There are two article circulating regarding the Puerto Rican Diaspora that are important to share. I am taking the liberty of publishing both. This first one is by Felipe Luciano, the second one was written by Tato Torres. Both raise … Continue reading
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Stateside and Island Puerto Ricans: The View from a New York ‘Rican
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Former Young Lord leader Felipe Luciano writes the following article about the Stateside and Island Puerto Ricans. I want to share this with my readers because agree, or disagree the issue is that we need to write more about our community. The 2010 Census shows that there are more Puerto Ricans in the US mainland than in Puerto Rico. We have approximately 25 Puerto Rican Day Parades throughout the USA. Why? What is a Puerto Rican? What makes us feel Puerto Rican? Why do third and more generation USA born kids insist on calling themselves Puerto Rican?
THE BRONX “CACIQUE” IS NO MORE
José Rivera the 72 year old powerhouse of the Bronx Democratic Organization for over seven years as Bronx party Boss is no more the grand “cacique” as other restless Bronx chiefs and their “Rainbow” faction have won a court battle to unseat Rivera and make Assemblyman, Carl Heastie the new Party Boss.
The Bronx Party organization has now gone full circle from Italian, Irish, Jewish, Puerto Rican to now African-American. This was due to a faction of Bronx elected officials that were made up of African-American, Latino and Jewish leaders who had lost their loyalty to Rivera and challenged his leadership due to many concerns stemming from lack of leadership to family patronage. Continue reading