In The Letter, based on a 1947 short story La Carta by Dominican-Boricua-Mexican Marxist author José Luis González, a migrant writes home to Mom.
“Everything is super here in New York,” he tells her.
Seventy-two years later and an ocean apart, the story is as true now for the African protagonist of this video as it was for the original Puerto Rican migrant.
Did you read this short story in school? Here is the complete text:
San Juan, Puerto Rico 8 de marso de 1947
Qerida bieja:
Mas…Dear Mom: Don’t worry, everything is great here in New York (video)