Neo-Rican

text: 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.

ref: 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:

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

ref: 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:

text: 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.

ref: 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:

text: 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.

ref: 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:

links: Neorican Neorican#English

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head: Neo-Rican

expansion: Neo-Rican (not comparable)


Neo-Rican

text: 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.

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

text: 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.

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

text: 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.

text: 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.

ref: 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:

text: 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.

ref: 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:

text: For every Puerto Rican who migrated to New York City from the Island and to every housing project born Neo-Rican, Macho Camacho was a star who brought light to every corner of El Barrio.

ref: 2020 December 4, Jerry Izenberg, “Documentary captures champion’s wild, tragic life”, in The Star-Ledger, final edition, Newark, N.J., →OCLC, page B2, column 1:

pos: noun

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expansion: Neo-Rican (plural Neo-Ricans)

forms: Neo-Ricans (plural)