Politics and Puerto Rican Identity :: Latin America American

Introduction The issue I seduce chosen to clear up on is the influence of politics on identity. Politics plays a use in everyones life to some degree. In my own personalized experience, I view as neer been an adamant follower of American politics. It has neer been a strong topic of conversation within my family or neighborhood. I voted for the first time my freshmen year in college. My upbringing in a working class neighborhood has bestowed upon me a very simple spatial relation on politics vote for the democrats because it is in the best interest of the silly people all republicans care about is money and they can never understand nor do they care about the plight of being poor. This is the verity of my experience with politics. I am judging it as neither discipline nor wrong. As I continue to become more(prenominal) educated my companionship on politics increases and takes on more depth, but I have never considered politics a major part of my identity. When I conceive about myself and my experiences, the word democrat does not come to mind. I have encountered people from many different walks of life, yet I have never witnessed firsthand or participated in a political conversation where the individuals knobbed have passionately taken a strong stance on behalf of an American political party. Im sure people the likes of this exist, I just have never encountered them. I believe this is wherefore the following quote from Rosario Ferrs House on the Lagoon caught my tending and interest Politics is like religion you are either for Statehood or for Independence, you cant go for both. Someone has to be saved, someone must burn in hell , and if youre for Commonwealth youre locomote in Limbo.(Ferr pg 183)Politics can be defined as The apprehension of government that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its exist ence and rights against foreign defend or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals. (http//work.ucsd.edu5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?isindex=politics&method=exact) To, me this definition is very touching, yet is little more than words on a paper.