Talk:Boricua

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It's interesting that there is a www.boricua.com and a Boricua College in New York, but the word cannot be found in any standard Dictionary or Encyclopedia of the English language.

Purpose of this article

I propose this article be a redirect to Puerto Rican. Boricua is commonly used to refer to people from Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent. The article states that boricua is the term used for an amerindian people, possibly of Taíno descent. I personally have not heard an amerinidian population in PR calling themselves boricua. Joelito 18:03, 20 April 2006 (UTC) -- Some of the Boricua went to Hawaii to work on plantations. See the links on the website: http://www.colorq.org/MeltingPot/article.aspx?d=Oceania&x=LatamHawaiians

I#REDIRECT [[I disagree strongly with the above summarization. The term Boricua originally came from the island we now know as Puerto Rico. Prior to the Spanish invasion of Puerto Rico, the Islands name was know as "Boriken", or Tiano Indians, origanl owners. Once the Spaniards took possession of Puerto Rico or Porto Rico (Port of Riches), as the Spaniards called it left occupation of the Island, behind were left the Aficans. The Tiano Indians, Aficans, and Spaniards is where the true race or Puerto Ricans. Those not born or rasied in Puerto Rico are proud to call themselves "Boricuas, or Boricanos". I am very proud of my race/heritage and the culture that surround it. (prw_boricua@yahoo.com) ,Det,Michigan.48101

That may be so, but Wikipedia doesn't have an article that says so. If you change that fact, the redirect can be undone. At the moment, as far as Wikipedia knows, the word means only "Puerto Rican", so I will turn this into a redirect.

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I also disagree and believe the articles should be kept seperated,as the term Boricua refers to the Amerindian component or race of some Puerto Ricans. Some Puerto Ricans have a strong African infuence, and others still have predominatly Spanish or are Criollos (caucasion). 69.112.103.196 04:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.112.103.196 (talk) 04:55, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

BORICUA= PUERTO RICAN whether Caucasian, Amerind, Black, Asian or a mix of all or some of those groups. For as long as I remember this is the way the term has been used. It had no racial connotations. Attempts to change the meaning of the term seem to come from very small groups with dubious political agendas influenced by mainland US race politics

it's the term we go by and i proud to be called one or n dat matter introduce myself as one but it is not a racial connotation. plus if other people want to use it against us we are not the ones to be called racist, it's also a symbol of separation and that's something the american gov. doesn't want but we liked to be independent and if we like it so be and everyone else just deal with it!!!

I don't know about any of that. I am turning this article into a redirect to Puerto Rico because we don't have any article about any other meaning. Chrisrus (talk) 00:56, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge

This article should be merged to Puerto Rican. PERIOD. Patriotism aside, there is no literal or technical difference between Puerto Rican and Boricua. If we section-off articles based on loose topics (i.e., that Boricua is different from Puerto Rican), core articles will never receive the attention needed to elevate to GA or FA status.

Additionally, the information in this article is almost entirely POV, and I'd say 80% original research. We cannot use demographic statistics to present arguments, its against policy (WP:NOR), and these facts can be put to better use in the Demographics of Puerto Rico article, with a brief mention in the Puerto Rican article.

My point is... Merge. Let's focus our energies into Puerto Rican to see if we can improve it. I've already merged the most important verifiable info to the Puerto Rican article. Any more information can be merged as long as it is referenced and is not original research (WP:A). - Mtmelendez ^{(Talk|UB|Home)} 19:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)