British Couple Reacts to TERRITORIES of the USA (Geography Now!)
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I'm from Guam which is a US Territory in the Pacific.
Love y'all would love to come
I met a kid in Vegas from Guam once. He showed me a ton of pictures of his former home in Guam. Seems like a really cool island
I had a friend from Guam 🇬🇺 when I was in the Army. He was a great guy.
Hi! I sometimes run into people from Guam here in Florida. It's rare but I do, with the nature of my job.
What do the people of Guam think about being a US territory?
A) You cut off the video before it was done- he had like three more points in the original video.
B) If you want more info, especially on incorporated vs unincorporated and organized vs unorganized, I’d recommend CGP Grey’s video on this topic: ua-cam.com/video/ASSOQDQvVLU/v-deo.html
Puerto Ricans mostly migrate to New York City if they leave. It’s become a real haven for them. They actually have a Spanish accent up there based around Spanglish which is a mix of Spanish and English. Florida was shaped by Cuban Spanish meaning different accents while California was shaped by Mexican Spanish. These different types of Spanish are so different that they often don’t communicate with each other. Even regular Spanish is different to these types of Spanish. I learned Puerto Rican Spanish in the classroom and that is a challenge.
I have read there are more people of Puerto Rican descent in the US mainland than in Puerto Rico these days.
IDK practically the whole county of Osceola in Florida are Puerto Ricans 😂
@@SherriLyle80s Years ago I remember going out to eat at a Cuban restaurant in Orlando with a Puerto Rican friend and he cautioned me beforehand not to let on he was Puerto Rican. Apparently there are "issues" between the two huge Florida groups with the Cubans dominant in south Florida and the Puerto Ricans in central Florida.
NYC use to be the main hotspot where we’d migrate to. Mostly back in the 70’s - 90’s. We’ve spread out a bit more since then. I’d say Florida is more the newer haven now, especially since it’s closest to the island. Making traveling back and forth a lot cheaper.
We communicate fine. Yes we have our differences ( btw there are way more "different spanish" than the general three you mentioned for their are other Latinos from other countries in abundance in the States and while the differences are there we communicate just fine.
I assume the Spanish you are referring to as regular is the Spanish of the Real Academia Espanola but let me point out that even in Spain there are differences depending on location and heritage/ background.
Left tackle for Philadelphia Eagles is Samoan. 6’8” 380 lb. All muscle.
That was amazing. I have never been to Hawaii or the territories in the Pacific, but I used to live in St. Thomas, USVI, and I have been to Puerto Rico a few times. Love them both. Thanks Peace
Hawaii is a state, not a territory.
I spent a week in St. Thomas on my honeymoon. It's the most beautiful place I've ever been to in my life. If I went there under different circumstances I would have probably never returned to the states.
@@kevinp8108hawaii *or* the territories
I had the distinct pleasure of spending a great deal of time in Puerto Rico when the television broadcast group I worked for bought a station in Ponce (Pon-Say). I fell in love with the island, from the beaches to the mountains, and especially, the people. As part of the upgrade to the TV station, we had to take measurements of the signal all over the island. I like to say I've been to places in Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans haven't been to. But I can honestly say, I never met a Puerto Rican I didn't like.
I’m active duty coast guard and am stationed in San Juan PR, it’s great!
The Virgin Islands drive on the left side of the road, but the cars still have the steering wheel on the left side
Puerto Ricans have been leaving (usually for NY and Florida) in droves. They were well above 4 million not many years ago.
Hurricane Maria in Sept. of 2017 category 5 blasted P.R. The fact that their”oversee-er” the USA was slow to send a large enough amount of help quickly enough ,people were forced to leave to survive. By the end of the year 450,000 people had left the island. One year after there was still 30% of the island without electricity!
