neo-Rican
English
Adjective
- Alternative form of Neorican.
- 1972 September 20, David Lamb, “Puerto Rican Exodus to U.S. Turning Around […]”, in Los Angeles Times, volume XCI, Los Angeles, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, part I, page 1, column 1:
- Entire urbanizations like Levittown, Caguas and Bayamon near San Juan have sprung up with predominately "neo-Rican" or "Newyorican" populations.
- 1979, Lila Perl, “The New Life”, in Puerto Rico: Island Between Two Worlds, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 130:
- School authorities report that, in general, the neo-Rican children (born of Puerto Rican parents in the United States) are non-Spanish-speaking.
- 1995 June 8, Phil Johnson, quoting Derek Walcott, “Just call him Al – and call me Derek”, in The Independent, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:
- I think the rhythms are easy to understand in a generic way, but the balance has to be struck between three cultures – Puerto Rican, neo-Rican and New York.
Noun
neo-Rican (plural neo-Ricans)
- Alternative form of Neorican.
- 1973 March 25, Priscilla Nieves, “Struggle to Break the Chains Keeps Minority Group Down”, in Durham Morning Herald, 79th year, Durham, N.C., →OCLC, page 5D, column 2:
- Thomas is himself a product of Puerto Rican influx. He is a neo-Rican (Puerto Rican, born and raised in New York) who served six years at Sing Sing and Comstock prison for armed robbery.
- 1974, Stan Steiner, “In a Barrio School”, in The Islands: The Worlds of the Puerto Ricans, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, book 2, chapter 28 (Alien in Two Lands, Illiterate in Two Languages), page 393:
- Luis Fuentes was the quintessence of the neo-Rican—the Puertorriqueño New Yorker.
- 1979, Lila Perl, “The New Life”, in Puerto Rico: Island Between Two Worlds, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 130:
- Many neo-Ricans feel strongly committed to the United States despite the social prejudice and limited economic opportunity they may have encountered there, and they do not share the deep emotional involvement of the pro-commonwealthers and the independentistas in the preservation of the island’s centuries-old culture.