Garbage Dreams Sociology

The events of 7 June 1969 were but one of many moments in the history of New York City 's Puerto Rican community that gave rise to and lent support for the Young Lords Party.[4] Indeed over the course of the next five years this ethnic group of radical intellectuals would help bring attention to the plight of the Puerto Rican community in New York City. This essay explores the history of the late twentieth century Puerto Rican migrants in New York City through an examination of the Young Lords Party (1969 to 1974). In doing so, it examines several significant topics, including the growth of the Puerto Rican population in New York City; the unique challenges this ethnic group faced, and the origins, growth and decline of the Young Lords Party.

This presentation will explain the differences and similarities, if any, in the countries of Spain and Puerto Rico’s. The presentation will show the differences and similarities between the two countries arts, culture, and economic environment. The presentation will show how both countries have a assimilation of cultural and distinctiveness. Even though both countries have similarities and differences, they both have one thing in common, and that is they are Spanish-speaking countries with an array traditions, culture, and diversity amongst the people, that will be talked about in this presentation.

The autobiography When I was Puerto Rican, written by Esmeralda Santiago, tells a story of a poor girl trying to succeed. The settings in this novel have an important influence on Esmeralda. They influence her behavior and change her ideals as an adult. Negi goes through many changes based on the challenges she faces by moving to new locations where society is different. All of these changes allow her to become a stronger person. When she lives in El Mangle, Negi has to face extreme prejudice against her upbringing as a jibara. When she leaves Puerto Rico to move to Brooklyn, she is forced to face an entirely different society. All of these events that took place in Esmeralda’s childhood had a significant impact in shaping her into an adult.

In "A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood," Judith Cofer accomplishes three powerful achievements: she gives details on the stories of her family experiences, shows her family stories in a strong imaginative language, and points out how family stories can take over a person's life. This essay seems to be very tricky because she goes from one story to another. Cofer's claim would be very difficult to understand if she started with one story; instead, she should finish explaining the initial story before moving on to the next one. Instead, Cofer shows how a woman can potentially go crazy if her man mistreats her.

As with any other ethnic neighbourhood, The Danforth’s presence within Toronto is important as it allows for the preservation of the Greek culture in another country, and also encourages the sharing of the culture within the city. Not only that, but The Danforth provides a unique perspective on an ethnic neighbourhood that’s thought of “As the rest”. Unlike other ethnic enclaves, such as Chinatown, The Danforth is accustomed to the norms and way of life of the city of Toronto, while preventing the assimilation of its own culture. This makes Greektown one of the more model ethnic neighbourhoods, and an educational experience for all visitors, as its adaptation to the Canadian culture makes it a substantially more relatable experience for visitors. In essence, it’s not only important for the general public to visit the neighbourhood, but for other ethnic neighbourhoods as well, as it not only demonstrates how to successfully bring your native culture to a country, but also how to share it by tailoring to that country’s way of life and culture.

Pablo Camacho was one of my old family friend who lives in Puerto Rico, since that’s where my family’s from. He used to be my dad’s family accountant who ran all the numbers and did all the financial operations of the business. Since my dad moved away from the island, we still keep in touch because of how close they were. Therefore, I thought this was the perfect person to vex or ask him questions for my interview. I have to disclose that Puerto Rico’s primary language is not English and I had to translate this interview from Spanish. I did my best in translating everything and summarizing it.

Hartford is the home to the highest percentage (27%) of Puerto Ricans in the country (Cruz, 5). Nonetheless, Puerto Ricans still face myriad challenges with respect to the integration and acceptance of their culture in Hartford. Although the PR community is only two generations old, Puerto Ricans have managed to both organize and mobilize in this relatively short time (Cruz, 2). Puerto Ricans have focused closely on their ethnic identity because they viewed their incorporation into the political sphere occurring only by means of asserting their difference (Cruz, 10). They have made their mark on politics in Hartford through demographic growth, development of leadership in the community, and their

Another large component of Puerto Ricanness is Race. All of the different cultures that have throughout history combined to form Puerto Rico effect their nationality, history, lifestyles, traditions, music, and foods.

