US citizenship, they have less benefits than mainland citizens such as less voting rights and access to some government programs. So they’re more like second-class citizens. It’s pretty sad and they should just become a proper state already, imo. Anyway, I think some people’s confusion is pretty justified over that.
Post # 12
Member583 posts
Busy bee
- glitterati
- 2 years ago
- Wedding: May 2015
47% of Americans know the correct answer: yes, they are American citizens. I agree that some confusion is justified but if PR were a state, it would be there would be 20 states with fewer people. Long overdue.
Post # 13
Member8992 posts
Buzzing Beekeeper
- j_jaye
- 2 years ago
kiram : I am not American but knew the answer. I also find a hell of a lot of Americans do not know the history of the treatment of Puerto Ricans by the US. Like for instance the fact that country was used as a weapons testing facility that has left a wave of devestation to which the US government has turned their backs on. The US is one of the many countries that still actively practice colonisation and subjection of native peoples.
Post # 14
Member1168 posts
Bumble bee
- karen12
- 2 years ago
- Wedding: March 2011
The people of Puerto Rico voted overwhelmingly in a non binding resolution this year to become a state. It’s time for that to happen. USVI, Guam, and American Samoa, too.
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Member1168 posts
Bumble bee