The more you read about Dr.Barbosa's struggle for
statehood,you got to ask yourself did he have a clue?
Should he have known?Should he have made it his business
to know?Or was he STUPID?
I say this for several reasons,you see Dr.Barbosa was
a black man at a time when blacks had no civil rights
in the U.S.A..
This was a time when blacks could be lynched for the
most trivial offence,where blacks lived in poverty
(and still do)what I'm trying to say is that the U.S.
was not that great for people of color.
Why would the good doctor want this for his compatriots?
Was he just another sellout working for his colonial
masters while holding up the dream of statehood and
equality to his poor compatriots to keep them quiet?
If he wasnt a sellout then shouldnt he have made his
to know what went on stateside,and what could happen
to him and all Puertoricans under statehood?
Maybe he was a dreamer,dreaming for statehood,the impossible
dream the dream now held by the most corrupt of Puertorican
society,"La estadidad es para los pobres" so said Romero
Barcelo a welfare state that they can steal from.
Before I go I must ask,Will statehood really help the poor?
Food for thought in 1952 Puerto Rico per capita income was
half of Mississippi the poorest state,today 50 years later
Puerto Rico still lags behind the poorest state,yes that
still is Mississippi,statehood hasnt helped the either.
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