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Should statement made by Cosculluela, urban artist, against protests in P.R. be added?
editThis text (which keeps getting deleted) is copied from Cosculluela wikipedia article.
Amid the George Floyd protests that surrounded the United States, the urban artist expressed through Instagram Live that Afro-Puerto Ricans are not descendants of Africa. This is contrary to the basic teachings of the Puerto Rican education system that educate on the history and colonization process of Puerto Rico, to the African slave trade that lasted for almost 500 years, and the vast and evident African influence on Puerto Rican culture.[1]
Although he did not clarify where the Afro-Puerto Ricans originally come from, in his expressions of June 7, 2020, he also called for Puerto Ricans not to join the protests, calling them "crap" that affects the economy. This is the full transcript of the excerpt from his Instagram post:
- "En Puerto Rico no son... no somos...
- O sea, los, los prietos no son negros.
- Los negros son los negros de allá afuera de África.
- Los de aquí no vinieron de África.
- Aquí no hagan huelgas de esa porquería.
- Sabes, eso es un problema racial que tienen allá,
- pero allá ellos, que se maten ellos por allá.
- Eso afecta la economía bien cabrón.
- Muchaacho."
References
- ^ Jackson, Jhoni (June 7, 2020). "Cosculluela Suggests Black American Protestors "Kill Each Other," Goes on Racist Rant". Remezcla. THE REMEZCLA AGENCY. Retrieved June 7, 2020.