|
Puerto Rico beating the US in basketball during the olympics still resonates in psych of basketball fans here.It was the talk of the office the next day after the defeat. Most Puerto Ricans where gloating except for one who is African Americanized. I overheard a white American saying "how could we get beat by PR" with such indignation. No surprise there. What was surprising to me is when I read New York Time's columnist Maureed Dowd's piece on the US defeat. It was extremely nationalistic with strong overtones of superiority.
There's a great skit done by Awilda Carbia impersonating La Doņa Kate,an American who was married to Romero Barcelo while he was governor. In the skit Doņa Kate (Awilda Carbia) explains how when she first arrived she thought all Puerto Ricans wore straw hats. Its pretty good satire that bears plenty of truth.
__________________
|