Puerto Rico may be in an economic tailspin, but the 59th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade was a moment to celebrate the island’s joys. And the pride did not, it seemed, depend upon whether the revelers themselves were Puerto Rican. Two of her nephews left Puerto Rico in the past year, she said, after finding it impossible to find jobs. “I have many Puerto Rican female friends!” he said. Clarence White, 44, a delivery man from Laurelton, Queens, cheered loudly for Puerto Rico — in a thick Jamaican accent.

Source: New York Times June 13, 2016 03:11 UTC