Philadelphia Boricuas Fight Inequality in Health Services · Global Voices

Ray Collazo looks through the window of the car as he passes in front of the houses in line between Fairhill and Kensington, his former neighborhood in the area known as North Philadelphia. When he was 11, his parents moved to Philadelphia for work reasons, like many other Puerto Rican workers and families in the 1940s and 1950s. While pointing out the blocks he could never cross, Collazo remembers that in his first weeks in the neighborhood he …

Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia Battle Historical Inequalities in Health Services

Lee en español Ray Collazo looks outside the window, driving past the tightly packed row houses in Fairhill toward Kensington, his old stomping grounds in the area known as North Philadelphia. When he was 11, his parents moved to Philadelphia for work, as did many other Puerto Rican laborers and families in the 1940s and ‘50s. Collazo points to blocks he could never cross, recounting being assaulted by a group of white children the first few wee…