@@alanw9677 There were tons of Puerto Ricans living in NYC long before that natural disaster, almost as many as live on the island, since they are so loyal to their PR identity i think they should be given independence, and those PRs living in New York given the choice of returning to PR or retaining US citizenship and staying here. our culture is just incompatible with latino culture, we cannot afford to have a subculture that has more loyalty to an ethnic identity than an American one, either be one thing or be the other, you can’t serve two masters.
Clint, Puerto Rico WANTS to be the 51st state but it always falls through in Congress
@@scitizenkane1 They gave them a vote on that twice and they voted to retain the status quo, the vote didn’t include a choice for independence. im sure there are a lot of Puerto Ricans who want statehood, but there is a large independence party as well, and some of those people believe in violence, they already shot up the US Congress, and they tried to kill Truman when he was living at Blair house during the renovations on the Whitehouse.
I'm from the Virgin Islands, and I live on Puerto Rico. He said that the Virgin Islands is non-self-governing, but I wish he explained what that means.
After the U.S. bought (for $25,000,000 in gold) the Danish West Indies, the territory was territory run under Naval administration, with the administrators/governors being Admirals of the Navy. After Naval administration, the U.S. appointed civilian administrators/governors, and the last appointed civilian governor was a cousin of mine; he went on to become the first elected governor.
The territory is under the.U.S. Department of Interior, but there's no direct rule, an almost all of the day-to-day affairs of the territory are conducted by the local government, which has the three branches of government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, now with its own Supreme Court, and a few independent instrumentalities/entities.
As for taxes, the taxes are Federal, but they're paid to the Virgin Islands Treasury in what's called the Government Revolving Fund, if I recall.
I have many Samoan friends. They have biggest hearts you'll ever meet. But have the passion and ability to delete your life should you disrespect them, their family, or their integrity.
Lol you made that sound exclusive They have same passion and ability as any and every body else who gets disrespected etc. And yes I know Samoans.
I’m a Puerto Rican, born and raised in New York City, but moved to Puerto Rico when I was a teen. Not going to get into in, but the island is essentially a colony…
The single big note about Puerto Rico is they have held votes several times over the years on whether to become a fully independent country, an actual US state or remain a US territory. Each time they've voted to remain a territory.
When I was working Maintenance my coworker was Tongan; they are BIG n' STRONG people. I once saw Sami (my coworker) pick up a full-size undrained toilet with 1 hand and place it in the bathtub and with the other hand rip the fill valve out of the floor without unscrewing it....because he was in a hurry. Very kind and calm folk but you don't want to piss the off.
I used to live on Guam. The majority of the island revolves around the US military base.
The US took ownership of the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on March 31, 1917. The US purchased the islands from Denmark (The Dutch West Indian Co.) for $25 million. On the other hand, the UK took control of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) on July 16, 1672 when war broke out between the UK and the Dutch (Anglo-Dutch War). The UK has held possession of the BVI since. In 1950 the UK government granted the BVI self-government in the form of a Legislative Council. The two clusters of islands that make up the USVI and the BVI are physically located more or less next to each other (USVI to the south and BVI to the north) and both to the east of the island of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea.
One interesting thing about people of Puerto Rican descent is that most of them, 64%, live on the mainland. And at least 1.6 million of Puerto Rico-born Puerto Ricans live on the mainland as well.
Since you guys have Hawaii on your list of most places to see in America I want to put one thing out there for you to consider. I've been to Hawaii a couple of times obviously on vacation and I have been to the Caribbean many times which includes all the islands and 2 cruises. I absolutely love Hawaii and everything about it is as Advertised. But given a choice I would prefer the Caribbean and the multiple places in the Caribbean to visit. It is a close call but that would be my personal preference. The Beaches are about equal in terms of their beauty. But the Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean whereas the Virgin Islands are in the Caribbean and I think as far as waters go the Caribbean is unsurpassable. Whereas Hawaii is absolutely wonderful for all it's land Attractions. Whereas the Virgin Islands are not only beautiful on land the amount of things to do and see in the water itself is overwhelming. The corals the colors of the water itself and the amount of things you can Do in these warm beautiful Wat are such as snorkeling and scuba diving.
