This merely shows the ignorance of the white American man …. back then and still today!!
When the US invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, it had little prior contact with its people. This transatlantic ignorance was compounded by the inherent racism of southern congressmen.
Here are some of their memorable opinions – declared on the floor of the US congress, in the New York Times, and in Scribner’s magazine.
“Puerto Ricans are a heterogeneous mass of mongrels, incapable of self-government and hostile to Christianity. They are savages addicted to head-hunting and cannibalism.”
–US Senator William B. Bate
Blanquito asado festival in 19th century Puerto Rico
According to Scribner’s magazine, “all Puerto Ricans are totally lacking in moral values.”
After extensive research, the New York Times confirmed that “Puerto Ricans are uneducated, simple-minded and harmless people who are only interested in wine, women, music and dancing.”
Puerto Rican lunch break in Old San Juan, circa 1898
In 1931, a Harvard-educated cancer doctor named Cornelius…
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