Reflection Post #1: Puerto Rican Obituary.

The Puerto Rican Obituary poem I felt was a sad poem but so in tune with the reality of Puerto Rican migrant workers. Upon reading the entire poem I also felt the poem could relate to African American workers in the United States. The sad thing is this poem which I think was written in 1973 still applies today in 2008, 35 years later not only for the Puerto Rican population but other groups of people as well. It's a shame that the people who indeed helped build America and continue to help build America to what it is today are treated the worst.
These Puerto Ricans described in the poem worked years without anything to show for their work. Nothing to show for making it to "the land of opportunity," and indeed no benefits of the American Dream.