die‚ you will have to establish individuality and a purpose of your own. Such is the case of one Esmeralda Santiago‚ the author and subject of the book‚ ‘When I Was Puerto Rican’. This book is about her eventful path to adulthood‚ both as a woman and as a member of a minority. From her nomadic days in the rural areas of Macún‚ Puerto Rico‚ to her family struggles in Brooklyn‚ New York City‚ to finally graduating from The High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan‚
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The culture I researched is the Puerto Rican culture. I interviewed Avis Giegerich. She was born in New Jersey‚ but she did spend a few years living in Puerto Rico when she was younger. Even though I have known her for several years I still learned more than I thought I would. For the first question it was revealed that she prefers to be called Boricua which is another word for Puerto Rican. The second question asked what influences her the most and Ms. Giegerich reveals that she was heavily influenced
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For those in the know‚ American football and rugby are very different sports‚ but for the inexperienced spectator‚ the two sports can look rather similar. So what are the differences? For starters‚ there are two different versions of rugby: league and union. This article refers to the Rugby League‚ as the union type differs greatly. Union rugby is rougher and the rules are looser‚ which means the game can turn violent at times. American football and rugby‚ however‚ share some common rules that make
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influences. The Cuban people and their customs are based on African‚ European and Native American influences. Cuba has a very interesting and rich culture. All these other countries influence the culture of Cuba. Cuba has a variety of different influences from other countries that are included in such things as music‚ dancing‚ food‚ history and sports. The music of Cuba has an enormous African and European influence. One of the main musical fusions in Cuban music is the son. Other typical Cuban forms are
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Wayne Crayton Jr Speech 214 sec 2 February 6‚ 2008 The Puerto Rican Day Parade Imagine waking up to the sound of Spanish music blasting through the streets‚ the smell of Spanish food simmering in the air‚ and going to the window and seeing thousands of Puerto Rican flags covering the streets. This describes Manhattan during the second week in June. Growing up just a few blocks from Spanish Harlem‚ many of my friends was Spanish. Their families took me in as one of
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ovulation period really is. Sometimes a woman can ovulate beyond what she considers her normal ovulating period‚ and she can become pregnant outside of her calculated fertility window. How to Calculate Ovulation * A woman generally ovulates between 11 and 21 days after her last menstrual cycle. Women with a 28-day cycle generally‚ on average‚ ovulate on day 14. But every woman is different and other factors can come into play to alter when and whether she ovulates. For some women‚ calculating
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In "A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood‚" Judith Cofer accomplishes three powerful achievements: she gives details on the stories of her family experiences‚ shows her family stories in a strong imaginative language‚ and points out how family stories can take over a person’s life. This essay seems to be very tricky because she goes from one story to another. Cofer’s claim would be very difficult to understand if she started with one story; instead‚ she should finish explaining the initial
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In 1846‚ the Spanish colony of Cuba thrived in the illegal slave trade that continued to replenish the supplies of enslaved Africans‚ which made up 36% of the enslaved population in Cuba. The socio-economic characteristics of the Cuban population demonstrated approximately that half of the enslaved persons labored on a sugar plantation. Those same individuals were subjected to a brutal work regime‚ spoke only the language of their diverse African origin and prohibited from contact with the creole
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This memory reminds me of the two heartbreaking stories about the migrant workers who were taken advantage of‚ and the poor Japanese Americans falsely thought as terrorists. There are many similarities between the Mexican migrant workers and the Japanese people‚ while there are just as many differences between them as well. The migrant workers and Japanese Americans both had went through many of the same struggles. First off‚ the migrant workers were treated as if they were not humans. In The Circuit
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Europeans and Indians differed in many ways‚ but also had few similarities. When Europeans appeared there were cities‚ irrigation systems‚ roads‚ and a basic trade network. Catholicism was the Europeans religion. They supported the use of missionary work and trusted the Pope. Europeans believed that land represented wealth and power. They assumed it was okay to take land from others. Gender relations for Europeans were traditional. The man controlled the property and was the head of the household
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