Let's just say I wouldn't kick either place out of bed for eating crackers.
I went to college in Hawaii and I agree, I prefer the Caribbean when it comes to beach/ocean activities; Hawaii is better for its land-based activities
Hawaii is a state
I think in Hawaii the corals and other fish life may not be as vibrant and numerous because of overuse and damage caused by people that don't care. If the Carribean is not careful that could happen there as well.
I spent a decent chunk of my childhood in Dedido Guam in a neighborhood called Royal Palms backin the late 90's. Aside from the bugs, constant earthquakes, occasional supertyphoon, and creepy azz warning sirens, it was a pretty nice place to live. They have the most beautiful beaches, and the water is super clear. They have a unique mix of cultures, including Chomorro, Polynesian, Japanese, and a little bit of Hawaii sprinkled in as well. They also have a massive shopping mall where I spent a lot of time. That dinky little roller coaster next to the food court used to scare the $#!+ out of me.
Kwajalien Marshall Islands. I loved being there.
The Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands were all given the right for independence, they were part of the “Trust Territories” (as wall the Northern Marianna Islands) however on like the Northern Islands they decided on “Free Association” with the US. This means that people from these three countries (and the United States) can pretty much move freely throughout each other’s countries (think of the EU) they also rely on the United States for protection and military support. If we still in “colonial times” they would have been known as “protectorates”.
As for the Samoan Islands the story behind we got those was intense. Basically the US and UK were worried about Germany having to much influence on the trade in the islands and so supported various chiefs for power (the Samoan Civil Wars) the United States and German then had a naval stand off in the bay and the British tried to mediate between them. By the end Germany got the now independent Samoa, the United States got American Samoa, and the UK cleaned up it’s borders with Germany in Africa.
You guys should complete the list even though unpopulated.
Puerto Ricans have been established in NYC for well over 50 years. In the 70s there was a huge Salsa music movement, Chico and the Man was a popular national tv show (Freddie Prince sr), Chano was a Detective on Barney Miller, an even more popular tv show about NYC police.
I think i remember that you speak some Spanish Millie... the Boricua accent is different. The R is pronounced as L. Puelto Lico, Nueva Yol...
It’s like the British overseas territories. Or the French idea of overseas department. They belong to the country just differently and aren’t classified as that country just yet.
Samoans are big af. My niece has an uncle on the other side of her fam that’s Tongan and the guy is like 6’6” built like a tank. I might be wrong but it could be some sort of island gigantism. Where typically small things (in this case humans) become big on islands and large things become small. Like the Borneo island that has Pygmy elephants. Idk though
In 1940, a law was passed after a series of court cases that specifically ruled that American Samoans are not citizens by birth, unlike people born in any other US territory. They have to go through a similar process to gain citizenship as any other non-native, but I believe the residency requirement for being in a US state is shorter.
USVI is known for the quirk that it's the one place in the USA that drives on the left
I work at a truck dealership in Eastern Oregon. Quite a while ago I worked at different dealer, International, about 30 miles away. We had a customer across the Columbia River in Washington who had a business refurbishing military vehicles. I didn't know his history as to whether he was former military or what, but I learned what a pain in the ass the National Stock Numbers are as far as what the military uses, rather than the manufacturers' part numbers. We had to get him parts for different things, it was very strange. Anyway, he was married to a lady from Guam and had a lot of customers in Guam, so they moved there. One of our guys would put together a container full of parts and ship it down there. When I went to the Volvo/Mack dealer where I am now, he would get Mack parts for a bunch of older trucks that were there. One thing about Guam also, and I don't know if this applies to other territories, is that you can buy vehicles that are not normally available for sale here, and because you're an American, you could move to the mainland and bring it with you.
Hey guys great reaction!! So the Puerto Rican flag is actually looks the same as the Cuban flag, just in reverse; so where the blue is red and vice versa.
