Politics and Puerto Rican Identity :: Latin America American

innovation The issue I bewilder chosen to elaborate on is the make of governance on identity. regime plays a role in everyones life to some degree. In my own personal experience, I have never been an adamant follower of American government activity. It has never been a well topic of conversation within my family or neighborhood. I voted for the first age my freshmen year in college. My upbringing in a working kinfolk neighborhood has bestowed upon me a very simple view on authorities vote for the democrats because it is in the best interest of the poor people each republicans care about is money and they can never understand nor do they care about the plight of being poor. This is the reality of my experience with politics. I am judging it as neither right nor wrong. As I continue to become more educated my knowledge on politics increases and takes on more depth, but I have never considered politics a major sectionalization of my identity. When I think about m yself and my experiences, the enounce democrat does not come to mind. I have encountered people from some(prenominal) different walks of life, yet I have never witnessed firsthand or participated in a policy-making conversation where the individuals involved have passionately taken a strong stance on behalf of an American political party. Im sure people like this exist, I notwithstanding have never encountered them. I believe this is why the following paraphrase from Rosario Ferrs House on the Lagoon caught my attention and interest government activity is like religion you are either for Statehood or for Independence, you cant go for both. Someone has to be saved, someone must burn in hell , and if youre for Commonwealth youre floating in Limbo.(Ferr pg 183)Politics can be defined as The science of government that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense o f its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its effect and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals. (http//work.ucsd.edu5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?isindex=politics& method=exact) To, me this definition is very touching, yet is little more than words on a paper.