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Unmissable NYC Puerto Rican Festival & Parade !🎉 · D-constructing Topics

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  What's going on, folks? What's going on? My name is David, and I'm your host
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  of this legendary podcast, the Deconstructing Topic Podcast.
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  We got a little short one once again, just a little quick announcement,
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  as we are here in New York City.
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  It's the Puerto Rican Parade Weekend, this Sunday coming up,
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  and then we got the Street Festival in 116th Street in Harlem out there.
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  Let me make it happen And your boy Deconstructing Topic Podcast Will definitely
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  be there And I'm 99.9% sure Leading to 100% That one little one 10% It's just
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  that I saw a little drops And I'm not afraid of the rain But the rain in New
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  York City Is a little bit different Than the rain in Puerto Rico,
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  But we know But we ready We be there Rain, snow.
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  It ain't gonna be snow But you never know With this type of
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  climate But hey They're gonna be there 110 111
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  street probably doing something interesting because
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  you know the festival to me the 160 street
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  festival my understanding this is the 40th year
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  so that means that i've been in this country for x amount of time so you know
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  i always hear the festival and i always enjoy the festival because there's a
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  lot of food there's a lot of a lot of beautiful things that's out there a lot
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  of vendors selling good stuff, selling the food,
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  selling shirts, selling hats, selling flags,
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  selling all that, buttons, all that.
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  Just want to give a shout out to a couple of people, a couple of vendors.
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  And Sister and Arms will be at 110, 111th Street on 3rd Avenue.
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  Mias Cocinas will make some good Al Capura, make some good bacalao.
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  Those bacalaos the size of, whew, and I enjoy that.
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  So I'm going to be stationed probably there for the most part,
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  but I'll be walking back and forth because we also,
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  I'm going to say I'm also going to be promoting the fact that we have a fundraiser,
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  the Latino caucus, the SEIU international, Latino caucus.
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  We're having a fundraiser Saturday, June 14th from six to 10 tickets to the
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  event costs $50 and includes food and two drinks.
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  And once again, I'll put the link to the information there. So it's going to
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  be interesting. I'm going to be out there with tickets.
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  Join, if you can, your boy, The Constructing Topic. We'll be there,
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  whatever the text might be.
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  Want to take pictures? Want to meet me? All that good stuff. Hey, listen.
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  You want to see how handsome the deconstructing topic guy is?
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  Hey, I'll be there. Your host. Woo.
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  And I'm definitely going to be one of those people that you sound like the way
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  you sound. And you sound just in person. Just as you're in your podcast.
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  And there's people that told me that, wow, you sound like a podcast.
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  You mean the podcast sound like me?
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  But anyways, I'll be there Enjoying some good food Definitely, it's going to be nice,
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  Hopefully, you know The weather's going to be cloudy I know that there's a little
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  They say 80 chance of rain But at my understanding It's only going to rain for like an hour
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  I think that's from 12 to 1 Normally, I like to be there In these events a little
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  bit closer I mean, I'm not going to say closer Because the event is from 10 to 5,
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  But I like to be there early just for me to know where I'm going to be at,
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  where's my little station, where's my go-to spot.
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  I like to travel. I mean, I like to walk from, you know, 116 all the way to
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  110 or whatever the case might be and then support some of the vendors.
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  There's another vendor, reached out to me, Ezequiel. He was doing,
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  he was selling these hats,
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  a spray-pending hat, different people, Roberto Clemente, you know,
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  icons from Puerto Rico, Hector Lavo and so
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  on Bad Bunny so I know that I
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  you know we exchange information but not committed
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  yet it's people that you know have the vending thing
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  going on with the license and all and then there's all those little independent
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  kind of vendors that nobody knows hey by all means it's all fun it's all for
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  the goodness of Puerto Rico and you man it's hey let's go Oh!
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  I'm excited. There's also some certain vendors that sell the beverage, you know what I mean?
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  And, you know, hey, listen, by all means, last year I came across a young brother.
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  And, hey, listen, even though it's a Puerto Rican festival, this festival is open for anybody.
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  By all means, if you love good food, if you love good drink,
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  if you love good environment, if you love good music, If you just love good
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  vibes, hey, by all means, and a young brother, I remember his little cooler.
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  Hey, listen, wink, wink, you know what he got in that cooler?
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  And I'm not asking the question. I'm making a statement. You know what's in
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  that cooler. You know, we got the adult stuff.
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  And one of those things, hey, listen, I remember he did his own little cocktail,
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  Passion Fruit, and that was slamming.
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  Matter of fact, it was so good that before I went home, I was looking for the
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  young brother. I came across and he's like, all right, what's up, brother?
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  He's like, yeah, yo, what's up? You don't go no more of that passion food,
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  that pie chart cocktail that you made.
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  And the young brother said, no, but next time I got you, hopefully he'll remember me when I'm there.
