Talk:Mike Lowell

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Congratulations to Mr. Lowell for having a magnificent year (2007). I wish he were a Yankee. I especially congratulate him on being a cancer survivor and staying strong and continuing to achieve. He is an inspiration to many!! 24.189.35.249 (talk) 20:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Being born in Puerto Rico doesn't make you a Puerto Rican. His father is Cuban. The write up doesn't say what nationality his mother is but assuming she is also Cuban, Mike Lowell is a Cuban who just happened to be born in Puerto Rico and he should not be identified as being Puerto Rican. If his mother is Puerto Rican then, of course, he would be half Puerto Rican. Furthermore, since Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States and it does not have the right to bestow its own citizenship upon its own native people or otherwise, Mr. Lowell is an American citizen of Cuban descent by virtue of having been born in Puerto Rico. He can not even be considered a Puerto Rican citizen because there is no legally recognizable status. Please do not misinterpret this note. He is an excellent baseball player and certainly an excellent role model for young Latinos. As a Puerto Rican/Latino I am proud of his accomplishments. I am merely attempting to correct a factual note in his biography that is not accurate. I wish he were a Met.