There is a lot of things that people say about Puerto Rico. Are they say the truth? Or, They are wrong? We discuss alot of point of views about what people (not puerto ricans) think about us. The discussion was very interesting because I thought that every people in the world have a bad perspective about what is Puerto Rico and puerto ricans. Most of the comments was about how wonderful and friendly we are. As a puerto rican I believe that is true. I've been in a few states in USA and the people are very introspective. I love to smile at random people and when I was with my dad at Philadelphia they look at me like I was a crazy! Maybe is because I’m use to the act that most of the people smile at me back.
Sadly a bad comment about us was that we are lazy and I think there is a little bit of truth. Is bad to say ALL the puerto ricans are lazy, but we can’t say anything about that because our reputation around the world is that we live “great” thanks to the money of USA. Lets be realistic we like to party a lot. Our favorite parties are after the hurricanes, we even celebrate 4 of July and the Independence of Mexico. I think if the people look at us and all that they see is the parties and celebrations they make this conclusion: a person that party too much can’t work a lot. The truth is that some of us like to party and some not.
In conclusion people have this extreme point of view about us: We are lazy, we like to party, we are almost indians (some of the people think that PR is like 1920 and we still living like Tainos). It’s frustration what I feel when I read all this stuff, but lets be honest, we all have this idea (stereotype) about that one country.
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ReplyDeleteI agree on some things. It is like everything. There are lazy people, some people maintained, but there are also many people working and fighting. We are not the exception.
ReplyDeleteI think people tend to diminish others in order to establish themselves in a higher cultural category as a defense mechanism for their own insecurities. There are also people who simply do not know a thing about other countries and make erroneous assumptions.
ReplyDeleteThey really looked at you like you were crazy??
ReplyDeleteMy entire life I've always smiled at people whenever our eyes met.
Sometimes I think to myself that we'll forever carry the brand of "The lazy people"
Our job as the upcoming generation of professionals should be to show the world that the stereotype they have imposed on us is wrong.
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