Comments for Puerto Rico and the American Dream

Comment on PRdream mourns the passing of the great Graciela Rivera by Ed

Ed — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:09:34 +0000

I lived next to her brother in Queens he was like a grandfather/father to to me. I met Graciela Rivera twice.
With all that she has done in her life, god called her to sing in front of all nations in unity.

Comment on Puerto Rican Pottery by S Cooper

S Cooper — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:40:03 +0000

Feel free to email photos. Like to see designs.

Comment on Remembering Lolita Lebron – The BBC’s “Last Word” radio program by PRdream

PRdream — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:35:30 +0000

At the Memorial Service in the Bronx, two weeks ago, an elderly African American offerred what we consider a remarkable testimonial tribute to Lolita Lebron. His name is Mr. Playthell and his words, recorded by us, opened an entirely new insight into the impact or influence the Attack on Congress on March 1, 1954 may have had on the Civil Rights Movement.

Mr. Playthell recalled how deeply affected he was by the news of the attack. He was originally from the South and was constantly confronting the oppressive strictures of segregation. The Attack on Congress shook his world, made him think that the American status quo could be changed. He had never heard of Puerto Rico, knew nothing about Puerto Ricans. But now he felt inspired. He wanted to meet this “lady who had led the attack.” He wanted to learn more about what they had done and why. What was possible for the future? How could things be changed? Two years later, in 1956, he joined the Civil Rights Movement which had begun in 1955.

We are seeking to explore the impact the Puerto Rican Nationalists had on the American psyche and society. This has been, we believe, consciously or unconsciously erased from our historical memory.

Comment on WordPress Category Archive Widget Plugin by mmj

mmj — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:15:02 +0000

this is just the kind of widget/plugin I was looking for – however, I was wondering whether there is a way to run it dynamically – let’s say I’m on a regular page, it should show all the posts by date/month – if I’m on an archive page of a specific category, it should just show the entries under that category

thanks

Comment on Puerto Rican Pottery by Margery

Margery — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:47:04 +0000

I have some cups from that pottery company they look like the taller cups without handles that you have in your picture.All twelve of mine have different designs.

Comment on Lolita Lebrón abogó por la lucha por la independencia sin violencia en una de sus últimas entrevistas by Global Voices in English » Puerto Rico: Independence activist Lolita Lebrón dies

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:24:34 +0000

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Comment on WordPress Category Archive Widget Plugin by Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:20:32 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion… I changed my permalink structure, but still no luck.

I upgraded to WordPress 3.0.1 tonight (and noticed that they fixed canonical.php) but whatever my issue is, is still present.

Comment on WordPress Category Archive Widget Plugin by hugh

hugh — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:39:20 +0000

Try the permalink structure

/%year%/%monthnum%/%category%/%postname%/

Comment on WordPress Category Archive Widget Plugin by Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:49:33 +0000

I was excited to find this widget, but I have the same issue, even after making the fix to canonical.php

I am using the permalink structure: /%category%/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/

Even when my URL says “../blog/2010/04/” I am seeing all blog posts instead of just those for April 2010.

Has anyone else still had an issue after making the fix?

Comment on What are race relations like among Puerto Ricans on the island and in the U.S.? by Domingo Hernandez

Domingo Hernandez — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:10:14 +0000

Racism is an illness of the Soul and mind. It is something that is taught. Cuba, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico, suffered the horrors of slavery, as did most of the countries of the Americas. Everywhere that this happend you have some form of internalized racism between the the people of color. The USA is not free from this imperfection also. But I find people who often write about this being guilty if not of racism then of prejudice. I’m Puerto Rican I lived there for years. There are about 4 million Boricuas on the island yet in my whole life I may only have interacted with less then a hundred or two. Yet we think we can judge millions of people based on the harsh treatment we recieved by a few. I can not speak about any race,nation etc. in general terms to do so really only shows the world our own prejudices and maybe even our own internalized racist attitudes.