A crucial element in the poetry of the Nuyorican Poets of the 1970s is their fidelity to the Puerto Rican communities in NYC and the denunciation of their systematic economic and cultural exclusion in American society” (JASON CORTEZ). Focusing on one of the poems read in class analyze how this quotation may or may not reflect the aesthetic project of one of the Nuyorican poets studied.

1. “A crucial element in the poetry of the Nuyorican Poets of the 1970s is their fidelity to the Puerto Rican communities in NYC and the denunciation of their systematic economic and cultural exclusion in American society” (JASON CORTEZ). Focusing on one of the poems read in class analyze how this quotation may or may not reflect the aesthetic project of one of the Nuyorican poets studied.
2. Reflect on the way in which social exclusion in American society is discussed and addressed in ONE or TWO poems by members of the Nuyorican Poets Caf.
3. The characters of scar Z. Acosta is representative and also exceptional of his community. Analyze how the main character of The Revolt of the Cockroach People fit and/or struggle within the Latino communities of East LA.

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