“Not all East Harlemites consider the area as a Puerto Rican
and Latino stronghold, but as a multicultural community with a revolving door
of immigrants, a community that is of and for everyone to claim” (Davila 107).
Whatever happened to America being
a Melting Pot? Whatever happened to the American Dream? I thought America was
the place where anyone can have freedom. I thought America was a place where
anyone that works hard has the opportunity for success. I guess everyone except
for Latinos/Latinas. Latinos/Latinas are considered a threat to the American
societies because people complain about loss of jobs? Or is it because they
assume that Latinos/Latinas are using all of America’s government sources? Is
it possible that these men, women, and children cross the boarder and migrate north
in order to have the same opportunity at success, good life, and great health
as any other human being? Instead, the American society criminalized and
dehumanized them. To many Puerto Ricans and Latinos, places like Harlem, is a
community for them to have the opportunity at the American Dream. That is a
community for everyone to evolve, succeed. It is a community where they can
feel welcomed inside a nation they aren’t welcomed in.
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