Author: j.lyun

Paragraph 1: Intro – Introduce sources and main argument “West Side Story is the catalyst for the improvement of conditions for Puerto Ricans.

Paragraph 2: Analysis of History of Puerto Rican immigration Briggs

Paragraph 3: Introduction to article :The Other Puerto Ricans   Main focus on before west side story

Paragraph 4: West Side Storys Major Points and summary music man

Paragraph 5: Introduction to Rising Hispanic Tensions spotlights improved relations for Puerto Ricans

Paragraph 6 Woes of  Puerto Ricans states that even though there have been improvement in relations there is still aways to go/

Paragraph 7: Conclusion

Extra Credit talk about struggles for minorities right now

Briggs, Laura. Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science and U.S Imperialism in Puerto Rico

Carol Oja, “West Side Story and The Music Man: Whiteness, Immigration, and Race in the US during the late 1950s.” Studies in Musical Theater 3,1 (2009)

By, PETER K. “Woes of Puerto Ricans in City found Increasing.” New York Times (1923-Current file): 25. Jul 25 1968. ProQuest. Web. 4 Dec. 2016 .

By, PAUL H. “Rising Hispanic Migration Heightens City Tensions.” New York Times (1923-Current file): 1. Apr 04 1966. ProQuest. Web. 4 Dec. 2016

By, DAN W. “The Other Puerto Ricans.” New York Times (1923-Current file): 6. Oct 11 1959. ProQuest. Web. 4 Dec. 2016

 

First two recommended readings last three new york times articles

option 1 west side story

On of the most important scenes in West Side Story is when the Puerto Rican females have a debate with the males about how life is in America. Right before this scene Tony first meets Maria and Bernardo , Marias brother doesn’t allow them to be together. The women take offense to this and talk about how they believe that life in America is great and that in America they can aspire to anything but the men see it differently.  The men see America as a place where they are held down by the white supremacist. This leads to a sing-off between men and women
The Briggs article speaks on relations between Puerto Rico and America and describes Puerto Rico as a polite school girl who respects and obeys the U.S which is like the females in this scene. Briggs also speaks on the relationship between Cuba and America and speaks on how Cuba was like a group of rebellious boys so while the Sharks are portrayed as only Puerto Ricans it can be said the they men act a lot like the Cubans did at that time.

The African Burial Grounds trip was one of the most enjoyable trips that even went on. When we first got to the burial grounds we saw the lumps in the ground that looked like they covered coffins. The inside exhibit was full of pictures and descriptions of the way Africans lived at that time. The most interesting thing to me was the life-size figures. What made these figures even more special was that it was not behind a screen or glass and we were able to sit right next to it along the circular bench.

There was a lot to learn when inside the exhibit. One fact that really stood out to me was that 40% of the buried Africans were kids under the age of 2. Also, many people would have thought that women were treated better than men but the reality was that women still had to go through serious labor and many had series injuries to their spines and other areas. The Brown article focused on the treatment of slaves this relates to the picture I attached about women and children, they both show the horrors of society at that time and its main purpose is to teach people about these horrors. It’s good that we have these things at this age so we don’t repeat those mistakes.

 

“The rebellion began shortly after Christmas, on 27 December 1831. For several days small parties of rebels moved methodically among plantations of St.James, Trelawney, Hanover, St.Elizabeth, and Westmoreland, leaving in their wake a wide swath of burnt sugar factories and devastated cane fields. The resistance continued into January and eventually implicated several thousand slaves.”

In my opinion, this part of the reading is important because it marked one of the first successful attempts at a slave rebellion in the new world. The fact that the rebellions were spread across all of Jamacia goes to show that this wasn’t an isolated issue but a clear national issue. The slaves of Jamacia realized that they had to send a clear message to the French, they realized that major use of Jamacia was the plantations and sugar factories. Taking that into account they decided that the best thing to do was burn the sugar factories and cane fields.

On the surface, it doesn’t seem possible or logical that these slaves would be able to successfully rebel but this can be explained because many slaves were former prisoners of war. In Africa, there were many wars between different tribes and many times when one tribe would win they would take prisoners of war from the other and sell them to slave traders.

1) What was it that pushed the slaves over the edge and made them rebel?

2) What is the significance of Christmas in regards to the timing of the fires?

“And his Majesty doth further hereby declare, that if any person or persons shall take upon them, him or her, after his, her or their License or Licenses recalled, or otherwise without License, to sell by retail (as aforesaid) any of the Liquors aforesaid, that then the person or persons so Offending, shall not only be proceeded against, upon the Statute made in the Fifteenth year of his Majesties
Reign (which gives the forfeiture of five pounds for every moneth wherein he, she or they shall offend therein) but shall (in case they persevere to Offend) receive the severest punishments that may by Law be inflicted.”

This was a message from King Charles II to the people of England that they were no longer allowed to have coffee houses. He also placed a ban on the selling of coffee Sherbet and Tea. Charles said that coffee houses we’re offensive to the law and that they were disturbing the peace but the real reason why he didn’t want coffee houses was because he believed that these places promoted rebellion. The punishment for the selling of these items was five pounds for every moneth (month) that they sell it and if they continued to do it they were to receive “the severest of punishments that may by law be inflicted”. This shows how seriously King Charles took this. In the article it notes that it was supposed to take place on January 10 1675 but the king was pressured by his own ministers to withdraw the proclamation because they themselves loved their coffee.

Hello My name is Justin Lyun and I’m from Brooklyn. I attended Staten Island Technical High School . My favorite thing to do when I have free time is watch sports, I watch most sports but my favorite sports are baseball and football. I am a huge New York Yankees and New York Giants fan. I also like to listen to music and I listen to anything from rap to country.  I chose to come to Baruch because I want to major in finance and I thought that Baruch would give me a good education. I think that studying history will help me learn about prior events in history that if we didn’t learn about would possibly happen again. I hope that it will also make me a more well rounded student.