Growing up in Puerto Rico, Esmeralda Santiago experienced life in a variety of ways. Through her book she shares a number of these experiences, many that played an important role in shaping her as an individual. She shows her experiences from the earliest part of her youth through her life as you...

When I Was Puerto Rican The biographical tale When I was Puerto Rican, written by Esmeralda Santiago, tells of a poor girl trying to succeed. The settings in this novel have an important influence on Esmeralda; they change her ideals and influence her behavior as an adult. In When I Was Puerto Ri...

Multiculturalism, is very back bone of the country that we live in. The united States from its very earliest existence has been a melting pot of different cultures. Immigrants have always gone to life threating extents to immigrate to this country to find a better life. In the film El Norte and,...

Hispanic people have always played an important part in history of the United States. As early as the 1500's, Spanish explorers and colonists settled on the Caribbean islands that are today known as Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In 1898, ...

Latinos Invisible Culture in the United States Many Latinos have similar lifestyles, but once the culture enters the United States of America, it becomes drowned with individualism, low income, gangs and struggling to survive in the Anglo ways. Latino cultures like Mexicans, Cubans, Dominicans and ...

PIRI THOMAS Down These Mean Streets Throughout the literary life of New York, many writers have concentrated their works on the influence that the atmosphere of the city has had on their lifestyle. There is hardly a major American, English, Irish, French, or Spanish writer who hasn't pour...

Reaction: Corruption in P.R. "Lack of integrity or honesty, susceptibility to bribery; use of a position of trust for dishonest gain" is how the WordNet dictionary defines corruption. Although corruption in Puerto Rico may have a slightly different meaning, I will opt not to get into th...