Puerto Rico's Diaspora Offers Its Best Chance for Change
Puerto Rico's Diaspora Offers Its Best Chance for Change
Stateside Puerto Ricans should use their vote to advocate for the island.
Feeling caught between two countries is always complicated. I think the experience was best summed up in the movie Selena when the title character’s father laments: “We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time! It's exhausting!”
For those of us who grew up in the Puerto Rican diaspora, the challenge can be overwhelming. We felt like we needed to be as Puerto Rican as possible at home (in preparation for some not-so-distant day when our families inevitably returned to the island, or so we thought), and as “American...
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