“Well, it’s full of Puerto Ricans”
I’ll let the insult slide but if you really knew Vieques, you’d see that many if not most businesses (restaurants, hotels, etc.) are owned by Continental Americans.
I’ve been to Vieques, and yes, saw the blancos.
My take on most of them was that they were fleeing from, or escaping something in the states, like responsibility. It was as if they were pursuing some kind of island fantasy.
I too would love to make a living off fake sea glass, but it just does not pay the bills.
As an aside, the island was awash in cocaine; it was offered to us for sale several times, and yet no one had any marijuana, which I thought was weird. It was explained that Vieques is part of a drug corridor due to enforcement elsewhere.
But yeah, we rented a room from a white person.