There are never any problems with the other ethnic parades. I don't see the Irish or the Gays being violent. Ban the Puerto Rican parade for good, these cretins don't deserve public use our streets.

tough titties,

it\'s dinkins time baby

or, can\'t you see the signs already?

what are you going to do? shoot us?

why yes, yes we are.

I remember walking along Fifth Avenue last year, just as the parade was ending. Every trash can was empty; paradegoers simply tossed their litter, food debris and empty beer cans onto sidewalks and flower beds.

I welcome any parade whose participants will be orderly, sober and respectful of the neighborhood they are visiting. But year after year, the Puerto Rican paradegoers have shown they are incapable of behaving lawfully.

Needlessly blasting car horns as they drive through residential streets and creating a disgusting mess for Sanitation workers and Fifth Avenue doormen to pick up is decidedly uncivilized.

No other ethnic parade treats Fifth Avenue so disgustingly. Instead of chastizing building owners, the Mayor might think about telling his Puerto Rican constituents to behave like human beings.

The Puerto Rican Day Parade is the worst day of the year in Manhattan. Violent, filthy, disgusting. All of the worst thugs in New York come to OUR neighborhood and destroy what they can. Over 100 arrests last year! Just a week ago they had the Israeli Day Parade- no violence, no alcohol, no stabbings, no destruction, no sexual assaults. If anyone thinks I\'m making it up, just watch the videotapes from the 2000 parade- those animals sexually assaulting every woman in site, as the onlookers cheered. PUERTO RICAN PRIDE, WOO HOO!!

Just heard on the news that the Latin Kings gang is one of the groups marching in the parade.

So much for Puerto Rican \"pride\" and for this supposedly being a pacefully law abiding day.

LOL (literally)

Bring in the national guard. It is sad that we need 20,000 armed police officers to keep the city relati vely safe during the PR \"pride\" parade. They behave like animals, I\'m sorry to say. That norwegian parade linked above looks quite nice and peaceful. Why can\'t PR people behave like that?

Thanks for the warning.

Usually Puerto Ricans are really well behaved. My maid Juanita always asks how I\'m doing and is really well mannered. Oh wait, She\'s mexican, forget what I said.

I hate the PR parade - has nothing to do with racism at all, but for some reason it (and the St.Paddy\'s) parade are the most obnoxious

Here is an interesting article about race and the Puerto Rican Pride Parade: http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/23/central_park/print.html

Its funny how many people cry racism when the discussion has been about people who act obnoxious, tresspass, and destroy property.

I guess the truth hurts.

BTW, can someone PLEASE explain to me what is diverse about a parade where the vast majority of attendees and participants are Puerto Rican???

New York\'s idea of diversity: leaving the kids with the Caribbean nanny, passing by the African American doorman on the way out of the luxury condo, getting into a cab driven by a Sikh, going to a restaurant with the European star chef (who isn\'t actually in the kitchen but 30 guys representing every Central American country are) whose menu is Asian-something fusion. The wine is imported, from whatever continent is in these days. Later, the bouncer at the velvet roped night club is probably a minority as well but the diveristy represented in the club is measured by which investment banks and law firms are represented.

They should take the parade away from where it\'s unwanted to a thoroughfare that would need more positive attention in an area with a strong Latino presence...like the Grand Concourse. Similar to the way the West Indian Day Parade is on Eastern Parkway.

sounds like Bob A Booey is a member of the third Reich. You goddamn NAZI!!!! Trying to stereotype people. Go back to Germany with the rest of the Jews.

How about we videotape the parade privately and post it on the net afterwards? Reality will win and prove who\'s racist. I bet a thousand dollars if Jen Chung walked around during the parade a whole bunch of people will start screaming \"chino!\". I bet a thousand dollars if some scantily clad girl walked around, guys will try to molest her. Who wants to take my bet?

The defenders keep talking about the people’s behavior like it is a handful of people acting like idiots when in reality it is 1000’s of people acting obnoxious.

Calling people out on this behavior is no different than year round residents in college towns complaining about college students acting like drunken idiots on the streets.

A large number of Puerto Ricans use this weekend as an excuse to act obnoxious and draw attention to themselves. The overwhelming attitude seems to be “lets show these white people”, but I don’t cry racism.

Words of Wisdom, Tim \"Yoda\" N. Speaks

;)

Like I Said, \"i beg to differ\", Stereotyping.

So much hatred, so much fear...

Well, in 2000 a group of you did molest and terrorize some young girls, which doesn\'t at all fall into the \"having fun and acting boisterous[ly]\" category. Couple that with another group of you trespassing on and destroying private property, and this is why the parade has such a bad reputation.

It\'s very simple: if you want to be treated well, you have to behave well.

Seriously, I don\'t appreciate being called \"racist\" because I use certain precautions. I stay out of Manhattan for the Puerto Rican and Irish parades (as well as New Years). I steer clear of Little Italy during San Genaro (god knows I\'ve had my ass grabbed enough during this one).

Some cultures are just more boisterous, and will obviously be more so during a national pride day. It\'s just common sense, and has nothing to do with my appreciation for diversity.