That thought is worth its own thread, perhaps its own forum. Unfortunately, the same could be said of any number of other hyphenated “American” groups these days.
Ummm....Guys, Puerto Ricans ARE Americans by birth even when they are born in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army
65th Infantry Regiment, CASUALTY LIST SEPTEMBER 1950 TO 1953
Rivera was born in New York City to a Jewish mother that had had his Puerto Rican father change his fist name from "Cruz" to "Allen", changed the spelling of the surname to "Riviera" from "Rivera" because she was ashamed to have the Puerto Rican ethinicity connected with her son and named him "Gerald" although she wanted to name him "Sidney".
Rivera has considered getting dual citizenship ........ in Israel.
As long as you guys are using a native-born American's ancestry to bash him, why don't you just go all the way and say, "Geraldo is Jew first and American second. That’s the problem with way too many Jews.”
"OMG!! We can't say such a thing just because somebody's mother was Jewish and he was raised Jewish!"
Then why say such a thing just because somebody's father was Puerto Rican?
Polybius stated:
“Geraldo is Jew first and American second. That’s the problem with way too many Jews”
I think its pretty horrible of you to say. I consider it borderline racism.
“Then why say such a thing just because somebody’s father was Puerto Rican?”
IN the case of Rivers, it is because HE HIMSELF is wrapping himself in his Hispanic ethnicity; playing the very popular divisive angle rather than the traditional “we’re all Americans” melting pot perspective.
I don’t know why you are complaining to me. I broadened the criticism to include other hyphenated Americans beyond just Hispanics.