Puerto Rican people

Through her written work in The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria, Judith Ortiz Cofer expresses her experiences thus far in America as a Puerto Rican immigrant. She shares how the differences between her traditions and culture and those of Americans caus her to not feel a sense of belonging among others in the United States. The differences provoke stereotypes that Cofer is not able to escape, no matter what she accomplishes in life. These stereotypes are a direct result…

For it to start off as a saying to become a fact in Puerto Rico is shocking. As I watch the news with my mother, it devastates me to see the crisis Puerto Rico has acquired. Everywhere they speak about Puerto Rico you hear the debt owed go higher and higher. As of recent, it is estimated that Puerto Rico owes more than 72 billion dollars of bond funds (Long,1). Slowly the value of my homeland is decreasing and my family, who still lives in Puerto Rico, is suffering the consequences of the…

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…

reflection on today reality; there is still an existing of violence, segregation, cultural identification, authority’s abuse and mobility. Even the film theme “fight the power” have an existing of today reality. Neighborhood coming together to fight the people who are in power such as the government and authorities. This film also have racism, stereotypes, distrust and gentrification. Do The Right Thing plot was on an average day on the street of Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn in 1989. Brooklyn…

to refer to all the people whose ancestry is predominantly from one or more Spanish-speaking areas, including most of the countries of South America, the Caribbean area, and Mexico[ Suzanne Oboler, Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity…

throws the ball… Batter swings…. and the ball is gone! Those are the words that every little kid in Puerto Rico dreams to hear when they grow up. Bernie Williams was fortunate to achieve that dream and play professional baseball for the New York Yankees. I chose to do Bernie Williams because he is one of the players I looked up to growing up playing baseball. He is also a huge role model for all Puerto Ricans and is loved by the whole island. Bernie Williams Played professional baseball for 16…

Puerto Rico is a small island located in the West Indies that was under Spanish rule for nearly 400 years before control was transferred to the United States in 1989. Puerto Rico was, “part of the Spanish Empire since 1508”. After almost four centuries of Spanish control, the United States was granted control of the 108 by 40 mile island after Spain lost the Spanish -American War. Even today, Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. Background During the four centuries that Puerto…

The migration of Caribbean/Afro-Cuban music to the USA took place in the 20th century when a large arrival of Puerto Ricans and Caribbean islanders went to New York City and by 1960 the number of Puerto Ricans and people from the Caribbean totaled about 1.5 million due to the level of Caribbean immigration picked up after the United States entered World War II in 1941. Almost 50,000 Caribbean’s both black and white settled in the country between 1941 and 1950. They took advantage of the rapidly…

Puerto Ricans: citizens yet foreigners Today Puerto Ricans make up about 2.8 million of the population in America. Versus the island of Puerto Rico itself making up 3.8 million The authors parents came to America with one of the first big waves in 1946. His parents Juan and Florinda arrived at the airport from San Juan. In 1932 his grandfather who was an engineer died of pneumonia. Which consequently spiraled his family into poverty. His grandmother then after sold the family’s home and moved…

When looking at Puerto Rico geographical position, you can see one of the reason why criminality has increase in the past decades, even when a decrease in homicide started to flourish in 2014. More than cultural or social conditions, the biggest problem confronts by Puerto Rico is the trafficking of drug given the advantage of been a trampoline for US drug dealer that have cargos coming from Colombia and Venezuela. However, the fact that there is an economic recession, a high rate of…