 It attempts, in Mr. Carr’s lucid and engaging prose, to elevate old notions of Puerto Ricans as unable to govern themselves, as welfare parasites, as devoid of any significant national culture, etc., to a level of respectability and of being part of the ‘common sense’ of the current policy discourse on United States-Puerto Rico relations.“

Institute hold first annual Friends of the Institute Benefit Dance featuring Ruben Blades and Los Seis de Solar, along with the Bad Street Boys, at the Marc Ballroom in Union Square in Manhattan.Criticizes and defeats Census Bureau proposal to combine Puerto Rican and other Latino national-origin groups into one Hispanic category in the 1990 Census.