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    Puerto Rican Obituary The United States is known as the nation of immigrants. People from all over the world come to the United States for opportunities and their better lives. While moving to this country, all immigrants bring their culture and identity. Most of them spend their lives working full time to fulfill their American dream. I am also an immigrant. I came to United States in 2013 and started to work fulltime in Dunkin donut. So, work come first before anything else. It’s been a slogan

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    current unincorporated territory known as, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a spanish speaking, caribbean island that is currently a territory of the United States. And is actually a lot closer to statehood than you would assume. Baring statehood granted, both sides would see huge benefits. Puerto Rican citizens are required to do many of the same things United States citizens are required to do, and are actually for the idea of statehood. Are they Puerto Rico citizens or simply just United States citizens

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    My research focuses on what scholars say are the advantages and disadvantages of Puerto Rico becoming a state. To further my research, I decided to survey a small number of Puerto Ricans and ask them how they felt about Puerto Rico becoming a state. I attempted to survey a number Puerto Ricans living on the island and compare their responses to potentially the same number of Puerto Ricans living on the island. Unfortunately, my attempt to reach those living on the island was thwarted by Maria

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    Capitalism Was Behind American Colonization of Puerto Rico The platform upon which the United States was built, freedom, was erected in response to the oppressive nature of colonialism. On July Fourth, 1776, the original thirteen colonies declared their independence, because the weight of Great Britain’s colonial restrictions proved to be too burdensome. The Constitution was signed shortly thereafter to protect American citizen’s rights from being abridged in the future. America was created

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    Chicago Young Lords

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    higher-ups. The Young Lords Organization started to pop up in other major cities such as New York City which later separated itself from the Chicago Young Lords. The New York City branch has piles of information on the events that occurred within the Puerto Rican community but little has been said about the original Chicago Young Lords. This essay will help fill the missing history of the Young Lords Organization by addressing the origins, aspirations, the impact on the

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    Puerto Rico Territory

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    many people argue about how Puerto Rico became a territory? Several historians believe that Puerto Rico was made a US Territory by The Foraker Act of 1900. Other historians say that The Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917 made it a US Territory. Some might also say it was World War I. This essay will tell you about, Puerto Rico, all three things, and also which one is truly correct. Before starting to truly explain things, let me explain how this whole thing started. At the beginning is how Puerto Rico was

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    judith Ortiz coffer influenced literature through their literary works including 1.the story of my body 2. the myth of the Latin woman, and 3. the Latin deli. Judith Ortiz coffer show the difficulties puerto rican people imagrating to the us through Her literary works including the story of my body, the myth of the Latin woman, and the Latin deli. Ortiz kofer’s text devor charges that most languages present gender as “binary and permanent“ . Ortiz kofer means that in her country there were no choices

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    Itzel Soto Lals 277 December 2, 2016 Final Paper A Grounded Identidad: Making New Lives in Chicago’s Puerto Rican neighborhoods, by Merida M. Rua focuses on the history of Puerto Rican communities in Chicago. This captures an analysis between the memory and the history to comprehend Puerto Ricans in the essence of the way they lived in Chicago. The focus on the different communities causes a touch on many different topics like for example, gentrification, family and the community. This causes

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    In Puerto Rican Obituary, the Puerto Rican people from New York City struggle to attain the “American Dream” a dream that is unreal. The American dream was intended for people of European descent, and sadly a cycle of Puerto Rican people overworked treated unfairly, were influenced by media symbols, and lived unfair housing system along with racial discrimination. Hence, the Puerto Rican community kept dreaming or died not accomplishing the American dream. Pietri points out, Puerto Rican’s were hard

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    as a Puerto Rican turf gang in the Lincoln Park, Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park in the fall of 1960 and as a civil and human rights movement on Grito de Lares. The Young Lords' supported independence for Puerto Rico, and all Latino nations and oppressed nations of the world and also neighborhood empowerment. This was shown by their emblem of the map of Puerto Rico and a brown fist holding up a rifle and the purple lettering reading, "Tengo Puerto Rico en mi Corazon" ("I have Puerto Rico in

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