The Puertorican flag is identical in color and design as the American flag, both have red & white stripes and star/s with blue background.
@@lilyz2156 It is identical to the flag of Cuba, just the colors in reverse; my cousins' boyfriend is Cuban and we give him shit over why they copied Puerto Rican's flag, couldn't they come up with a design all by themselves, and he gets a little defensive and saids that it was the Puerto Ricans that copied CUBA's flag.
Fun fact while what he says is true with Puerto Rico BASICALLY is a independent country HOWEVER at the same time out of all the territories it is the closest to becoming a state it is BASICALLY a state in every way except name well they can’t vote but they don’t get American taxes either so there are few differences but other than that yeah they are are state pretty much.
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There have been SIX referenda on Puerto Rican statehood, phrased in various ways. The most recent was in November 2020 with a simple yes/no choice on becoming a state. Although "yes" won 52.52% to 47.48%, the Trump Administration declined to take any action. A vote in 1967 rejected statehood, with the commonwealth status option receiving the most votes. The next three referendums produced no clear majorities, with the commonwealth option receiving the most votes in 1993 and the none of the above option being the most popular option in 1998. Pres. Biden favors statehood. But it remains controversial for a number of reasons. First, if a state, Puerto Rico would be the poorest state and undoubtedly need considerable federal support. Second, it would be the only state where the majority does not speak English as a primary language (although I think most speak it as a second language). Some have suggested this latter issue is a manifestation of racism but beyond that it does have implications in the southwest where there is also a large Hispanic population and demands that governmental services, for example, be bilingual as in Quebec.
Puerto Rico is "an independent country" only to the extent the US Congress lets them be. At the moment, that amounts to being self-governing for local laws and able to retain island-sourced tax revenue for their own purposes, such taxes being imposed by their own legislature. But they have no independent foreign policy, are recognize by no one as an independent country and Congress could, at any time, impose tighter restrictions on their self-government. Also, when such things as hurricanes come along, they immediately come running to Washington for aid which, as a separate country, they couldn't do.
The political division between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands began when the US seized Guam from Spain during the Spanish-American War and Spain sold the remaining territory + the Caroline Islands to Germany. Then Japan seized the Northern Mariana Islands during WWI. Japan later brought Chamorro people from the Northern Mariana Islands to help administer Guam during WWII. Japanese occupation during WWII played a role in Guam rejecting unification with the NMI in 1969 and in turn created resentment in the NMI which had voted in favor of reorganizing under an expanded and renamed Guamanian territorial government.
Reading about it, the split between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands sounds like the split between the North and the South in the mainland USA where there’s an underlying war resentment that still lingers. The last confirmed Union Army veteran died in 1956 and the last Union Army combat veteran died in 1953, so when you consider that these men lived through WWII, there’s bound to be a much greater social memory of the far more recent WWII in the Mariana Islands than many of us can understand.
I've been to Guam & Saipan when I was in the Marines. Absolutely beautiful 🌴😎
My daughter and sil taught school in Saipan Few yrs.. they loved it there.. my first grandchild was born there.
Many Chinese students where they taught at a Christian school .. many teachers were Filipino and they weren't paid as much as the American teachers for doing the same job.
My high school in California had amazing diversity among Asian, Hispanics, Samoans, whites, blacks, etc and I have to agree that most of the football players were mainly Samoans. They were definitely taller and bigger, even most school security were Samoans. I honestly wish Hollywood would make more high school movies with diversity and less bullying. The more diverse schools are not like the ones you see in films.
Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 here. Hola!!
There are a lot of Samoan Wrestlers in the WWE.
I’m Puerto Rican American 🇵🇷🇺🇸 it’s weird cause I’m Puerto Rican but I’m from South US so I’m equally proud of both 😂 idk it’s hard to describe.
Fun fact. There are more Puerto Ricans living on the US mainland than there are Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico. Most in New York
Also if you noticed, the Puerto Rican flag is very similar to Texas state flag
New England is a region on the US with similar weather and political views. All the Northeast states of above new York.
