8. I Have Puerto Rico in My Heart

About this episode

Iris Morales discusses the Young Lords' political activism and cultural identity among Puerto Ricans in the diaspora.

In the late 1960s, the Young Lords emerged from a Chicago gang and became a political organization mainly made up of Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. Some had never been to Puerto Rico, some spoke little Spanish – but they all claimed Puerto Rico. Many of these young Boricuas were hungry for stories about their history and tried to learn in any way they could. One of those was Iris Morales, who led TYL’s education mission in New York. Iris talks with us about what it means that TYL championed Puerto Rico, the tensions that arose from trying to get closer to their homeland, and solidarity today. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on La Brega and all our podcasts futuromediagroup.org/joinplus . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Iris Morales

Topics covered

• Puerto Rican history
• political organizations
• diaspora
• cultural identity
• solidarity

Keywords

• Young Lords
• Puerto Rico
• Iris Morales
• political organization
• cultural identity
• diaspora
• solidarity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Young Lords

Places: Puerto Rico, Chicago, New York

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