Outline
Intro:
-Argument- Through West Side Story we can see how New York was economically, racially, and educationally effected by U.S. imperialism over Puerto Rico in the 1950s-1960s.
Summary:
-Summarize West Side Story and where my argument can be seen through its events. (Using the West Side Story Review: WEST SIDE STORY by Bosley Crowther)
Body#1:
-Explain what Puerto Rico is to the U.S. and how it came to belong to the U.S. (Using Puerto Rico is to the U.S. using Puerto Rico’s Status: Island Declared an Autonomous Territory, Not a Commonwealth by James McManus)
-Explain why there was a mass migration of Puerto Ricans into New York and the “Dependency Theory”. (Using chapter 1 in U.S. TAX IMPERIALISM IN PUERTO RICO by Diane Lourdes Dick)
Body#2:
-Discuss the racism toward the Puerto Ricans, “The Puerto Rican Problem”. (Using Puerto Rican Migration: Citizens should be Better Prepared; It is Felt, Before leaving Homes by Leslie Highley)
-Also talk about how New York tried to fix this problem. (Using NEW YORKERS URGE AID TO PUERTO RICO: Propose U.S. Help for a Sound Economy — City, Island Agree on Steps Easing Migration by Peter Kihss)
Body#3:
-Talk how West Side Story is affected by the migration of Puerto Ricans and “The Puerto Rican Problem”. (Using a scene from the film in which the Sharks sing the song “America” and West Side Story and The Music Man: Whiteness, Immigration, and Race in the US during the late 1950s by Carol J Oja)
Conclusion:
-Wrap up how through U.S imperialism, New York was economically, racially, and educationally effected by U.S. imperialism over Puerto Rico.
Sources to be used:
New York Times Articles:
– Puerto Rico’s Status: Island Declared an Autonomous Territory, Not a Commonwealth by James McManus
–Puerto Rican Migration: Citizens should be Better Prepared; It is Felt, Before leaving Homes by Leslie Highley
– NEW YORKERS URGE AID TO PUERTO RICO: Propose U.S. Help for a Sound Economy — City, Island Agree on Steps Easing Migration by Peter Kihss
West Side story Review:
– WEST SIDE STORY by Bosley Crowther
Scholarly Articles:
–West Side Story and The Music Man: Whiteness, Immigration, and Race in the US during the late 1950s by Carol J Oja
– U.S. TAX IMPERIALISM IN PUERTO RICO by Diane Lourdes Dick