What Next - Liberals Treat Puerto Ricans Like Second-Class Citizens, Too.
U.S. policies toward Puerto Rico have long been exploitative. Trump’s rhetoric just makes it plain.
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Show Notes
President Trump’s naked disdain for Puerto Rico’s struggles might be rhetorically jarring. But it reflects long-standing U.S. policies toward the territory.
Guest: Yarimar Bonilla, political anthropologist and author of the book, Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm.
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