Read War Against All Puerto Ricans By Nelson A. Denis. Read it not to discover Puerto Rican history, but to learn what the United States of America is capable of.
When published in April 2015, War Against All Puerto Ricans ignited debate throughout the US and Puerto Rico. I was called a "liar" by several history professors … yet the book became a #1 Amazon Bestseller for 13 months, and the top-selling book in Puerto Rico. It even outsold Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. — Nelson Denis
It is deliberate policy to keep the people of impoverished. Unless you are Richard Spencer or Donald Trump there is no other explanation for these median income figures:
Median Household Income
hawaii |
$73,486 |
US Average |
55,775 |
Mississippi (Lowest State) |
40,596 |
Puerto rico |
18,626 |
You can not drive a truck to either Hawaii or Puerto Rico and both are surrounded by large bodies of water. In order to get soldiers for World War I limited citizenship was granted for the island. Shouldering our white man’s burden we educated our wards in the ways of democracy by . After all:
““God has made us adept in government so that we may administer these savages and senile peoples.” (U.S. Senator Albert J. Beveridge; January 9, 1900)
When an independence movement began it was crushed. The island was stripped of free speech and display or possession of the Puerto Rican flag a crime more serious than kidnapping or child stealing. It was the only time US warplanes bombed the cities of Jayuya and Utuado. (The bombing of MOVE in Philadelphia doesn’t count — it was a police helicopter. Battle of Blair mountain in West Virginia doesn’t count because it the coal companies did it.)
Puerto Rico's Gag Law (Law 53), known in Spanish as Ley 53 (Ley de La Mordaza), was a law enacted to suppress the independence movement in Puerto Rico. The law made it a crime to own or display a Puerto Rican flag, to sing a patriotic tune, to speak or write of independence, or meet with anyone, or hold any assembly, with regard to the political status of Puerto Rico. Law 53 was approved by the Puerto Rican legislature, which was presided over by Luis Muñoz Marín, on May 21, 1948. It was signed into law on June 10, 1948 by the United States appointed Governor Jesús T. Piñero. Even though it abrogated the Freedom of Speech and violated the First Amendment of the US Constitution, Law 53 remained in force for nine years. It was finally repealed in 1957.
Suspects identified by the FBI were tortured with electrocution, water boarding, exposure to the new toy radiation.
Dr. Cornelius Rhoads wrote this after doing medical research in island:
"They [Puerto Ricans] are beyond doubt the dirtiest, laziest, most degenerate and thievish race of men ever inhabiting this sphere. It makes you sick to inhabit the same island with them. They are even lower than Italians. What the island needs is not public health work but a tidal wave or something to totally exterminate the population. It might then be livable. I have done my best to further the process of extermination by killing off 8 and transplanting cancer into several more. The latter has not resulted in any fatalities so far... The matter of consideration for the patients' welfare plays no role here — in fact all physicians take delight in the abuse and torture of the unfortunate subjects."
He later claimed it was a joke.
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Nelson Denis’ book is meticulously researched. My knowledge of Puerto Rico was limited to it is an island somewhere were Spanish is spoken and there are some bullet holes in the House of Representatives. War Against All Puerto Ricans is a good read and eye opening.
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