I'm half Puerto Rican and Dominican and I'm a New Yorker at the same time. Let me tell you, there isn't one day where you will NOT see the boricua (PR) flag because they have some sort of need to show it off at all times lol. I hear it's like that with Turkey and Albania too.
I like that guy. Quite a character.
What the guy forgot to say is that 5.83 million Puerto Ricans live in the United States, but 3,29 million Puerto Ricans live in Puerto Rico. My neighbor across the street is from Puerto Rico and is also a 39 year US Army and Air Force veteran as a retired Army Command Sergeant Major (and Air Force Reserve Senior Master Sergeant retd.). Puerto Ricans in the United States have full citizenship rights including voting in every Federal election, including for the President.
The US Virgin Islands have representation in Congress.
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Plus the US owns an area within Canada.
Also disputed but created a line of bounties N Alaska with Canada. Tribal area.
That “micro” joke was bad man
Beesleys, just for the record, Pago Pago, though the spelling is correct, was mispronounced. It's actually, in English, PANG-go PANG-go, but if pronounced in Samoan, it's PANG-oh PANG-oh, since the letter 'g' is always pronounced as "NG.
On another subject, Hawaiians and Samoans (plus a few more) are Polynesians, Melanesians are, among other places, found on Papua New Guinea, and Micronesians are found in the Northern Marianas, and other countries nearby.
The next one is Saipan, pronounced sigh-PAN, rather than sigh-PAHN.
USVI's 1 island of the 3 is St. CROY, rather than St. CRAW (Croix), and the territorial capital is Charlotte ah-MA-lee-eh (Amalie).
I may be stretching the point, but if I am, it's unintentional; NW of the 8 main Hawaiian islands, there's a string of some tiny atolls and a few actual islands which extend 1311 mi./2109 km. nearly to the International Date Line, and are collectively called the NW Hawaiian Islands; in Hawaiian, it's Papahānaumokuākea = pa-pa-hah-now-moe-coo-ah-KAY-ah
Hello Beesley’s
I am a Puertorican that lives in New York. You should visit PR, it’s amazing! Lots of culture and night life. 😊
To be fair, if you ask an American where they are from while outside the US, they may just say "America" or "the United States", but if you ask them within the US its different. Usually we'll say our state name instead, unless you're from Pennsylvania, we just say PA.
I wouldn't call the future wife micro, I would say she is fun size. That's what we call small candy bars in the US. Not sure if that term is used in your country.
As a Puerto Rican who lives there..I blushed 😊😄
Fun fact:
USVI -- driving on *the left*
Good to know! Traveling there soon! 💞
New England is just a region of the north east. Like New York. Massachusetts. Maryland. Vermont. Etc.
Name is just what you imagine it. Newish area of England when we were still under the crown. The name just stuck around.
I think you cut the video off before he was done😅 But fun fact: There are more puerto ricans living on mainland US than in Puerto Rico
There has been something of a push to get Guam & Puerto Rico into statehood but something always seems to jamb it up.
I am Puertorican and we are everywhere in the USA even though New York area and Florida have strong communities in them because of proximity and prior migration patterns. I was raised between the island , NY and NJ. They called us Newyoricans. Presently living in Texas, missing my island.
Btw we consider the relationship between the island and the States as an abusive relationship that has to be corrected. It's complicated but they owe us big time.
...I'm curious...what does the US owe Puerto Rico for, how is the relationship abusive from the US's side of things. pls explain the abusive part!
