Irish immigration to Puerto Rico

since this document was originally written, 2011. TWO MAJOR INCIDENTS have occurred along with the continuing impact on Hawaii as noted above. First of all, the Puerto Rican Government, both Executive and Administrative Branch’s have petitioned the President and Congress of the United States to give administrative relief to Puerto Rico from the Jones Act restrictions. They have sought that relief with respect to passenger ships as well as freighters and, of course, all shipping. This relief…

According to Garrod (2012), Jose is a Latino boy whose parents are immigrants from Honduras. Even though he has a unique culture, he grew up believing that he was identified as white. He applied white-like behaviors and actions throughout his school experience. Jose is an intelligent boy who acquired Advanced Placement courses, which consisted of classrooms predominately white students. Since his school was populated with generally white students he grew up believing in himself being like them.…

Where are you from? I’m from Jamaica, the land of white sand beaches. Jamaica is a mountainous island. It is also located in the Caribbean Sea. I lived there for eleven years and it was always fun. Majority of Jamaicans are descendants of africans. Even though most are descendants of africans there people who are descendants of indians, chinese and eastern europeans. Some of the things I love about Jamaica is: the white sand beaches, the people and the history. Jamaica’s white sand…

The Help is a powerful, appealing and inspiring film directed by Tate Taylor, because it reminds me of something that I didn't know about, but I could tie it into today. The movie is about a writer who interviews African-American maids to know point of view of working with white families. The maids talked about the white families that they work for and their poverty they face on their daily life. This movie gives a perspective of the Civil Rights movement in 1960s, and the problems the…

1_ the local Americans got pushed out from claiming their land, Furthermore required to settle elsewhere. Also the whites brought through sicknesses for example, cholera, typhoid, and smallpox, which finished up slaughtering the local kin who gotten it and also blacks. They were cutting down those trees Also slaughtering the locals animals. This might have been the begin of reservation framework in the West. They secured limits to each tribes Furthermore endeavored should separate the Indians…

Introduction For the purpose of this analysis, Terry Ramos was interviewed. Terry is a thirty five year old woman residing in the Bronx, NY. Terry is an expectant mother, girlfriend, stepmother, sister, aunt, niece, and family confidant. Terry is of Puerto-Rican decent but says that she has been heavily influenced by American culture as she does not speak Spanish and does not know much about her heritage. She is an employee of the city of New York and has worked in the educational system for…

Joe DiMaggio was one of the greatest hitters and center fielders in all of baseball history. He set many records, including a 56 game hitting streak in 1941. DiMaggio won 9 World Series titles during the 13 years with the New York Yankees. DiMaggio came to America as the son of a poor Italian immigrants, but then later grew up to be a baseball legend. Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914. He was born in Martinez, California. Joe was the 8th child of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio.…

believing she was, at times, scantily clad, she attributes this to the island culture, because a party in her eyes was “a fiesta with salsa, laughter and dancing” (Cofer 104). She also recalls that “at Puerto Rican festivities, neither the music nor the colors we wore could be too loud” (Cofer 104). Puerto Rican women, and other Latin women dress to reflect the vivid colors and warm climate of Islands South East of the United States and South America. This cultural divide regarding the meaning…

Disasters: Hurricane Maria Natural Disasters: Hurricane Maria Introduction Motivator: In September 2017- October 2017 a massive hurricane called Maria hits the coasts of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria is known for one of the top ten worst hurricane that has been record worldwide. It was the strongest storm that has hit Puerto Rico in 80 years. Hurricane Maria was on category five and left more than $40 billion in damage. Some results of this hurricane was millions of houses left without water…

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”(Robinson). The sports world developed in the 1920’s with the explosion of America’s pastime, Major League Baseball. Baseball was formed in 1850’s in the United States but did not really become widely watched until 1920. The majority of those who watched baseball were middle-upper class Americans. This meant that the black community had not indulged in playing or watching baseball. Starting around 1920, the Negro League was…