Puerto Ricans: The Philippines Vs. The US

Using the Julian Go reading as my resource, a group who share a similar history as Filipinos are Puerto Ricans. Go highlights that both Philippines and Puerto Rico were both colonized by the Spaniards and was also eventually colonized by the United States. Both share the same struggles under American colonization, including both being termed as “unincorporated territories”. However, despite being similar in ways of colonization, Go also points out that Philippines received the more “lower end of the deal.” The United States saw Puerto Rico as more “deserving” than the Philippines because, unlike the Philippines, Puerto Rico welcomed the United States and their ideas of