What's a common location that comes up in discussion when someone thinks of a destination to get away from all the hustle and bustle of the Main land of the United States? Normally Puerto Rico isn't too far away from conversation. Puerto Rico is a beautiful place with the perfect climate and many historical sites to take that getaway that you have always wanted. Today we will discuss major issues in/of Puerto Rico, the significance of this research and data sources, and lastly I will describe the data collected and research found during my inquiry on the region known as Puerto Rico

Escaped Africn American slave, reform, abolsotionist, orator and writer Fredrick Douglas once said “Without a struggle, there can be no progress”. Fighitng for the equailty for slaves was Douglas greatest struggle that transform into a life changing vicotry for many Africn Americans. Like Fredrick Douglas, Esmerlda Santigo touching autobiographic called When I was Puerto Rican, elborates on the stuggles of the Santigo family in Pueto Rico but also their process and assimlation in the Uinted States. Through the eyes of Esmerlda, the reader is taken on a journey of family, conflct, lanuage boundaries, assmilation, dreams and sacfrice, which everyone can relate to in their lives.

In Tales of the Grim Sleeper, many topics and issues we have learned in sociology are present, such as deviance, corrupt justice systems, and racial inequalities. The video is about serial killer, Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who is also referenced as the Grim Sleeper. Deviance is shown in the beginning of the when it talks about crime rates in the ghettos of Los Angeles, which is a reference to the connection between location and deviance. During the process of the video there are also multiple times where the L.A.P.D. was in the wrong, such as not telling the neighborhoods about there being a serial killer and not interviewing everyone that needed to be interviewed. Racial inequality also frequently comes up, especially when the victim’s family

There is an area in NYC named El Barrio within El Barrio there is a large group of working-class Puerto Rican residents living their lives but struggling with facing street cultural and their ethnic background. Living in harsh situations put a toll on the residents that were trying to live and make it out. In El Barrio, street culture is clustered and influential and is challenging for them to continue the traditional Puerto Rican culture. In this paper, I agree that street culture has a significant impact on the resident than their traditional Puerto Rican culture, I demonstrate by looking at their jobs, relationships, drug usage. Also, looking at substantial, significant residents Primo for a male aspect, Candy for a female perspective, but connect to the whole community in El Barrio. I believe this is significant because these are the three-main topics that was brought up also the two main voices for each gender, which helps the reader read about the unique way street culture had started to have more of an influence of tradition.

One of the most interesting and exciting places I have had the pleasure of visiting was the Island of Puerto Rico. Getting on the plane and arriving on the island was the easy part, but learning to navigate the island and getting reliable transportation was a whole other ball game.

Not many may know that Puerto Rico is considered to be American territory. Soon people all over America will know because Puerto Rico could possibly become the fifty first state or could be separated from America completely. Most of Puerto Ricans would like statehood 61% to be exact, this citizens would like to be united with America once and for all. There are some Puerto Ricans would like to be free association and the amount is 33% citizens who want a relationship without political territory with a degree of statehood with America. The last percentage are the citizens who want to be independent which is 5%. As the percentage shows most Puerto Ricans would like to become the fifty first state of America and add one more star onto America.

On May 16, 1988, the Supreme Court ruled that police officers, without a warrant, have the right to inspect curbside rubbish for evidence. “Justice Byron R. White’s opinion for the majority said the privacy of garbage bags left outside the home and its immediate surroundings is not protected by the Fourth Amendment because people have no ‘subjective expectation of privacy’ in their garbage ‘that society accepts as objectively reasonable’” (Taylor 559-560). The Supreme Court’s ruling on curbside rubbish is fair because people voluntarily leave their trash at the curb for collection.