The 15 Things That Make a Boricua a Boricua

Someone says “bendición” before hanging up, and suddenly the distance between Orlando and Bayamón feels a little smaller. Being Boricua lives in habits like that—the ones nobody sat you down to teach, but somehow you learned. It’s knowing which tone of “ay bendito” you just heard, or having strong opinions about who gets the pegao. You might recognize yourself here. You might hear your grandmother correcting a few things, too.