The 2017 NYC Puerto Rican Parade…
This is one of those moments when I really admire the principled spirit of a Nelson Mandela; who always said (and lived); that the struggle was always bigger than himself; bigger then any one person…
I really wish that the focus and purpose of this year’s parade could have addressed the present desperate, and long term dangerous (to the children and Island’s future) plight of public schools in Puerto Rico; and the terrible unimpressive educational outcomes for Puerto Rican children who attend NYC public schools… Now that’s a revolutionary idea that no progressive-liberal is even interested in addressing, let alone championing; and that is because educational progress and success for children of color represents real, concrete, and not nostalgic-symbolic change!
