LACS 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gangsta Rap, Daddy Yankee, Ebsco Information Services
26 Jul 2018
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As stated in from colonia to community: the history of puerto ricans in new york city, According to the 1925 census, less than 3 percent of the 7,322 hispanic individuals tabulated were professionals. However, one study proudly reported the professional community numbered about one hundred persons including "two puerto ricans engaged as spanish instructors in the. Doctors, lawyers, and dentists also advertised their practices in the hispanic press [1] (65). To combat oppression both within the social and academic sectors, many puerto ricans banded together to create organizations dedicated to raising awareness for unfair racial treatment in the local, state and national governments. Another huge pillar that was widely emphasized in many of the social organizations like. Hermanidad puertorrique a" and la liga puertorrique a e hispana" was that puerto ricans had to start devising their own remedies to problems in their communities. For the most part, political representation for puerto ricans and latinos in general were very minimal, and.
