Puerto Rican people

society and improving society. Because most if not all Miss America meet the requirements for a “beautiful” women the winner takes trips to somehow motivates others to do better. Morgan explains how the competitors are used to seduce if not convince people specially the military to fight for a better country in which women should not be used as a mascot. “The highlight of her reign each year is a cheerleader-tour of America troops abroad-last year she went to Vietnam to pep-talk our husbands,…

Bilingual,” an essay included in her book “Women in the Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer,” Judith Ortiz Cofer depicts that hardships that she faced as a child of immigrant parents. Like many other people that share similar issues, the essay responds to the alienation that immigrants and people of a Latino background experience in the United States (Cofer 2). This consciousness happens to be supported by the several factors, the United States has always depicted itself as a country that…

underground scene of Puerto Rico’s urban life, combining Puerto Rican hip hop with Jamaican dancehall. In Petra R. Rivera-Rideau’s, book Remixing Reggaetón Rivera-Rideau discusses the cultural politics of race in Puerto Rico, focusing on Reggaetón as a critique of Puerto Rico’s “racial democracy.” At the start of this book, Rivera-Rideau focuses on Puerto Rico’s underground music scene as a culmination of the African Diaspora and a political statement of the racial conditions Puerto Rico faced…

Puerto Rico, which is officially known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a 3,500 square mile territory of the United States that is located in the northeastern Caribbean. It is not just one island, but in fact, it is a small archipelago made up of the main island and a few smaller islands. The current population is around 3.4 million. Puerto Rico’s rich history, varied natural scenery, tropical climate, and outstanding traditional foods has made it a favorite place for people from around…

had been linked to terrorism after the attacks. Even to this day, Americans falsely assume that Muslims are terrorists and cannot be trusted at the borders. Another important aspect of human equality that can be analyzed is the substantial amount of people who are unable to afford healthcare, or a post-secondary education. Even those who are in the middle class have found themselves unable to support their families financially with the ridiculous prices for a good education and quality…

a government that many people will agree is the best type of government. This type of government allows people absolute freedom. Not freedom per say, but absolute individual liberty. The government’s interest should be to protect the people’s liberty and not prevent people from living their lives. The government that only cares about its citizen’s happiness and well being is in fact the government with the happiest…

effects the U.S had in South America. Consequently, this enables us to understand the Puerto Rican and Mexican migration towards to United States. The United States expansion towards the South and West was primarily due to its great economic expansion of Anglo business. The factors that had a major effect for the expansion was due to the mining in California known as the…

Globalization of Christianity in the South has been a prime focus and intrigue for the past couple of decades, more so now than before. Concerns regarding the preservation of Christianity rises as Christian influence of the public sphere in the Europe and North America dwindle while the spread of Islam rises. However, there is still hope for the Christian Religion, specifically the Protestant churches as Christianity spreads fervently in continents such as Africa, Asia and South America. However…

Often times, as Americans, it is easy to take for granted some of the things that are offered in the United States. Most Americans do realize that foreigners and immigrants often come to the United States due to this belief that opportunities here are multitudinous and diverse and I don’t disagree with the belief. However, I believe that as Americans, it is assumed that by the opportunities that these foreigners speak of are strictly job-related, when that’s not true. It goes beyond jobs all the…

White privilege helps with white supremacy. It has created a divide among races since the lives and ideas of white people are see as better than any other races ideas. So because of this divide black culture is seen as “ghetto” and “trashy”. Another example of white privilege can be seen the police force and criminal justice system. African americans and white sell illegal…