The Effect of Politics and Race on Identity of Puerto Ricans Essay

The Effect of Politics and Race on Identity of Puerto Ri cigarettesAs is present in many articles we read about Spanish rule and American rule, there were always references to race, and the mix of races that the Puerto Ricans are, and how that has affected their identity. Kristen Moran hypothesized as to what was the origin of Spaniards need to produce their clean lineage The attitude of the Spaniards concerning pure lineage, which can be traced back to the Muslim occupation of Spain, further complicated race interaction in Puerto Rico. The Ferr novel begins with Buenaventuras arrival to Puerto Rico from Spain, who is a member of a bourgeoisie family. Immediately there are references to the importance of a clean lineage and books which tracked marriages to make sure that families were remaining true to their roots. Families wanted to assert that there was no bad blood running through the family when another bourgeoisie family is ready to marry off their son or daughter. David Bernst ein expands on this conception by writing that, Buenaventura preaches his racial superiority and separation from others to his children, in the hope that this will ensure the purity of future generations white blood. This is why early on the credit entry by Gonzlez of returning to Spanish era as returning to a society in which the white and property-owning part of the population has always suppress and despised the non-white and non-property-owning part.(Gonzlez, p4) was utilized in the conclusion of my first paper on early Spanish rule and has not left the schema I have created in my mind of how each set of rulers viewed Puerto Ricans. Ferr touches on an area that I had not connected myself, nor had read anywhere yet. This realization that... ...n the Twentieth Century. 2nd.ed. (Westport, Conn. Praeger, 1996).Ferr, Rosario. The House on the Lagoon (NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995). Gonzlez, Jos Luis, Puerto Rico The Four-Storeyed Country, from Puerto Rico The Four-Storeyed C ountry and other essays (Princeton and NY Markus Wiener Publishing, Inc.), 1-30. Moran, Kristen. Home page- H378.http//frontpage.trincoll.edu/kmoran2/project.htmMorris, Nancy. Puerto Rico Culture, Politics, and Identity (Westport, Conn. Praeger, 1995). Pearson, Stacie. Home page. 10 December 1998.<http//frontpage.trincoll.edu/spearson/puerto2.htm. Puerto Rico Herald Vol. 2 No. 25. <www.puertorico-herald.org Rivera, Fabian. Home page-H378.http//frontpage.trincoll.edu/frivera/newpage3.htmRodriguez, Richard. Home page- H378http//frontpage.trincoll.edu/rrodrigu/h378p.htm