Starting since Christopher Columbus arrived and put people into slavery from the Caribbean after finding gold in Puerto Rico (1493), all the way up to "March 22, 1873, the Spanish National Assembly finally abolished slavery in Puerto Rico." We forget that the people were ignored, treated harshly, and so on. Our blood and culture was mixed with africans who were brought over in 16th century. We had grown together in puerto rico, we had then continued over time together. 1957 we as Puerto Ricans finally earned the right to even wave our own flag. We understand that it is hard to see it from a racist perspective, yet we grew together so tightly, we are almost one in the same, if not the same. We accept that we have our differences in some extent, yet, we must respect the history behind it.