@@JuneBaby01check “war against all Puerto Ricans “it talks about how we couldn’t carry our own flag in the 50s because it was illegal, the massacres that happen on the island by us military personnel, how we are used as Guinea pigs for drugs(pharma) how a American doctor injected cancer cells to Puerto Ricans on the island, how we couldn’t have our own governor and how the stone jones act fucks us in every way possible plus giving us citizenship just to get men to fight in France in ww1 and all wars after. There a lot more reasons but I m lazy
Jim and Millie, Jenny from the block aka J Lo aka Jennifer Lopez is Puerto Rican. She is from the Bronx, New York. There are a lot of Puerto Ricans in New York City. I don't know if you saw J Lo perform during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in 2020 but she briefly was wearing a flag that was the United States flag on one side and the Puerto Rican flag on the other side while singing a version of "Born In The USA".
You're really pushing the envelope, James. Millie is petite; she is not "micro".
Bikini will tell!
My mom is micro... She's 4'6"!! 🤣🤣🤣
Definitely petite... btw, some of us would appreciate it if Millie could wear her hair down occasionally like in the photos. 😁
Guam looks cool as hell, would definitely totally live there if I could, would probably be the closest I could be towards Australia 😆
Puerto Rico has its own Olympic and World Chamionship athletics teams. Some of my friends competed for PUR. Another friend is on disability and to receive the measly disability payments he has to live in the 50 states, W D.C., or the Mariana Islands. One of my cousins has two homes. He lives in New Mexico when it is warmer whether and when it’s too cold there he lives in the Virgin Islands.
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Im from Puerto Rico!! Saludos
Interestingly the USVI drive on the left. The only part if the US that does.
Hell as an American I learned from this. I knew of 3 of them
As a native-born US resident, I find it actually rather scandalous that American Samoans are not automatically citizens. Anyone born in a territory owned by the United States should be a citizen.
Agreed but there’s a reason. Sovereignty over our Samoan lands and our Samoan way of life would be at risk if Constitutional and Federal laws apply if we were to change to a organized and incorporated territory.
Thank you for this one super interesting to watch your reactions
I could listen to him say Puerto Rico all day lol😅😅😅
Interesting that Guantanimo Bay, Cuba wasn't mentioned as a territory permanently leased since 1903. Maybe because it is not US owned.
1) The U.S., the UK, and other European countries to this day have ownership of some of the most remote islands in the world. Many of these islands became American and European possessions in the late 1800s. A primary reason is that the late 1800s and early 1900s was the age of steam-powered ships fueled by coal. Any country with a global naval and/or shipping fleet needed islands that served as coaling stations.
2) At 8:35, the narrator said about Puerto Ricans, "we like giving you citizenship." Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, just one month before the U.S. entered World War One and Puerto Ricans became eligible to get drafted. The timing might have been a coincidence, but it sure looks suspicious.
3) The U.S. did pay Denmark $25 million in 1917 for what became the U.S. Virgin Islands, shortly before entering World War One against Germany. Among the reasons for the sale was a concern that Germany would seize the islands and use them as a base for U-boat (submarine) attacks.
4) The UK has 14 "British Overseas Territories," according to the Wikipedia page. They are similarly scattered around the world. I thought the Channel Islands might be among them, but they are considered "Crown Dependencies."
Puerto Ricans have been citizens of the US since 1914.
New England is a geopolitical region (or part of one), bounded by the north Atlantic on the east, Canada on the north. The western and southern borders are more arguable because "New England" traditionally does not include eastern upstate New York or eastern Pennsylvania or Maryland or Delaware or New Jersey, even though they are culturally very very similar. Sometimes they're classified as a "Mid Atlantic" region, but it's very hard to make generalizations about this region that don't also apply to New England or vice versa; sometimes they are grouped together as "the Northeast". (Western upstate New York and western Pennsylvania, similarly, are so similar to the Midwest that it's kinda weird they aren't traditionally included in it. They even both border the Great Lakes.)
Most of the states used to be territories or part of a territory, at some point during their history. (The exceptions are the original 13 colonies and the portions thereof that later split off to become separate states.) There are specific provisions in the constitution for how a territory or part of a territory can become a state, which happened pretty frequently for a while but slowed down quite a bit in the twentieth century.
