Their culture is mixed. Native, African and European (Spaniard).
But the Taino influence isn't as strong as 1 might think......due to the fact Columbus committed near genocide against them. They replaced the Taino w/ Africans and the remaining indigenous fled in2 the woods. They still exist outside of general PR society so no real way to get a consensus on how many Taino in PR there actually are. The Spaniards mixed with Africans via sexual abuse thus the average Puerto Rican is mulatto. Mulatto in America=Black. It's important to note this bcuz one of the ways BlackTinos especially Caribbean ones go about denying African roots is by overstating supposed Indigenous roots.
c00ning BlackTino : I'm not Black I'm Taino, thats where I get my color from"
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"So Brotha if u Indian and White/Spanish tell me, how did 2 straight haired races of people make a GROUP of kinky haired folk?"
c00ning BlackTino:
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