What did you learn about Puerto Rico’s colonial past and present? What are the arguments made in-favor of Puerto Rican statehood (to incorporate as the 51st U.S. state.)?

The Future of Puerto Rico Questions

The Future of Puerto Rico by Barbara Mantel (ch.13 Sage reader) discuss the following:

1. What did you learn about Puerto Rico’s colonial past and present?
2. What are the arguments made in-favor of Puerto Rican statehood (to incorporate as the 51st U.S. state.)?
3. What are the arguments made in opposition to Puerto Rican Statehood?
4. Which argument do you support and why?

What did you learn about Puerto Rico’s colonial past and present? What are the arguments made in-favor of Puerto Rican statehood (to incorporate as the 51st U.S. state.)?
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