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  Yo, welcome, brother. Let's make it happen.
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  Again, I'll be there with the flies and all the tickets.
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  You know, we making it happen for the fundraiser for those at Rising from the
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  Ashes, It's the Latino Solidarity for the Fire Victims in California.
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  You know, there's still a lot of people, you know, sadly, you know,
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  when it comes to a situation like that, there are those organizations.
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  And we're talking about organizations, big organizations.
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  They want to do these concerts. They want to do all this and all that.
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  And at the end of the day, they don't do anything.
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  They fundraise and they don't do, no, this fundraiser is going to be making
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  sure that the proceeds go to those families that are in need and still in need.
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  And still need our help over there in California.
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  Maybe one of these days, I definitely would make a little travel to California.
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  Hey, listen, it's a trip that I never took, but hey, let's make it happen.
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  The other thing, too, we got the parade going on.
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  And, you know, sometimes the parade, there's a lot of Puerto Ricans that do
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  attend the parade, a lot of people.
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  But there's a lot of, I just want to mention this, and I don't want to take
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  away nothing from the parade.
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  Because sometimes, how can I say, the parade becomes a little bit too mainstream.
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  And sometimes it takes away kind of like, hey, why are you there?
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  Whatever the case might be.
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  And by all means, everybody got their opinion.
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  I got my opinion. My thing is this, when it comes to certain things,
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  it's just that, hey, listen, I get it. I get it.
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  It's basically a lot of sponsorship, a lot of things going on there.
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  Then I'm like, okay, okay, I get it. By all means, enjoy.
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  But I also just want to mention that there are going to be, I know people,
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  some of my brothers and sisters, they go to Orchard Beach, Orchard Beach in
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  the Bronx. Hey, let's go.
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  You already know there's going to be some musical. There's a lot of places throughout
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  New York City where either they'll have their own little thing or,
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  you know, during the parade, or they will have their own little thing after the parade.
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  Whatever the case, enjoy Sunday. Enjoy the festivities.
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  Be calm. Do your thing. Be responsible. If you're going to do the little smoke,
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  smoke, you already know, puff, puff, whatever the case they call it now.
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  If you're going to do the drinking, be safe out there.
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  Always be responsible. If you owe those people out there that are going to do
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  some driving, make sure that you take somebody who will not be under the influence.
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  Please stay safe. That's for sure. That's one of those things.
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  So by all means, for those people out there that might not be too interesting,
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  the parade gets too crowded, whatever the case might be.
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  Hey, there's other festivities throughout New York City where they'll be celebrating
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  that Puerto Rican culture, tradition, whatever it is.
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  Yaduzai, bami, gente, woo, let's get it.
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  The other thing, too, I want to bring up. my understanding
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  there's some certain news that has been circulating and
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  it's more or less you know puerto
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  rican news that basically i want to just touch real quick um
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  it's something where there has been a report of some sort
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  that tourists for some reason in puerto rico they have decided that you know
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  they can't sleep the coqui which is the national animal it's a icon it's what
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  represent little little coqui it's a it's a little frog like an animal that
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  if you are living in Puerto Rico,
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  in the night, you hear the boop-beep, boop-beep, you know what I mean?
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  It's a beautiful sound because you know you're somewhere different.
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  And I enjoy that sound because it's very relaxing and it makes me feel like I'm at home.
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  And sometimes that even last night, I'm living in New York City,
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  I go on and find some cookie sounds to go to sleep on. Boop-beep with some rain. Boop-beep.
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  Boop-beep. So if the story is true that there are tourists, and I think that
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  they alluded that these are American tourists.
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  If the story is true, that these individuals wanted to supposedly spray these
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  cookies to kill them because they're being annoyed, you know,
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  I like to think that the story's not true. You know what I mean?
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  I like to think that because sometimes, you know, that gets,
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  so it seems that these news has kind of like spread throughout the socials,
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  gone viral in our community and so on.
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  And I say it's this, you know, sadly.
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  You know There are people that For some reason go to places Not for the sake
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  of Let me enjoy what this place have And you know I'm going to probably Say
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  that This is more true to many Americans,
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  America is beautiful But there are people that are A little bit different you
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  know So you go to these places You go to Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic,
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  Go to these other countries And there's a This kind of sense of I'm American,
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  America's this, America's, and you kind of feel like you can do anything you
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  want in another foreign territory.
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  Yes, Puerto Rico, sadly, you know, and I say sadly because, you know,
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  it's one of those Puerto Rican status where Puerto Rico is United States, right?
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  In the sense of it belongs to the United States.
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  So there's going to be some Americans that might go to the island and say,
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  hey, listen, well, I'm in Puerto Rico, but it's still my country.
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  You know what I mean? We own this country. We own this land.
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  I want, you know, people to kind of like, you know, I wish that a lot of Americans,
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  because I always say that, you know, sometimes, how can I say?
