Originally a pejorative term, "Nuyorican," a mixture of "New York Puerto Rican" or "Neo-Rican," was used by native Puerto Ricans to identify Puerto...

Originally a pejorative term, "Nuyorican," a mixture of "New York Puerto Rican" or "Neo-Rican," was used by native Puerto Ricans to identify Puerto Ricans from New York City as distinct from those from the island. The Nuyorican movement, however, came to represent not only the struggles Puerto Ricans faced in working-class New York City, but also the pride they had in their language, culture, and Afro-Caribbean and indigenous Caribbean identities. While the poems decry the rampant discrimination they faced in schools and workplaces, the lack of economic opportunities, poor living conditions, and the general marginalization of their community, they also tell stories of rebellion, resistance, and endurance in the midst of these struggles.

According to the text above, it is possible to say that Nuyorican literature portrays:

the challenges of living in New York as an immigrant from Puerto Rico

the prejudice immigrants encounter in their original land

the beauty of the mix of English and Spanish

the consolidation of a new identity which ignores the past

the difficulties faced by Puerto Ricans in their original territory