Puerto Rico

Romeo and Juliet, except instead of the Capulets and Montagues, it’s the Puerto Ricans and the Anglo-Americans. The migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States in the 1950s led to an influx of new community members and as a result, another component of diversity in the “melting pot,” that is the United States. With the introduction of West Side Story came a new, yet unsatisfying, portrayal of a group of people labeled as “Puerto Rican Migrants”. West Side Story is a critically acclaimed film…

Puerto Rico needs Water and food. After a week of distress, millions of Puerto Ricans experience rough conditions because of no power, water or enough fuel. Around 97% of the island's 3.4 million residents still are in the dark Wednesday, one week after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. About half of the residents don't have running water.And there's nowhere near enough food for all the people that need it. CNN said “In town of Utuado, Lydia Rivera has started to…

first thought as I saw the island for the first time was a sense of assimilation. Being someone who’s always wanted to grow closer to my heritage, this was everything I dreamed about growing up. Going to the island for the first time exposed me to Puerto Rican culture, exotic animals, amazing food and acres and acres of rainforest. This is one cultural expedition I will never forget. As we stepped out the back door of our hotel my feet instantly hit the cool white sand. This was the…

1898 was a time of many perspectives and opinions in the 1898 current events. The United States was active in expansion; the obtaining of Hawaii, and the attempt to obtain control over the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The expansion of the United States and the attempting to convert the nations to US cultural customs and beliefs (whether it was in good intention of the US or not). In doing so, the public, not only the United States but also the South American, Spanish, German, and other…

The end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s sparked an era of imperialism within America and its citizens. This sense of imperialism included an induced drive in western settlement, annexation and occupation of countries and colonies, and manifest destiny. People like Frederick Jackson Turner, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt encouraged the settlement and expansionism. They all wanted to continue the growth of America’s influence and the world and wanted it to be a significant…

When I think back on my childhood I see myself in Puerto Rico running around barefoot causing mayhem. A small part of my childhood was spent in Puerto Rico I barely remember much but I do remember when my mother went to enroll me in preschool. It was a small preschool in the mountains of Puerto Rico, it was where my sister had been enrolled and my mother wanted me to follow her footsteps. That was where I got my first book. The teacher made me promise to go to her school in return she gave me a…

For instance, the “School Begins,” the cartoon illustrates Uncle Sam hovering over four brown students sitting in front of the classroom, who appear fussy and haughty. Labeled as Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, these four children are symbolic of the territories that the U.S. acquired from the Spanish Empire. In this cartoon, Uncle Sam is forcing the children to learn democracy--a form of autonomy--marked by the book on his desk “U.S. First…

very interesting things. In this personal narrative, I will be telling you all of the great, or crazy experiences that I had at Dominican Republic. If you don’t know where in the world that the country is located, it is on the east coast off of Puerto Rico. It is a very interesting place that is surrounded by water. Now before I tell you my great story, I must ask you to imagine this all in your head, and feel the greatness, of Punta Cana When my family and I arrived, the whole country…

Introduction For the purpose of this analysis, Terry Ramos was interviewed. Terry is a thirty five year old woman residing in the Bronx, NY. Terry is an expectant mother, girlfriend, stepmother, sister, aunt, niece, and family confidant. Terry is of Puerto-Rican decent but says that she has been heavily influenced by American culture as she does not speak Spanish and does not know much about her heritage. She is an employee of the city of New York and has worked in the educational system for…

Furthermore, Latino media in America also has a strong influence over how populations are perceived in a society. In “Closing the Telenovela’s Borders: Vivo por Elena’s Tidy Nation,” scholar Adriana Estill analyses Latino telenovelas as a platform where “nationality, nationalism, and Nation are produced and reproduced” (Estill 75). Through government involvement and censorship, telenovelas can create “an ideal space where the ideal citizen is constructed and disseminated” (Estill 85). Racial…