Being a dark skinned Puerto Rican, Piri starts to understand that he has a struggle his siblings do not face since they can pass for white. Piri begins to understand the implications of his skin color when he begins looking for work. Piri sees a ad in the newspaper, goes and believes he did well in the interview, they tell him they'll give him a call. He finds out that his friend, Louie starts on monday. Piri says, “The difference between me and louie was he was white” (Thomas, 103). Piri then noticed that every colored person who walked out of that interview did not get the job. This is an example of how discrimination affected latinos looking for work. This relates back to the issue of social and legal citizenship. Piri was born in the United States but because of his ethnic background and the color of his skin, he is not treated as