Class 4: Colonial Puerto Rico

To Read:

• Acosta-Belén and Santiago (2018) Puerto Ricans in the United States
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2

To Listen:

• ♫: Joe Arroyo “Rebelión” 
• ♫: Ruben Blades “Platacion adentro” 

Class 5: Contemporary Puerto Rico

To Read:

• Whalen, Carmen Teresa, and Victor Vazquez-Hernandez. “Colonialism, Citizenship, and the Making of the Puerto Rican Diaspora: An Introduction.” in The Puerto Rican Diaspora Historical Perspectives. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005.

To Listen:

• ♫: “Mi Viejo San Juan” Ruben Blades
• ♫: Willie Colon “ Canto a Boriquen”

To Watch:

Hurricane Maria Forced These Puerto Ricans To Leave

How Puerto Rico is Recovering from Hurricane Maria

Class 6: The Puerto Rican Status Debate

To Read:

• Richard Fausset (2017) “Amid Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Ruins, a New Push for Statehood”. The New York Times.
• Blocher, J., & Gulati, M. (2018). Puerto Rico and the right of accession. Yale J. Int’l L., 43, 229.

To Listen:

• ♫: Calle 13 “La Perla”
• Code Switch – Puerto Rico Stand Up

To Watch

• Puerto Rico: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)  Puerto Rico’s Protest Art Calls for the Island’s Independence