EN218 Lecture Notes - Puerto Ricans, Grassroots Democracy, The Belgariad
Document Summary
Puerto rican community in ny: arts community and prison community, puerto ricans encouraged to take post-war jobs (which didn"t last long), but were underpaid, no adequate housing or access to meaningful jobs (underemployment and discrimination) This created ghettos of latin american citizens. Miguel algaria: puerto ricans" sense of statelessness (you don"t fit in anywhere really, newness defining feature of poetry at this time. Emphasizes the adaptability of people who start as stateless and gain an identity. Nuyorican school: drama, poetry, performance arts, talk about politics and read poetry. Poetry should focus on community and speak in voices that people understand. Connections between race and prison: hierarchies. Race order: white americans african americans (give permission) latinos white americans. Latinos and whites/latinos and aa have an ambiguous relationship and makes them slightly more autonomous. Longshoe is irish, so he does no count as white, so whiteness doesn"t really have to do with skin color. White americans are at top and bottom.
