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Only two Monroe graduates had ever gone on to Harvard before, in 1952 and 1956, "back when the Bronx was all white," Ramos says. Today, the school's population is predominantly Puerto Rican, Dominican and African-American...
Ramos agrees. "I was surprised by the amount of money students had here. I was surprised a lot of black people weren't on financial aid either. From where I was from, all the black people were poor," says the South Bronx resident, who is Puerto Rican...
Area Four's population is largely Haitian, Latino, Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean, according to Barbosa. Eastern European immigrants, especially from the Czech Republic, have also begun moving to Area Four recently...
...looking for is club that will provide an arena for political movement--political activity similar (maybe less violent) than the Young Lords Organization which started in New York in 1969. This is ridiculous. To place this kind of political pressure on Harvard clubs and students is unfair. Certainly, Puerto Ricans, like so many others, are suffering economically in this country and Santini points out some crucial figures. And getting students involved in political activities which affect their various ethnicities is important...
...prefer not to get involved in the political debates and battles of their countries. Perhaps if Santini's agenda was not provoked by a readiness to "combat" and teaching "the man not to mess with us" but instead with an eagerness and a willingness to hear what other Puerto Ricans on campus are feeling, or what they have on their agendas than maybe we could be more "prepared to make history...