And yes, the number of Samoans is small enough, that there's really no decent argument against blanket-granting them all citizenship and doing away with the national/citizen distinction once and for all. There aren't enough of them for it to cause any kind of problem. As far as I know the only reason it hasn't been done is because nobody has made an issue out of it.
Something he neglected to mention about Guam, is that nearly a third of the territory's land area is military bases.
Puerto Rico has a long history of the government trying to convince the people to vote for some change in the status quo (statehood, independence, something), but all through the twentieth century the only way they could get the polls to run in favor of any other option, was to take the status quo off the list of options. I haven't kept up lately, so it's possible that may have started to change in the last couple of decades; if so, I haven't heard much about it.
Incidentally, it is completely a crock of metaphorical feces that some of these US territories are on the UN list of "non-self-governing territories" even though the locals have repeatedly voted to maintain their status, but places like Tibet aren't listed, even though the locals are brutally oppressed.
Honestly John Oliver did a great bit about American territories on Last Week Tonight and explains it very well and how preposterous all this is.
Geez, I learned more in the last few minutes than I learned in school. However all of the sub categories have me really confused. Very interesting.
US Virgin Islands are also the only place in the USA that drives on the left.
Road signs are all American, and so are the cars. They use left hand drive American vehicles.
Btw, Washington D.C. isn't usually called "Washington" (unless you're talking about politics), rather as just D.C. Saying just "Washington" will confuse people with the state.
I grew up there and I called it WaRashington (until I learned better--as a kid I just wondered why the "R" sound was in there--turns out it's a local dialect that may have faded now). The state I usually hear referred to as "Washington State". "DC" is also used but not exclusively. My mom and dad were natives of the city, born in 1918 and 1916 respectively and they never called it DC, always "Warshington".
Polynesian culture in the Bay Area of California is big. I’m a white boy from NorCal but grew up in Hawaii. Fun. Lol
If you wanna talk about racism… lol
A lot of them don't want to be US citizens because they want to keep their own identity of their cultures and history. And it makes perfect sense, it's being proud of where you're from and being proud of your heritage, and you don't want to lose that over time.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is black and Samoan. He played college football at the University of Miami.
You now know more about US territories than approximately 98% of mainland Americans who have not travelled to one of the territories. We learned about them in school and then promptly went back to memorizing rock song lyrics, sports statistics, recipes for 7-layer dip, and the names of the Kardashian/Jenner clan. You know. Really important stuff. 🙄
Speak for your self.
no offense but that sounds very elitist...people like what they like and are not to be determined by what others think they should like!
You should check ALL of Geography Now videos!!
To be fair if you stick with the US, you get our military and economic benefits which were more so the reasons that American Samoa stuck around less so than nationalist loyalty. I mean now a days, they are just as American as today. But I think the factors that led to them staying was more so the benefits of being part of the US. That's honestly probably why most of territories stuck around except for the Philipenes.
Citizenship means paying income taxes. So a lot of people in the territories prefer the protections and social services of the US without paying the taxes. This is the one sticking point for Puerto Rico. If they become a state, they'll have to pay income taxes that they currently do not and they won't have that much more influence. Representation in Congress would be better as a state because all states get two senators and a minimum of one representative. Territories only get one delegate ot congress which is essentially a non-voting representative who can serve on committees but has no power beyond persuasion.
Understandable on the love for Puerto Ricans-- my prom date in high school was a Puerto Rican, the first girl I asked
Yep like Puerto Ricos
@2:50 So you´re learning about these territories for the first time and are able to make a judgement call about citizenship....."you feel".....it is not that simple and based on what?
Trivia...There are more Puerto Ricans living in New York City than in Puerto Rico.
Yes, I thought it weird Am Samoans aren't US Citizens as all other Territories. They do hold US Passport. Looked it up; a complaint from some Samoans went to US Supreme Court, to change the status, but the local Am Samoan govt wrote a brief saying it would cause harm to their culture. So US Supreme Court denied (in 2015) the the request. Looks like the populace is divided on what they want. Same in PR, some want statehood, others want independence, and yet others want things to remain as they are.
