My Friends Blog's Reaction

Stephanie  Rivera: http://ssrivera.blogspot.com/2011/02/sanchez.html

I liked what she wrote about where her family came from, she knew alot about her family and how her granparents and her famliy stayed in their hometown for more then 100 years. And she is proud of her heritage and culture

Keven Delgado: http://www.keven0733.blogspot.com/

I saw the video on Keven's Blog, I think the mexicans are kind of overreacting, but also the Americans are kind of tying to make the mexicans fight back or get in trouble. It is a big issue today in the US mexican immigration

Celimar Torres: http://www.howceliknowsit.blogspot.com/

I liked Celimars 3rd blog because she expressed herself of what she thought of why people form other places immigrate and why they go to America to find a better life and opportunity

Jan Paul Perez: http://jpah11.blogspot.com/

I liked how jan Paul talked about where the heritage came form and it looks like he felt proud about his culture and where he came from.

The Indian, Spanish and African races came together on the island of Puerto Rico, contributing their blood and traditions to the formation of the Puerto Rican culture.
The original inhabitants of Puerto Rico at the time of the Spanish conquest were the Taino and Carib Indian-tribes. The Tainos were peaceful people, but the Caribs were warlike cannibals who had originally come from the jungles of South America.
The Spanish colonists who came to the island belonged to the "white" or "caucasian" race, a blend of various white sub-races with the predominant Mediterranean characteristics of dark-hair and dark eyes. They came to the island hoping to become rich because of reports of gold and rich vegetation.
The third group of inhabitants of Puerto Rico were the Africans. The Spaniards initially brought in African slaves to help in their search for gold, and later to work in the planting and harvesting of sugar cane.
The present population of Puerto Rico can be divided roughly into three overlapping categories: Whites, Blacks and a large variety of types representing various mixtures of Indians, Spaniards and Blacks.

I dont know that much about my family but my Great grandfather fathers was form Santo Domingo and they moved to PR and then from my grandmother down I know it continues on Puerto Rico. My Grandfathers family was from Puerto Rico, well the most that I know. My Grandfather told me that the Colon family started in Spain and continued on.

Well my opinion is that not every one is pure, there is always a mix of different cultures and races in everyones family. You could be living in America for 30 or 40 years but maybe your great great great great great great grandfather was from Spain. We are all different! :)

Immigration Today!

 Reaction- I think this is unfair...because it seems kind of disrespectful for a cop to stop you and ask for your papers just because if you look like a immgrator. I think my opinion of immigration stays the same....it should be legal everywhere and that people could travel freely and not have to be checked. If i migrated to the US i would feel nervous right now at this time, of what is happenng that they are deporting people.

Journey to America...

Hello, my name is Cristiano Rossi...I am 17 I am from Italy and travelled to the US about a year ago. Life in Italy wasnt going very well for us so my father told us to pack our bags because we were leaving for the US. When we got on the boat to leave for the US it wasnt a good sight. The boat wasnt so big for so many people we were all croweded in the boat. It took us 11 days to get to New York, but we were stop on an island called Ellis Island. We had to get off the boat and officers were checkng us everywhere they checked if we had any sickness. They were all army uniformed docters. Next to me there was a man who had a horrible fever. The docter saw the man and when they found out they threw him in woth other sick and detained immigrants. We got through and were able to arrive New York, my father was already loking for jobs. After a few days my father was working as a sweage cleaner and I was working as a shoeshiner. We had very low wages, and are house wasnt so fancy it was very little to fit me, my father,mother and brother. We had one bedroom, one bathroom and the kitchen, very small. We started getting used to our life in the US, now today my father is a owner of an italian restaurant and I am gong to enter college soon. We have gotten a better lifestyle ever years passing.

History of Italian Immigration.

The italians immigrated most to the US then any other European. There was Italian immigration before, but nummbers soared after 1880. From 1890 to 1900 655,888 immigrants entered the US more then two-thirds were men. Main reasons for immigration were poor economy and the potato famine. The potato famine was getting worse and worse, killing many people and getting them sick. They traveled on crowded and dangerous ships. They had to stop on Ellis Island to be checked for diseases and get papers. When they started living in the US life wasnt easy for the italians, low wage jobs and uncomfortable homes. Italians were called "birds of passage" because they went to the US and when they had enough money they would go back to Italy and buy farm and start their new jobs on their farms. Most immgrating italians were catholics. I learned that life for immigraing italians wasnt easy. They had to go through alot of things during the trip to New York and when they lived in New York. If I was travelling form Italy to the US during that time, I would have to feel what they felt. Many people got sick and died during these trips, so it wasnt very easy.