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La isla de la fantasia: El colonialismo, la explotacion y la traicion a Puerto Rico by Ed Morales
darthvargas's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
efortier99's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
2.5
An informative book about the economic exploitation of Puerto Rico.
Morales discusses how citizenship and military involvement are intertwined as return conditions. He discusses the history of minority military participation and relegation to second-class citizenship. Morales also argues that US involvement in Puerto Rico is a mix of condescending paternalism and controlling exploitation that is both reciprocal and unbalanced.
Morales argues that the denial of statehood is political because the population leans democratic and the reps would take away from Republican states.
Morales argues that Puerto Rican's identify with African Americans better than Latin Americans because both are already citizens with second-class citizenship status.
Morales discusses how citizenship and military involvement are intertwined as return conditions. He discusses the history of minority military participation and relegation to second-class citizenship. Morales also argues that US involvement in Puerto Rico is a mix of condescending paternalism and controlling exploitation that is both reciprocal and unbalanced.
Morales argues that the denial of statehood is political because the population leans democratic and the reps would take away from Republican states.
Morales argues that Puerto Rican's identify with African Americans better than Latin Americans because both are already citizens with second-class citizenship status.
extraspecialbitter's review against another edition
5.0
An exhaustive and exhausting history of the systematic fleecing of a tropical paradise and its people, seduced by an ideal of pseudo-autonomy and ensnared by the audacious greed of vulture capitalism.
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