Devin Smith Professor Heater English 7‚ March 2013 When my family and I came to America‚ it was extremely tough for us. We had to adapt to a new culture and a new country. It felt like we were starting over. The poem “Puerto Rican Obituary” by Pedro Pietri was a good way of showing some of the difficulties immigrants face when coming to the United States or any new country. I migrated to this country with my family when I was about 5 years old. We had to stay at my father’s friend’s house
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Christine Costanzo Puerto Rican Migration to New York City The story of the Puerto Rican people is unique in the history of U.S. immigration‚ just as Puerto Rico occupies a distinctive—and sometimes confusing—position in the nation’s civic fabric. Puerto Rico has been a possession of the U.S. for more than a century‚ but it has never been a state. Its people have been U.S. citizens since 1917‚ but they have no vote in Congress. As citizens‚ the people of Puerto Rico can move throughout the
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Are you Puerto Rican or American? Hesitantly‚ I don’t know what to say when people ask me this question because I feel that I have to choose between the two ethnicities. Since I was born in the U.S.‚ I am considered American. But‚ if I say I am American‚ I am asked about my origins. Thus‚ controversy evolves around inhabitants of Puerto Rico because they are considered Americans since Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. My skin is white‚ my eyes are brown‚ and my hair is dark brown
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WHO ARE THE PUERTO RICAN OF NEW YORKK? CONTENTS Section Page I. INTRODUCTION 1. II. RESEARCH FINDINGS 2. SQ 1- What are the Puerto Rican Percentages and Regional Population rates in New York? SQ 2- When and Why did the Puerto Ricans come to New York City? SQ 3- What Cultural Holidays
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“The Puerto Rican Deaf Community” article is a work done by Holly Williams and Elizabeth Parks. In their work Williams and Parks talk about the problems that the deaf community in Puerto Rico have encountered. These problems are: that there not enough interpreters‚ violations to the law (ADA)‚ poor education opportunities and discrimination in the workplace. In Puerto Rico‚ there is a higher Deaf community in the western and central areas where the people communicate with PRSL which is considered
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July 21‚ 2014 Mexicans and Puerto Ricans Many Americans think Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are the same since they both belong to the ethnic group‚ Latino‚ and have a connection with Spanish language; there are many differences like the accents‚ vocabulary‚ culture‚ history‚ and the struggles they both had. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are similar and different in immigration because Mexicans immigrated to the southwestern areas such as Texas and California‚ while Puerto Ricans immigrated to the eastern
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In the memoir When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago‚ the author recounts her childhood. Also referred to as "Negi‚" Esmeralda shares the various stages of her upbringing throughout Puerto Rico’s various cities‚ including Macún and Santurce. After dealing with several uprooting experiences‚ multiple schools‚ and even more challenging periods of adjustment‚ Negi is ultimately uprooted once more. After several years without commitment‚ Negi’s mother Ramona decides to leave Esmeralda’s father
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What does it mean to be a Puerto Rican? This is a question that may have different answers according to the emphasis that is given. The more important approach is the geographical. Therefore‚ Puerto Rican are anyone that grown on the island of Puerto Rico. I emphasize in growth rather than birth‚ because a person may be born in P.R. and four months of age be moved to Italia where he lives the rest of his life. This individual will be Italian. Similarly‚ if an individual is born in Colombia
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Scarlett Travis Anthropology 216 – “The Identity of a Black Puerto Rican” Although Puerto Ricans are made up of three peoples: Spanish‚ African‚ and Taíno‚ the black history of Puerto Rico is often made light of. Afro-Latino is a term coined to identify people from Latin America who have traceable African ancestry. To many‚ the term is oxymoronic and often problematic in the United States‚ where the need for racial and social classification needs to be refined to; Black‚ White‚ Hispanic
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option would be Puerto Rico. Ever since the Spanish American war‚ Puerto Rico lays in a state between a territory and a state. This state‚ otherwise know as a commonwealth. A commonwealth gives residences U.S. Citizenship to the people who live there but with no representation in congress. Many people came forth in a recent election in 2012 to decide the fate of the island. For the first time‚ more people voted to become a state. While some people object to becoming a state‚ Puerto Rico should become
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