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  America, you know, there's a lot of Americans that feel like,
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  hey, listen, America's like, if that's like the son of the universe, you know what I mean?
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  Just relax. You go to another country, it doesn't matter whether you're in the
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  United States, you go to another state, or whatever the case.
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  But when you go to another country, whether it's Canada, Mexico,
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  the Caribbean, South America, whatever it is, you know, don't feel,
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  just enjoy what's there, what you're listening to.
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  Enjoy it. You're going to another place so you know that whatever it is,
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  if you go to Europe, you go to certain parts of Europe, Scandinavia,
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  it's going to be cloudy. Are you going to complain?
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  Well, you know, in this country, they need a sun, you know.
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  I'm just saying, relax. And especially if you're going to feel like that certain
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  kind of sense of, supremacy that, you know, wherever you go,
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  you could do whatever you want.
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  And I, you know, I hate that mentality and I dislike that mentality.
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  And again, I'm only hoping that the story is not true. If that's true that these
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  tourists, for some reason, want to spray cookie, want to go out there,
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  and they actually go to a country.
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  You know, you're going to go to a country, and I'm going to call Puerto Rico
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  an island country. Hey, listen, that's just me.
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  And you're going to go and complain the surroundings of it, then just don't
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  go there. You know what I mean?
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  And the other thing too When you go On quote unquote On vacation You're supposed
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  to go there On vacation To enjoy yourself And get away That's the reason Why
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  you decided To go to Puerto Rico,
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  If you didn't do Your homework What happens in Puerto Rico Then by all means
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  Then you know what Just stay home Stay where you at,
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  If you was bored And sick And tired of Your surroundings And then you said You
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  know Puerto Rico That's a I heard it's a beautiful Country You go there And
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  you complain about it and you do some nonsense like spray these coquiz, our beloved coqui,
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  where they are kind of decimating a little bit because of, you know,
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  a little bit of it all, you know, climate change, pollution.
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  As Puerto Rico, sadly, have more and more have gone to the way of kind of industrial,
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  more of corporations, more like let's land for the coquiz to kind of,
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  you know, do their thing.
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  Hurricane Maria, you know, we could go on. and so on and so forth.
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  But come on, relax, all right? Relax, service.
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  And everybody, Puerto Rico is beautiful. You go there, it's a beautiful island. It's a little island.
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  But I'm telling you, you'll love it because it is called La Isla del Encanto, Enchanted Island.
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  You'll love it. You'll love it. Don't go out there and do that nonsense, please.
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  So if you're listening to my podcast, my name is David.
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  I'm Deconstructing Topic. I'm the host of this podcast and I am a resident of
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  the United States, but yes, I was born in Puerto Rico.
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  And I'll be fighting for my little island as long as it's needed.
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  And you need a lot of people that, hey, go there, enjoy.
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  Enjoy because there's a lot of beautiful people out there.
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  And the cookies out there, they come out in the night, please.
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  They don't mean no harm. Relax. So that's what's going on with that situation.
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  Like I said, I hope it's not true, but I've seen a lot of people in my community,
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  in my channels, in my socials, talking about this story. and,
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  you know, has kind of got riding up.
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  And that's the thing with Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans, whether it's in the
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  island on the diaspora here in the United States.
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  Yes, but I'm saying it wrong.
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  And even, you know, Dominican, you know, that's, you know, a lot of Latinos
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  has come on behalf of Puerto Rico.
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  And, hey, listen, even though we're a little island, I want people to keep in
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  mind is this, real facts.
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  Puerto Ricans have the most boxing champion Boxing, meaning we put gloves on
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  We're going to fight the most champions per capita,
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  Than any other place in this world That means there's a lot of Puerto Ricans
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  who fight And a lot of Puerto Ricans who become champion When you become champion,
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  that means that you're number one So that is why we got that fighting spirit,
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  It ain't that we all going to be punting our chest Whatever it is,
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  because we Puerto Ricans know Even in boxing We become champions You send 10
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  Puerto Ricans out there to box And I'll guarantee that 7 out of 10 There are
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  champions We got a couple of champions Amanda Serrano,
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  Collazo Let's make it happen Alright,
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  folks Hopefully I'll see y'all Saturday You already know I'll be 110.
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  111 Street 3rd Avenue Enjoy I'll be around the Sister in Arms Mi House Cocina,
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  M-I-A-S, Cocina Kitchen, C-O-C-I-A-N, good food, delicious.
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  Now we're going back and forth. We're taking it all.
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  We'll make it happen, and hopefully we can see you Saturday, June 14.
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  Reach out. I'll put the fly once again. Reach out. We got this fundraiser, $50.
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  Little food, good food, drinks, music, all that good stuff.
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  I'll be there. We'll be there. Let's make it happen. I'm out. Peace.