In The Puerto Ricans: Strangers – Then Neighbors, Clarence Senior sets out to debunk the myths of the Puerto Rican “invasion” and presents a factual, candid picture of the largest immigrating group in the nation today. The Puerto Rican, above all, needs the sympathetic advice of understanding people and groups. Relegated to the lowest-paying jobs and attending overcrowded schools in the midst of slums and social deprivation, he endures today what most minorities overcame years ago. Within recent years, however, the situation has been changing. The author explains that different groups have extended a helping hand to the Puerto Rican – and there are encouraging signs of success against great odds. The Puerto Rican is slowly overcoming the hazards of slum life and the crime and delinquency which inevitably accompany it. While progress is slow, there is hope that the Puerto Rican will someday enjoy the benefits of complete equality. Foreword by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.Reviewed by Dr. Thomas Mathews in Hispanic American Historical Review (1966) 46 (3).
Reviewed in Social Forces, Volume 44, Issue 3, March 1966.
Reviewed in the The International Migration Digest.
Reviewed in the American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Jan., 1966).
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