The Importance Of Discrimination In Puerto Ricans

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Ethnic Groups and Discrimination John Smith Axia College of University of Phoenix 07/25/2010 Puerto Ricans have immigrated to the United States since the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. During the 1917, congress granted citizenship to Puerto Ricans that allowed them to travel freely between Puerto Rico and the Mainland. After World War I, Puerto Ricans migrated to many urban communities like New York City. Garment industry jobs, childcare and light manufacturing were frequently employed Puerto Ricans. Today after nearly a hundred years later, Puerto Ricans now are located all over the United States. They are no longer contained to the urban areas of the country. Puerto Ricans shortly after receiving the right to become a United States citizen they also received the right to participate in the military. Now Puerto Ricans also became eligible for the military draft. Puerto Ricans experienced segregation within the military; they were not allowed to interact with the Caucasian soldiers. The Puerto Rican soldiers were poorly trained, and were considered expendable. Many of the missions that they would conduct were considered hazardous and…show more content…
Examples of the environmental justice issues were inferior educational opportunities and poor housing accommodations. The housing facilities that were occupied by Puerto Ricans were infested with lead contamination. This caused many health issues within the Puerto Rican communities, this identified that the city had a lead poison problem. Other environmental issues that effected Puerto Rican communities in New York City during the 1970’s were poor sanitation services. Many of the city employees refused to provide sanitation services to the Puerto Rican neighbors, which would create numerous health issues. The roads in these communities were constantly filled with overflowing
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