Apology to a Friend

I recently had a discussion with a friend Sami Silva Gotay regarding his book. I was harsh against his book Catolicismo y Política en Puerto Rico. In one part I precipitated myself and compared a statement he made to a statement made by Fox News. I do recognize I was very upset when I read his response to Gerardo, because I (along with other fellow history students) was not pleased with his response.

Now, I do recognize I have not read the entire book but a part of it (I have read most of it, but not completely). I do recognize that when I read that portion of the book, I did through the lens of Gerardo's own criticisms, and I promised Sami that I would read the entire book this time. I risked the prestige of a friend by publishing that blog, which has been deleted now. He has been a friend of the family and I apologize for any professional harm I might have given to him and his family.

I did express him personally though, that history students (including myself) were not pleased with his response to Gerardo, and apparently he is going to respond this time to the history students in the University of Puerto Rico. I do know that his response will be assertive, respectful towards Gerardo and the rest of us, and that he will at least respond in a specific manner to some (at least one or two) of Gerardo's own statements in his review in El Visitante.

Also I wish to add that I will review his book and Gerardo's work on the same area, and look for much of the primary sources to see which one of them is right. I wish to be fair to both Sami and Gerardo.

I hope this "fight" between them comes to an end soon, because I don't want to be torn apart by friends.