I could write 3,000 words about my love for my homeland. I could tell you that Puerto Ricans suffer from the paradoxical condition of misguided identity: are we Puerto Ricans? Americans? Puerto Ricans and Americans? But as I was about to write this post, I came across this video: PUERTO RICO A NATION. This is [...]
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Why Puerto Rico Matters to Me
Posted in Commentary, Latino, Puerto Rico, tagged free association, independence, plebiscite, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Democracy Act, status on March 2, 2011 | 35 Comments »
AUDIO: Fontana, CA Police Officer Harasses and Threatens My Friend
Posted in Commentary, Latino, Latino Rebels, Leadership, tagged Fontana, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, LATISM, police harassment on February 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It started with a simple Facebook update from my friend, Rolando Poet Ortiz, who tagged me in the following photo of his wrists after he got handcuffed by a Fontana, California police officer last Friday as he was waiting in a parking lot minding his own business.
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VIDEO COMMENTARY: The Top 10 Reasons Why Puerto Rico Will Not Become a State
Posted in Commentary, Latino Rebels, Puerto Rico, tagged Being Latino, La Fortaleza, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, latinos in social media, LATISM, Leadership, Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico, Social Media, University of Puerto Rico on April 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »
So, we were in San Juan this weekend and went over to La Fortaleza, the official residence of Republican pro-statehood governor Luis Fortuño. We asked for an interview, but Fortuño wasn’t home. (Bummer, we had brought coffee to chat.) Instead, we did a video of the TOP 10 REASONS THAT PUERTO RICO WILL NEVER BECOME [...]
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