Irish immigration to Puerto Rico

undoubtedly a rewarding experience, and this was exactly what I was seeking when I signed up for an eight day community service trip to Puerto Rico. What I ended up receiving, however, was far more enriching, humbling, and life-altering than I had originally expected. Our main task was to make batches of cement for houses a day in the community of Villa del Rillo. Lots of Puerto Rican houses, mostly in the poorer areas, still haven’t recovered from the effects of Hurricane Hugo, which hit the…

night so it was hard for the media to conceal the real identity of the wretched beast. Early shepherds of the Puerto Rican territory were devastated when they discovered this atrocious beast. Through the years, there have been historical findings that date back to the 1990s (Thompson 17). Stories about the mysterious beast known as the "chupacabra" began surfacing in March of 1995 in Puerto Rico (AP Online). Recently, there have been missing reports of livestock and death reports of wild…

(2014) put together a case study in which the population was 1,127 children of Puerto Rican descent. All of the 1,127 children that were chosen for this study had to have four Puerto Rican grandparents. This was to ensure the validity of the study in question. The study was conducted due to the high prevalence of Asthma in the Puerto Rican population. The children that were chosen were living in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Hartford, Connecticut. The children ranged from six to fourteen years of…

Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican Culture is an important part of life for Puerto Ricans living both on the Island and in the United States. This culture includes the gender roles that are deeply engrained in each and every Puerto Rican. From a young age, most Puerto Ricans learn the responsibilities that are expected of their respective gender. Esmeralda Santiago’s memoir, When I Was Puerto Rican, follows a young Puerto Rican girl, Negi, as her family leaves Puerto Rico in order to begin a…

culture has an influence remembered today, or to even begin with, didn’t have an influence. Nevertheless, Despacito, a song composed and sung by two Puerto Rican artists, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, has been an international hit for several months, with over four billion views on YouTube, being the most watched song. The setting, being in Puerto Rico and having “the Latino feeling and flavor”, Despacito is known for having upbeat reggaetón and Hispanic music, Latino rhythm, and lyrics that…

Cuban American Sunny bright clear beaches with white soft sand, that is what comes to my head when I remember about Cuba Placentas, and when I think about Miami in the United States. I was born in Cuba but I move to Miami when I was 8 years old. I can’t tell you there has been some major changes in my life but I still keep my background. This experience for me has may me see how different is Cuba from America, yet at the same time I have seen similarities. I can say I have more experience in…

A Century of Dishonor is a outcry for justice by Helen hunt written in 1881.”One of the most prolific women writers of her time, Helen Hunt Jackson hoped to be remembered mainly for A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government 's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes (1881)”(Briscoe). Helen raises the question at the beginning of her book by posing the question to the reader, has the American government really been honorable in their dealings with native americans. Helen…

Radical, or conservative. Abolitionist, or proslavery. Whether you believe in one or the other, we all share a common belief: to fight for what is right, just, and beneficial to our country. Through the years of American history, there have been events that led to the satisfaction of our people, and there have been times where we admit we’ve overstepped. But who decides when it’s too late to apologize and to replace the mile we’ve taken when only given an inch? The United States of America is a…

Marxism is an idea from German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxism is a social system that people are classified as multiple individuals in a nation under capitalism, which are employers, working classes, and farmers. Their social status are based on their owned properties. According to Franks, people who claim themselves to be Marxists argue that they have deeper understanding about class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Inequalities in the society are the ramification of the…

by the poetry “The White Man’s Burden” by Kipling’s Hymn, who believes that the U.S. should shoulder the “burden” of an empire and cultivate the savages along with the expansion. And this is the same reason for the U.S. to send military army to Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines, claiming the Americans were helping them gain independence from…