for example is a snotty girl who judges everyone around her. She starts to realize these so called friends throughout the book are not her friends, the book is full of little stories ranging from why the neighborhood is the way it is to why certain people are the way they are. She also deals with death and it takes a toll on her. She dealt with her aunt, uncle and grandfathers death. But by the time she figures this out it’s too late. She is also sexually assaulted. But she’s does not let this…
In 1970, the United States government came up with the word to describe a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. This is a word we are all familiar with when it comes to referring to this group of people. This word is “Hispanic.” At the present time, the United States Census Bureau defines race in five categories and does not specifically define Hispanic with a category of its own. The categories include: white…
voting members of Congress. The population is primarily made up of blacks descended from African slaves. The number of Puerto Ricans and persons from the continental United States has increased in recent years. Less than half of the U.S. Virgin Islands population is…
narratives, but in Puerto Rico it is the ultimate popular music. In talking about the folk qualities of plena music, there is evidence that Western African slaves were the first to perform plena music (Banning). These West African songs were often songs were often in call and…
In a choice held in 1951 the general population of Puerto Rico embraced the bundle. The understanding gave Puerto Ricans self-sufficiency in inner matters, programmed access to U.S. citizenship, and direct access to the administrations of the national government. Puerto Rico would have full control of the legal and the lawmaking body. In 1967, when the matter of the protected status of Puerto Rico was because of be considered by the United Nations, another submission was…
Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870-1920, Findlay offers a nuanced and compassionate discussion of the relationships between people of Puerto Rico and the meanings inscribed upon those relationships. Findlay is able to achieve this through her use of a wide range of types of sources, her careful insistence on breaking apart binaries, and her use of “discourse” in her methodology and analysis, which allows for a rich look at Puerto Rican culture in the colonial…
Most people believe “El Chupacabra” is a myth while others don't. Although many have claimed that they have seen it, they don’t have proof. It may just be some stray dog, or canine-type creature. One of the pieces of evidence goes something like this "It can change colors at will, has a hairy, reptilian body with spines all along its back and an obsession with blood. El Chupacabra translated into English means "the goat-sucker," because that's exactly what it does. El Chupacabra made its first…
San Juan, Puerto Rico. - Currently, Puerto Rico is in its tenth consecutive year of the economic crisis which has motivated that the immigration of the Dominicans diminish, added that the economic conditions in the Dominican Republic in comparison with previous years has improved allowing more Dominicans can improve their quality of life in their own country. From the beginning of the thirties, where we can point out that there was an immigration of Puerto Ricans to the Dominican Republic to…
The name of the book is When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago published in October of 1994. Esmeralda Santiago Story begins in Puerto Rico, where her childhood was full of happy and sad moments she was also surrounded by poverty. As she grew up in Puerto Rico she learned how to eat tropical fruits. Being surrounded by trees, frogs, mango, Groves and the taste of delicious fruits. Being exposed to fresh chicken and pork sausages called morcilla. She had to usher a dead boy’s Soul to…
from Spring talked about multiculturalism and the failure of the common school ideal. In this chapter it talked about educational segregation/discrimination regarding Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, native Americans, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans. Segregation issues could affect the future of America even in the twenty first century. Being aware of these issues is very important in educational settings, and making sure that there is not discrimination in schools is very important.…