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Poverty and discrimination: Puerto Ricans in the United States
puerto ricans : their history, culture, and society • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1980 • Pages: 375-416
By: United States. Commission on Civil Rights.
Abstract
This article deals with the various problems of adjustment faced by Puerto Ricans on the U.S. mainland. In summary form this study discusses Puerto Rican migrations to the U.S. mainland, demography, poverty, income, job opportunities (some obtained through job training programs sponsored by the federal government), language as a barrier to cultural adaptation, education, and employment, discrimination, and the crisis in education faced by Puerto Ricans and other minority groups on the U.S. mainland. This latter section contains information on school enrollment and dropout rates, language problems, school personnel and their influence over the success or failure of students, and Puerto Ricans and higher education.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Organization Report
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- United States
- Notes
- by the United States Commission on Civil Rights
- This is an abridged and edited version of 'Puerto Ricans in the continental United States : an uncertain future,' published in Washington, D.C., 1976
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 79028298
- LCSH
- Puerto Ricans in the United States--Addresses, essays, lectures