the new school. Surprisingly within the first week of school I was getting along with most of the kids in class. As time went on I was now speaking good English and had lots of friends. When summer vacation came we took our first trip back to Puerto Rico after two years to visit our friends and family. My entire family was so happy to see us and for how much I’ve grew and how fast I had learned
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State? b) February 18‚2013 - Puerto Rico: The 51st State? 2) What did you already know about this topic? a) No one likes the democratic leaders in Colorado. b) I knew Puerto Rico wasn’t eligible to vote. 3) What is the main idea of each editorial? a) Due to the democratic leaders and their laws‚ they want to split Colorado and make it a "New or North" Colorado. Keeping half of the state make the better so they can control the farms and land. b) Puerto Rico has always been part of the US
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As history has shown us‚ the mid twentieth century was a time for inspirational and instrumental societal change within the United States. Not only did we have the civil rights movement—a movement that peacefully and strategically fought for the rights and equality of African Americans—but we also had other social movements‚ such as the women’s reproductive rights movement‚ which was a movement that fearlessly fought for reproductive rights and overall equality for the women of the United States
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Problem Definition In 1991 the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico‚ acquired from the U.S. federal government a piece of land at the entrance of the San Juan Islet. The approximately six-acre property was located in the Golden Triangle of San Juan‚ one of the most touristic and high-priced real estate areas‚ the Condado‚ and the Colonial Zone of the island. In 1993 the government developed a Special Land Use Plan and zoning regulation for the territory‚ this plan could not be altered
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Streets. In this essay I will analyze how racial identity is constructed through his story and the relationship between racism and social problems such as gangs and crime in a place like East Harlem. Piri Thomas’ parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico during the 1920s before he was born in 1928. Piri reflects upon a hard childhood of growing up in a lower class family at the time of the Great Depression‚ through the cold winters of New York City‚ a place whose people Piri’s mother described as
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advocate group for all Hispanics‚ founded by Mexican Americans in 1929. Puerto Rican-Americans: The language of Puerto Rico is considered to be a Caribbean variant of Spanish that is a combination of Spanish‚ Taino‚ (the indigenous language)‚ and Kongo‚ which was imported from West African Slaves. (4) However‚ Puerto Rican-Americans also can be people who only speak English‚ are bilingual‚ or only speak Spanish. While Puerto Ricans can have a variety of genetic influences and not at all look
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Deculturalization refers to the "stripping away of a people’s culture and replacing it with a new culture" (Spring 1). Deculturalization is one of the most inhumane acts one can partake in. A person’s culture is his/her main defining feature. Culture is the medium through which people communicate their beliefs‚ values‚ and morals. Inserting one’s own culture in place of someone’s pre-existing culture is the basis of ethnocentrism. People have repeatedly become victims of deculturalization‚ especially
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Of course with Juan Ponce de Leon being the governor and European “founder” of Puerto Rico‚ he believed that colonies should be self-governed within the colony. But‚ while he does believe that new lands should be self governed by who ever discovered the land first‚ what sets him apart is his ideas that all benefits of the colony should
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LATIN AMERICA CULTURE Duma Salas March 5‚ 2013 Harvest of Empire Chapter Two The majoring groups of Latinos living in the United States. Each of the following groups is described in this section: Puerto Ricans‚ Mexicans‚ Cubans‚ Dominicans‚ Central Americans‚ and Columbians and Panamanians share a chapter. Within the chapter‚ Gonzalez writes about individuals or families in order to reflect the general migration story of the larger groups. Thus‚ these individual portrayals serve
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My name is Cosme Ramos‚ Born in Ponce‚ Puerto Rico on the 31st January 1976. Parents are both Puerto Ricans (which in reality means mixed‚ Indian‚ Black African‚ and European). Not until third grade did we migrate to the United States‚ in search of opportunities and a more stable future. Being of a Hispanic decent made family a very important role‚ thus it was my primary group the only thing that was constant throughout or moves first from Puerto Rico to New York‚ and eventually to New Jersey
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