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Puerto Rican Long Island
1,977 wordsThis book Down These Mean Streets is a classic confessional autobiography. This book was first published in 1967. It was written by Piri Thomas, he was a man of African descent living in Spanish Harlem. It relates how he was lost even within his own family and his identity through drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery, nearly becoming yet another statistic by the age of twenty two. In this book it tells all about the persons life. It tells how he has suffered through his life time, and what ...
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1,645 wordsTask Force Montagua: New Horizons II "And that's when my consciousness was born" In the early part of 1999 Guatemala was hit with both a hurricane and an earthquake. The United States government agreed to activate troops to be sent to Guatemala and several of its neighbors. My unit, being Military Police, was sent to provide force protection for all American service members working in and around Guatemala. I will provide some information on Guatemala and then provide a detailed account of my mis...
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Cinco De Mayo Puerto Rico
898 wordsYou are home alone. Silence does not match your personality so you decide to turn on a music station. You are listening to Latin music and you move to the rhythm. You cannot avoid it. You are dancing! The music has body and soul and it has taken over you. You close your eyes and feel the music that has moved your senses. While you listen to the sounds you recognize some musical instruments, but there is one unusual, and splendid sound unknown to you. The sound is vibrant and captivating. The ins...
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Future Outlook Of Trucking
1,543 wordsWhen you think of dangerous occupations, which ones come to mind? Do you think about the police officer who risks his life daily to protect persons and property? Or the firefighter who places the safety of others above his own? Those are dangerous professions, but based on the sheer numbers of lives lost, the single most dangerous profession is that of a truck driver. According to the U. S. Department of Labor, more truck drivers died while working in 2003 than the combined total deaths of polic...
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Spanish American War War The United States
1,111 wordsThroughout history, there have been many wars that have been caused by many different reasons. Also, the effects of the wars may greatly impact, good or bad, either side of the fight. One great war in history of the United States was the Spanish-American War of 1898. The Spanish-American War was caused by many things. The war has left a lasting effect of both countries involved, the United States and Spain. Both Spain and the United States were greatly impacted by the war. The Spanish-American W...
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Romeo And Juliet West Side Story
1,435 wordsThe play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both works, in essence, have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs, although, because of the star-cross lovers motif in Romeo and Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Romeo and Juliet. Th...
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People Of Color Puerto Rico
941 wordsThe economies of Cuba and Puerto Rico are very similar during the 16 th, 17 th, and 18 th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16 th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands, because everyone was set to search for gold... This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto R...
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A Multi Centennial Story Of Mexican Immigrants
650 wordsA Multi-Centennial Story of Mexican Immigrants Susan Garver and Paula McGuire in their book Coming to North America claim that peoples history has been always connected with their native lands and their culture. The authors of the book discuss various aspects of migration from Puerto Rica to America and explore the idea that Mexican culture reflects the life, customs and traditions of people that create it. Such examination of immigrants life gives us an opportunity to trace the historical event...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
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Ponce De Leon Puerto Rico
507 wordsPonce de Leon was a sailor and explorer for Spain. He had been given governorship of Hispaniola where he soon discovered that on Puerto Rico gold was found. He soon conquered the island and was given governorship of it. From the gold he became very wealthy. He soon learned of an Indian tale of an island called Bimini. On the Island There were supposedly lots if gold and pearls and a mystical fountain that could restore ones youth. Ponce de Leon asked for and received permission to conquer and se...
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Hispanic Americans Puerto Ricans
767 wordsHispanics Hispanic Americans HISPANIC AMERICANS Hispanics are a group of Americans who share common cultural origins and language. However, Hispanic Americans come from diverse nations and backgrounds with their own history, religion, economy and political experience. Today, nearly 30 million Americans are identified as Hispanics in the fifty states. The largest group are the Mexican Americans, who account for 64 % of the Hispanic Americans. Then come the Central and South America and the Caribb...
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El Barrio Puerto Ricans
2,679 wordsEthnography in the City: Phillipe Bourgois and the Barrio Cities exist for many reasons and the diversity of urban form and function can be traced to the complex roles that cities perform. Cities serve as centers of storage, commerce, and industry. The agricultural surplus from the surrounding country hinterland is processed and distributed within the city. Urban areas have also developed around marketplaces, where imported goods from distant places could be exchanged for the local products. Thr...
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Puerto Ricans Puerto Rico
749 wordsChapter IV focuses on the presence of the Americans in Puerto Rico during the early part of the twentieth century and their subsequent development of the sugarcane industry there. During this time, the United States military occupied Puerto Rico. Due to this occupation, the native islanders were affected in numerous ways and were looked down upon by the Americans. The Americans viewed the natives as incompetent and unable to be trusted. Many new American banks were popping up in Guamani that wer...
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El Barrio Puerto Ricans
1,436 wordsSearch for Respect In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995. It is a straight forward, insiders look at life in the East Harlem neighborhood known as, El Barrio. Philippe Bourgois moved his family into El Barrio in 1985 to study the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization, on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg. 1). He first went there to look at the entire (untaxed) underground economy, from baby sitting, off-track betting, to...
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Institutional Racism Native Americans
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West Side Story Puerto Rican
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Correctional Facilities Gang Involvement
3,243 wordsOnce inside, I was walked through a gauntlet of desperate men. Their hot smell in the muggy corridor was as foul as their appearance. None of them seemed to have a full set of front teeth. Many bore prominently displayed tattoos of skulls or demons. One could argue whether it was the look of these men that led them to prison or whether it was the prison that gave them their look. Just looking at them made me fear for my life (Hassine, 7). Most inmates in correctional facilities felt the way that...
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19 Th Century Puerto Rico
615 wordsThe Caribbean before the landing of Columbus served almost as a bridge between the north coast of South America and Florida for the Amazonian tribes in the south and the north american inhabitants. When Christopher Columbus on his second trip in 1493 landed in Puerto Rico and claimed it for Spain, he found the island populated by as many as 60, 000 Arawak or Taino indians, which for the most part, were friendly compared to the Carib indians in some of the more southerly islands which were warlik...
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