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“I saw previous review questioning how often the word is used. And, I think it may depend on what area of Puerto Rico you live in. I would often hear this word by the older folks on the northwest of the island. I never heard a younger generation saying it. This podcast has made me realize something truly fascinating.
As a child, my father would greet his friends in a cheery manner. Unlike the usual, how-are-you-I-am-good exchange, my father would say “Ya sabes (you know), en la brega”. Many times I thought this was some kind of old slang that meant “the usual” which I would just shrug and walk away. I would’ve never imagined my father was struggling.
The word was so often used, it seemed like “the struggle” was so common it was “the usual”.
And maybe that’s why you don’t hear the younger generation saying it as much. Maybe that’s why it’s common to see younger folks protesting in the streets of San Juan. We are so tired of struggling as if it was some sort of norm, that we wish for something better. Something more than the usual, “La brega”.”
Nicch01 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/26/21
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“Keep it going ! there is so much more that us mainlanders don’t realize or understand that is going on in our own country”
Public radio nut via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/10/21
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“As a Puertorican living in PR “la brega” is not really a common phrase at all. Which already turns me off because so much of PR identity is a struggle with colonization. However the sentiment behind the supposed popular phrase is true. Hoping this isn’t just a view from people who don’t live in...”Read full review »
atmosferick via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/20/21
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““La brega” and its many inflections (bregando, brega eso, bregándonos), despite what the reviewer claims below, are quite common. This podcast presents a comprehensive and sensitively researched portrait of the Puerto Rican experience in the archipelago and the diaspora.”
bookswimming via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/24/21
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