Samoans in American Samoa or nationals abroad who want automatic citizenship a lot of them don’t understand the reparations that come with it. They’re lazy and don’t want to go thru the process. Our ancestral lands, cultural heritage and way of life are the price to pay if American Samoa were to change from unorganized unincorporated territory to an organized incorporated territory where all constitutional and federal laws apply to the lands. For the most part it’s quite simple, you want citizenship your 5 steps ahead of foreigners if you don’t you’re still Samoan and an American national.
@@FBCarson thanks. Yes, there are always lots of legal definitions and criteria for the different types of Territories and protectectorates and commonwealth. I don't worry about it much, other than accept our people in Territories as fellow Americans whether the title is entirely accurate. So many people in the States don't even know there these diverse categories exist. It is just about the same with Native Americans/ indigenous people here in the States, the laws are complicated.
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Porter Rico does want to become a state. They would lose a lot of freebies! Guan is good.
I wish we would get rid of the lazy corrupt populace
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Puerto Ricos are not worried about losing anything. In fact they would get more if they were a state. Also, they were ceded to us by Spain.
Every time it's voted on in Puerto Rico, it fails.
In the last vote for Statehood, the majority wanted to become a STATE. Google can be your friend.
Ngl I love all the territories
BTW we are back in the Philippines...God help them!
there are more Puerto Ricans in the U.S.Than inPuerto Rico!
to be fair, i'd say give each territory a option what they wish to do.
Ricky Martin is Puerto Rican.
Lol yall are awesome. I have to ask, guys? What is "part or ricos"?? Lol sorry that's how I heard it. You would make fun of my accent too. I'm southern...side note my mom dated a guy from London when I was 10. He is still here in West Virginia and even tho they aren't still together we talk all the time to this day. He is awesome and I think my momma was numb not to marry him. He loved her and my brother and I so much and to this day one of my best friends. Hell...he let me drive his car when I was 10 lol
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You bailed on the last part of the guy's video! WTF? He was about to cover uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territories.
4:25 there are only 50K Somoans.
They're gonna have a lot of cousins/not so long lost relatives that look alike lol.
The Samoan diaspora in the US is at over 240,000 and we don’t all look alike lol.
@FB Carson CA what makes you think that I think otherwise? It's a small population base with a limited gene pool. There are going to be similar looking people among them.
This wasn't borne of ignorance. It's just the way that phenotypes work.
Is there anything else that you'd like to correct me on? Or do I have to wait until you can define phenotypes before we proceed with this conversation?
Just because what you said is technically true doesn't make you right.
There are more Irish people not in Ireland than there are in the country of origin. That doesn't mean that the population of Ireland(x) isn't the actual population of Ireland; Nor does it mean that they don't have a higher population of red head people.
Christ. Imagine being upset that I said Chinese people *mostly* have black hair.
@FB Carson CA Robert Campomizzi "looks like you don’t know what love and respect is. Book a trip to the South Pacific and find out the wonders of God and then you will know why he sent his only beloved to save the world from eternal fire. We’re not the perfect ones but we are the closest ones"
All of this because you assumed that I dont know the difference between "none", "all" and "some".
Leave God out of this. I said something that was objectively true and you got buttt hurt.
@@robertcampomizzi7988 only thing here about butt and hurt is you 🤣. Keep trolling! Quality over quantity
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Owned is the wrong word, insofar as anywhere in the US is "owned." Rather, they are all a part of the country called The United States. (And, except for the original 13 states, all other states were once territories or parts of territories.) Today, some parts are states, some parts are territories, and one part is a district. They just have different types of governance.
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puerto ricans are basically american citizens. they can't vote in presidential elections but they can serve in the military and come and go to the us as they wish. they don't need pass ports to come to the mainland.
JLo is Puerto Rican.
You kind of cut it off. You didn't show the uninhabited or partially inhabited territories