Puerto Rican people

discriminate against Haitians. Haitians often come to our island in the search for new opportunities; jobs, a place to live, among others. I have never understand how we, the people that immigrate to all over the world can mistreat our own neighbors because of the color of their skin. We have Chinese immigrants, Europeans, Puerto Ricans and many immigrants from Venezuela who we welcome and offer jobs to. This is one of the things that makes feel embarrass about the island I was born in. When I…

Then he tries to find out from miss Golden but he couldn't, but he couldn't. He offers to invite her to coffee but then he returns to the buildings and destroy the curse. Sonata for Harp and Bicycle by Joan Aiken. 2) The narrator came from a Puerto Rican family and she would look at a two story home that jews used to live in but one they another family moved there and that was Eugene’s. Which the narrator fell in love with…

comparison to her peers. While she references arriving to children’s parties far overdressed and people 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…

moments similarly to how society picked her apart, attribute by attribute. Cofer 's body image was criticized due to societal values, image standards, and cultural differences, thus giving her a different perception of the world as a whole. Moving from Puerto Rico to the United States caused Cofer to view herself in a different light, due to the difference of image values in the two countries. The American society places a high value on looks and physical appearance. While criticizing…

of the major issues relevant today in regards to race, ethnicity and migration in American history in the period following the Second World War is that white people are still seen as “more than.” For instance, in Steve Kroll-Smith, Vern Baxter, and Pam Jenkin’s book, Left to Chance, white people are seen are more important than the black people who have their homes completely submerged under water from Hurricane Katrina. The book focuses on two black neighborhoods in New Orleans, both of which…

81). Estill primarily bases her research on the telenovela Vivo por Elena, where an Afro-Latino plays the leader of the local pandilla, or gang, and he is teasingly nicknamed “el güero.” In this case it is noticed that these darker-skinned Latino people are given the racial…

first ministry back in Puerto Rico was music. They’ve been in the music ministry since they were 15 years old and they are now in their late seventies so they have quite the knowledge and experience in seeing the evolution of music through time. The pastors are a duet, as Esther sings the beautiful songs Angel is accompanying her with a classic acoustic guitar. In this special service, they were not the only one participating but also other singers…

I noticed this two years ago when I moved here with my family. We can define and recognize people from other countries, but still we try to communicate in the best possible way and to learn the meaning of special words when we are talking to them. Inside the United States, we have lots of different communities, such as American, Black, Hispanic, and others. The interesting thing about this is that inside them we have lots of sub-communities which have their own dialects. For example, in American…

In all cultures, there are certain things that make them significant to others. Such as their foods, clothing, religion and even stories and legends. In this report, I will include two of the stories important to many Hispanics. This will include El Chupacabra and La Llorona. The two stories are really related but are of two very different characters. Of course, till this day there is no full proof or evidence that both of these stories are nonfictional. To start this report I will firstly go…

When thinking back to my past, my favorite memory is my trip to Puerto Rico. I got to travel with some of my close friends and really cool adults. We were in Puerto Rico for seven days, and every single day I got to discover the culture and learn something new about the island and the people living on it. We were able to explore the nature there, try Puerto Rican foods, speak in Spanish, and tour historical sites. We left at four in the morning to board our plane. When we arrived on the island,…