When I was Puerto Rican by Vedat Veziroğlu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3 Digital Colloge en-us 2018-09-29 18:55:23 UTC 2018-10-02 03:44:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Niki grew up in an household of 5 people in Macún, They lived in a house made of metals. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287246926 2018-09-29 19:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287246926 When Papi wasn´t around, Mami takes children and moves to Santurce, most time Papi comes back and Mami forgives him. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287247093 2018-09-29 19:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287247093 Negi, Mami, two other siblings moves to Manhatten, she starts school, Mami starts working in a factory. They live in poor neighbor. They faced discrimination. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287908772 2018-10-02 00:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287908772 Christmas is the only time families and neighbors come together and enjoy. Perhaps this time of the year they forget their sorrowful times. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287910055 2018-10-02 01:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287910055 When Negi moves to the U.S. she becames aware of different races, people, and cultures. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287910939 2018-10-02 01:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287910939 Throughout the book, Negi is described as ´´Casi Señorita´´, almost miss. As she grow as a person, she realized the difference between men and women. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287912228 2018-10-02 01:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287912228 In Negi´s childhood, America vaccines children and give them nutritious food, because it is election year. Puerto Rican view of America as imperialist gringo. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287913112 2018-10-02 01:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287913112 She graduated from Performing Art High School, and was a scholarship student at Harvard. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287929592 2018-10-02 03:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287929592 Mami and Papi would fight most of the time, because Papi slept with other women and he wasn´t home most of the time. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287930934 2018-10-02 03:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287930934 They were Catholic in culture, as her dad put it, ¨They aren´t the good ones´´. vedat_veziroglu https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287931577 2018-10-02 03:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vedat_veziroglu/k9oucgcj2da3/wish/287931577