Hi everyone! Here are my discussion questions on the article "Puerto Ricans in the United States"
1. Which was the largest and fastest growing cultural community in the US during the early decades of the twentieth century?
2. What were some of the gender specific industries that recruited Puerto Ricans after WWI?
3. What year did the US grant US citizenship to Puerto Ricans?
4. Why did contract workers become part of the underprivileged working class and a major source of low wage labor that supported the manufacturing and service industries?
5. In the 1920’s and 30’s what area was known as the preferred point of destination for Puerto Ricans?
6. What was El Barrio?
7. What was the public’s idea about the Puerto Rican worker’s expertise and was it true? How did they get this distorted view?
8. What type of higher educational employment could some Puerto Rican women hope to attain?
9. What was the purpose of the Puerto Rican organizations which became important in the 1920’s?
10. What were the hometown clubs and what was their purpose?
11. What was the role of small business in Puerto Rican communities?
12. What were the purposes of Puerto Rican organizations?
13. What effect did the depression have on Puerto Rico?
14. What industries were affected by the depression?
15. How did the decline of industry affect workers?
16. What other devastating occurrence compounded the effects of the depression?
17. What was the Lamento borincano?
18. Who did the Puerto Rican writers feel was to blame for PR unhappiness and a poor state of living?
19. What did Herbert Hoover say about the conditions in Puerto Rico?
20. Describe the poor conditions in Puerto Rico in the thirties.
21. Who was a leader for radical reform in the 1930’s?
22. What was the Chardon Project?
23. What was the Puerto Rican slogan in 1938? What were the three major political parties in the 1930’s?
24. Who did the Nationalists denounce and what did they want?
25. Who were the Cadets of the Republic?
26. What are pitiyanquis (petit yankee)?
27. What was the expression “dynamite on our doorstep” referring to?
28. What was the Tydings bill?
29. Who was Munoz Marin?
30. What was to happen under “Commonwealth”?
31. Why were Puerto Ricans were called “Marine Tigers”?
32. What group is the largest airborne group of migrants to come to the US?
33. What commercial business encouraged Puerto Ricans to come to the US?
34. What is one characteristic that makes Puerto Rican’s different from other immigrant groups?
35. Why do you think the AFL did not reach to the companies to halt the exploitation of Puerto Rican workers?
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WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPPOSES YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!
Puerto Ricans, whether they are called Independents (independentistas), Patriots or Nationalists or Freemen, who desire to be free, must always know that the federal government, here in the States has no “subject matter jurisdiction” over the person, case or location and should be challenged to proof it. These are magic words to learn when in Federal Court for desiring freedom for your/our Country.
You won’t be told this in court but: All jury members, judges, attorneys, and employees working in federal court, must reside in federal territory to legally be a federal juror or touch your case or they can be commercially sued, disbarred and financially ruined for violating your constitutional rights etc.
Your God given right to be free is not wanted by the USA, it will oppose your desire for independence and freedom, because the Federal USA is a profit based Corporation.
The Federal Government is a District of Columbia “Corporation”, as are all the States of the USA. What you know of as the USA, is NOT a Republic, but a multi-based Corporation acting as a Country. These Corporations were formed for the benefit of the real owners. Since June of 1933, everything since then, is under Contract law or commercial law, aka Admiralty law, to benefit your masters in power.
The Federal Government owns Puerto Rico as an ASSET, because it is a slave colony—whether you like the idea or not. But the Federal Government takes orders from those who own and run this (Corporation) Country, but are not of this country. The International Bankers, who really own the corporations called the USA and also the Federal Reserve, will let the slaves of PR be free, only if enough real men of Boricua blood wish to be free, by reserving their rights under the Constitution. Their books will be adjusted and we will be free.
The answer to your freedom lies in your Constitutional rights --- To win --You must always reserve your constitutional, commercial rights and know what they are and how to do so.
A Puerto Rican without a desire for independence and/or freedom from alien control has no heart and soul of a man.
The fact that the public does not know that we are NOT free, makes no difference, to the desire to be free. The PR that wants Statehood is a Gringito, who has no soul of a man left in his traitor's heart. Freedom is happening all over the world and yet we allow Gringitos to kill our right to be free.
A Gringito is a non-Anglo THING, IT is not really a “person”, just like a mass murderer is more like an animal than a person, who internally is so inferior, that he desires to be what he can not be—thus Gringito means little gringo.
The Gringito is like an Uncle Tom to blacks or a collaborator and traitor to many others. To us he/she is all three and much worst. The “It or thing” I call Gringito, is the enemy of freedom -- all thru out HUMAN history.
We allow the Alien Invaders to kill, harm, abuse, rape, and scam us and yet the Gringito wants to give our Country away.
This abuse must end. No man or woman is a real Man or real woman who is too scared to fight for their souls and be free. If you listen to the Gringito, you will lose your soul.
Thru out eternity, humanity owes its freedom from slavery, ONLY TO BRAVE SOULS who fought and DIED for your right to be free.
The fight will NOT succeed if you don't fight the Gringito enemy/traitor/collaborator at home first. He is there next door and claims he is a real man and tries to give you many excuses of why PR can't be a free Country.
To give away your/our/my Country is not a right of alien invaders, visitors or foreigners with NO Puerto Rican Blood.
The right to vote on THIS ISSUE should NOT be given to NON-Puerto Ricans.
The fight for the independence of Puerto Rico is now non-violent and will be won in the hearts of real men around the World.
The Ronbothunter,
A proud freedom loving Puerto Rican.
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