I am currently doing my field placement at the Puerto Rican Family Institute clinic in Brooklyn, NY.
My grandparents were both born and raised in Cidra, Puerto Rico and so were their three children. They
Puerto Ricans. Puerto Ricans are people who identify themselves as Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin,
third-generation Puerto Rican American. Although some do not see me as black, my race is black, my ethnicity is
SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2005. Web. 17 Nov. 2017. My first impression of the language used was it is very
1998, p. 70)” Puerto Ricans could sometimes pass as whites, like Piri’s family did. However, Piri was
every Puerto Rican or anyone from another ethnicity deals with. He said that Puerto Ricans that live in
(according to the July 2011 Census Bureau) who raise families and dream of a prosperous future. One doesn’t
Puerto Rican Migration America has been home to many people that aren 't native to the origins
Are you Puerto Rican or American? Hesitantly, I don't know what to say when people ask me this question