I'm Puerto Rican, But Here Are 14 Things I'm Definitely Not...
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I'm Puerto Rican, But Here Are 14 Things I'm Definitely Not...

Surprise, I'm not crazy.

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I'm Puerto Rican, But Here Are 14 Things I'm Definitely Not...
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Every one of us, no matter what our cultural backgrounds are, we have a certain stereotype. I, a Latina, have many stereotypes. Let me just name a few. I'm Puerto Rican, but I'm not...

1. "Spicy"

Okay, what is that even supposed to mean? If you're trying to be cute or relatable, it's not working.

2. Sexual

Not every Puerto Rican girl expresses their sexuality like JLo. And there is nothing wrong with that.

3. Illiterate

Which explains why I'm sitting right here, writing this article con mi bilingual wit.

4. Monolingual

I can speak dos lenguajes at the same time y sin problemas. Touché.

5. Illegal

I hate the term illegal as if human beings like you and I had some otherness to them. Puerto Ricans are US citizens by birth.

6. Angry

Anger is a natural emotion within all of us. That doesn't mean I'm always angry.

7. Good at dancing

I have two left feet and my salsa skills are -0.

8. Fond of "Despacito"

It was cool at first but now I can't bear to listen to it.

9. A fan of avocado

You're welcome, Chipotle.

10. "Too dark" to be Puerto Rican

We all come in all shades and beautiful colors. Stop generalizing by what you've been exposed to on a minimal level.

11. "Too light" to be Puerto Rican

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Bro.

12. Living off the government

Some of us do a little thing called work and without any help from anybody.

13. Loud

I'm actually the quiet friend that everybody thinks I don't care about anything, but in fact, I'm just low key tuning into your conversations. Trust me I know everything.

14. Crazy

It seems as if nowadays it's become almost trendy to be a "crazy gf". Trust me, that's unhealthy.

Everything is not what is always seems to be!

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