Sociological Meanings of Basic Concepts

Mexican-Americans/Puerto Ricans

This DB is to discuss issues related to Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans.

This is the writing assignment that you are expected to do for this learning unit. You will write a 500 words (OR MORE)  message addressing these questions:

After viewing the movie "Me voy pal norte"(https://youtu.be/qqusC8CIcl8), reading the chapter and reading the online article "Puerto Rican Presence Wanes in New York" by Mireya Navarro(http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/vol4n09/PRPresenceWanes-en.html),  you need to answer these questions. What have you learned about the situation of Puerto Ricans in the US? Why Puerto Ricans are leaving NYC (the most important concentration of the Puerto Rican migrants between 1950 and 1980) and are moving to other states (like Florida)? How this demographic changes are reshaping the Latino community in NYC?

online book Chapter 10:

https://archive.org/stream/RichardT.SchaeferRacialAndEthnicGroups14thEditionGlobalEditionPrintReplicaKindleEdition/%5BRichard%20T.%20Schaefer%5D%20Racial%20and%20Ethnic%20Groups%2014th%20Edition%20Global%20Edition%20%5BPrint%20Replica%5D%20Kindle%20Edition#page/n31/mode/2up