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In response to "OKL, so, I have a fundamental problem with it, which is that it's about Puerto Rican immigration. Puerto Ricans are Americans. They cannot immigrate. -- nm" by loosilu

I think you are getting hung up on a (albeit correct) technicality here. The experience, especially perhaps in that era, was like immigrating.... -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Mar 25 '22, 20:39

....and they got treated just as poorly.

The fact that they had citizenship doesn't really matter for the actual experience of culture shock and discrimination they experienced

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is it the same? they can't get deported. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 20:47 2
- Legally? No. Socially? Yeah, there's a fuckton of prejudice and bigotry. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 20:49 1
  - Yeah, I've seen it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 20:53

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I think you are getting hung up on a (albeit correct) technicality here. The experience, especially perhaps in that era, was like immigrating.... -- (edited)

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