Author: Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera
I'm a historian by training, a professor of history by day, and a public intellectual and blogger by night.
I'm the author of:
Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952. University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278677/
You can find my academic work at: http://www.academia.edu/
I also write and blog about current issues, from politics to foreign policy, military matters, identity, culture, race and privilege. You can find my most popular works in;
Latino Rebels http://www.latinorebels.com/author/harryfranquirivera/
Centro Voices http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centrovoices/meet-the-authors/harry-franqui
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/harryfranquirivera-315
80 Grados http://www.80grados.net/author/harry-franqui-rivera/
Follow me @hfranqui
Puerto Rican Criollos’ Legacy of Whitening and Erasure of Blackness
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velazquez’s Self-Determination Act of 2020 for Puerto Rico is an Exercise in Dishonest Paternalistic Colonialism
Americanization and a Tutelary Colonial State for Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of the War of 1898
A Designer Who Celebrates West Indian Elegance
“Heroes of Another Flag” or How Nationalist Propaganda Villainizes Puerto Ricans for Serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
