Neo-Rican

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Neorican.

   Entire urbanizations like Levittown, Caguas and Bayamon near San Juan have sprung up with predominantly “Neo-Rican” or [“]Newyorican” populations.

   1972 September 28, David Lamb, “‘Newyoricans’ Return to Their Island of Sunshine”, in Pacific Daily News, volume 3, number 240, Agana, Guam, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 3

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   A questionnaire which a number of Neo-Rican students filled out for me indicated a preference for use of English among those of their own age group for all purposes.

   1971 November, Robert L. Muckley, After Childhood, Then What? An Overview of Ethnic Language Retention (ELRET) Programs in the United States, San Germán, Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico, →OCLC, page 8

   Teams finishing in the top half of their division are permitted one “Neo-Rician”^([sic]) player—one who is a Puerto Rican by descent but does not live on the island.

   1973 October 2, John Bansch, “Press Box: Island King Title to Del”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 71, number 119, Indianapolis, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 1

   Among the 107 selections included in the anthology, representative of writers belonging to the past and the present literary trends, there are a few that represent the Neo-Rican modality.

   1974 November, María Teresa Babín, “Introduction: The Path and the Voice”, in María Teresa Babín, Stan Steiner, editors, Borinquen: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Literature, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page xxv

plural Neo-Ricans

1. alternativeAlternative form of Neorican.

   Harris’ “Neo-Rican” was a guard from Long Island University, named Lou Brignoni.

   1973 October 2, John Bansch, “Press Box: Island King Title to Del”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 71, number 119, Indianapolis, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 1

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   In my own work with Spanish-speaking groups, I have noticed that the Mexican Americans, or Chicanos, conserve Spanish much better, even after generations of living in the United States, than do the "Neo-Ricans" or children of Puerto Rican parents living in New York and in other large urban areas of the East, because the Neo-Ricans tend to prefer English in all domains and speak Spanish only to older people.

   1971 November, Robert L. Muckley, After Childhood, Then What? An Overview of Ethnic Language Retention (ELRET) Programs in the United States, San Germán, Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico, →OCLC, page 8

   He gleaned the buoyant and fervent élan of the Puertorriqueños and Neo-Ricans with warmth and enthusiasm, though he did not shy away from the brutalities the people suffered.

   1974, Stan Steiner, “Sources: An Intimate Assay”, in The Islands: The Worlds of the Puerto Ricans, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN

   Although the literature of Puerto Rico far surpasses that of the Neo-Rican, or self-styled Rican, in the United States, the latter represents a continuity of the island heritage.

   1974 November, María Teresa Babín, “Introduction: The Path and the Voice”, in María Teresa Babín, Stan Steiner, editors, Borinquen: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Literature, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page xxv

   Yet the culturally dominant group in the United States defines all Puerto Ricans in the same way, and the Neo-Rican often suffers from the same prejudices inflicted on the recent arrival from San Juan, Ponce, or Ciales.

   1975, Edward W. Christensen, “Counseling Puerto Ricans: Some Cultural Considerations”, in George Henderson, editor, Understanding and Counseling Ethnic Minorities, Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, published 1979, →ISBN, part III (Puerto Ricans), page 271

   He was one of a small army of Neo-Ricans (New York-born and bred) which began with people like Ruben Rodriguez (LIU) and Nestor Cora (Fordham), who came “home” to Puerto Rico and helped take the game to another level.

   1990 August 2, Jerry Izenberg, “At Large: Basketball Latin style”, in The Star-Ledger, final edition, volume 77, number 155, Newark, N.J., →OCLC, page 56, column 5

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Neorican.

   Entire urbanizations like Levittown, Caguas and Bayamon near San Juan have sprung up with predominately "neo-Rican" or "Newyorican" populations.

   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

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   School authorities report that, in general, the neo-Rican children (born of Puerto Rican parents in the United States) are non-Spanish-speaking.

   1979, Lila Perl, “The New Life”, in Puerto Rico: Island Between Two Worlds, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 130

   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.

   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

plural neo-Ricans

1. alternativeAlternative form of Neorican.

   Luis Fuentes was the quintessence of the neo-Rican—the Puertorriqueño New Yorker.

   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

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   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.

   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

   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.

   1979, Lila Perl, “The New Life”, in Puerto Rico: Island Between Two Worlds, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 130