When watching the documentary, The Hands That Feed, I was really awe by Mahoma Lopez’s effort to form a union who shared the same values and pain for who are undocumented immigrants, thriving to live a prosper life like everyone else. I felt that everyone can relate to what Mahoma Lopez come from. I really applaud Mahoma’s empowerment of change, because when I watched I just see this man who is loved by his co-workers, two sons and wife and he was a really shy man. Through observing the eyes of the workers, I was angered by the treatment they are having. Although despite the treatment and the silent ones, Mahoma and his crew will not give up and through efforts and seeing how it comes, I felt that in my heart I was rooting for them. In the …show more content…
Mahoma works with other people to empower them to engage effectively with a larger systems that are often more powerful and at the times threatening (Schulman, 2012). Through that time while in the lockdown, Mahoma and his crew combined together to show awareness about this issue around the New York City area. While they are doing that they provide the people meals that they usually cook in the Hot and Crusty and explaining to bystanders and walkers on why they are doing this. While some customers were pleased by this effort, there were threats such as random workers who argued with them. Later on they called the police which lead to arrestment. Despite the threats they were able to keep going because of the support they received from their neighbors, mostly from personal and emotional support, instrumental support from their helpers and lastly neighborhood social networks, where they show awareness though facebook and social media today (Schulman,2012). Lastly after countless days of being in touch with the new owner and having a support team for Mahoma’s group, they were able to get a response. However, Mahoma’s journey has not ended yet, he is still continuing this journey to help other people as well. According to Schulman, this type of work has poses unique challenges but in addition even a person can play a role in influencing the community policy and through the political activity and participation in any advocacy groups and in many other way to work to make a growth with social justice (Schulman,
Recently illegal immigration has become a very pressing issue among people. Many people around the borders are being greatly affected by the issue and think immediate action needs to be taken to put a stop to the issue. The Documentary Border War: Battle Over Illegal Immigration takes a stand on the issue using many examples of pathos, ethos, and logos to try and persuade people that illegal immigration is a very serious issue and we need to put a stop to it. This documentary follows the lives of people who have been affected by illegal immigration, and explains how they feel about the issue. Another way that people can look at the issue of illegal immigration is through the eyes of the immigrants, and the reasons why they might be trying migrate to another country. The documentary Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary focuses on the issue from this point of view. This documentary uses pathos and logos to show the lives and hardships of those people who are trying to migrate to a new country. Although Wetback used many examples of pathos and logos to show the struggles of the migrants, Border War did a better job showing pathos by following the lives of people who were affected by the illegal immigrants they were also very persuasive with ethos by following credible people.
In 1938, the Chavez family lost their farm due to the Great Depression. They were forced to relocate to California and become migrant workers. Chavez was distressed by the poor treatment that migrant farmworkers endured on a daily basis. His powerful religious convictions, dedication to change, and a skill at non violent organizing cultivated the establishment of the United Farmworkers (UFW). It was also referred to as “La Causa” by supporters and eventually became a vital movement for self-determination in the lives of California's farmworkers. The astounding nationwide lettuce and grape boycotts along with public support revealed the atrocities of California agribusiness and resulted in the first union hiring halls and collective bargaining for migrant workers. The details of the childhood of Cesar Chavez and how they would later shape his actions are a vital aspect of this book and the establishment of the farm workers movement.
There is much to commend about the inclusion of United Farm Workers (UFW) co-founder and Filipino Larry Itliong in the Hollywood biopic “Cesar Chavez” directed by Diego Luna. However sadly, his depiction is problematic. The film fails to present an accurate history of this historically important farm workers’ movement. “Cesar Chavez” does not stress the historic multi-ethnic partnership between Mexicans and Filipinos in the UFW and the effort that was born as a product the Filipinos’ 1965 Grape Strike. Rather, the film is told from a predominantly Chicano/a perspective that only lightly accents the contribution of Filipino-American farm workers.
Ariana Vivas was only 9 years old when she handed a note to Illinois Representative Luis Gutiérrez during a press conference an advocacy group had organized. Ariana, like many young Hispanics, had been born in the Unites States. However, her father was part of the recent deportations that countless of undocumented immigrants and family members dread. Ariana’s testimony of her father’s deportation is a common story among children with undocumented parents. The documentary, Immigration Battle, explores the controversial issue over immigration. Immigration Battle takes you inside the halls of Congress to give you a perspective on the fight over immigration, the debate, the politics, as well as how Washington really works.
The drive to keep jobs out of the hands of Mexicans had the highly undesirable result of forcing many families to depend on welfare to survive. Many Mexicans were forced to leave and rounded up by immigration officials, while others were intimidated by immigration practices and left voluntarily. While some left willingly because of the poor economic outlook, hoping things would be better in Mexico, others were deported even if they had come to the United States legally. One reporter called for an investigation of immigr...
“They know we are illegal, so if I complain, what do you think they will say to me? ‘There’s the door if you don’t like it.” Any normal person would refrain from complaining if they knew they had a family to feed and bills to pay. She does not give personal anecdotes, only interviews. The writer does not show bias or favoritism towards the workers in an effort to end racial stereotypes against Mexicans. But, she uses facts and many in-text citations to describe and support the experiences of her
Banished from their farms and forced to work as farms hands, Mexicans had to fight for equal rights they knew they deserved. Prior to the Great Depression, many Mexicans, skilled in agriculture, owned large ranches that they controlled. When the depression struck America in the 1930s, many of these ranch owners lost their land. Forced to work to keep their family afloat, they had to become menial farm hands for a white farmer. While Asian workers used to be the primary ethnic group working in agriculture, the Mexicans now dominated the field. Throughout the years, activists created labor reforms however, advocates for fair labor continued to neglect the plight of farm workers. The main reason for the neglect was due to the ethnicity of the agricultural workers. Mexicans seen as second-class citizens faced constant discrimination. Racists called them “Dirty Mexicans” and often described them as lazy and stupid. They faced similar discrimination that the African Americans endured. Banned from certain places, Mexican children had to attend a separate school, usually a decrepit building. Various Mexican men worked together to try to fight the discrimination in their social world as well as in the work place. In the 1960s and 70s, César Chávez decided to fight to equal working conditions. His family used to own a large ranch but lost it during the Great Depression and they had to become migrant farm workers. Chávez understood the struggles of a farm worker, he lived that life, but now he planned to change life of farm workers. Chávez knew this would not be an easy fight and he needed solidarity for even a chance at success. Chávez embraced the Mexican culture when trying to encourage people to join the cause. Suffering from discrimina...
This organization advances equity by helping migrant workers to gain their human rights and let the public have the acknowledge that thoes workers are working in a poor working condition. Public has the myths about migrants or immigrant that their come would take away Canadian jobs (Guest Speaker Faroah Chowdhury). A Canadian is imaged as a white man speak English or French, so when a ...
I helped leaders who are activist, I consider myself, a Chicana I am a descent person, and helpful I have integrity. The struggle of the farmer struggle affect it my family, my grandma work as a farmer years, they didn’t pay her what she deserve, now she’s old and her body hurts, of so much working as a farmer. The farmer struggle, did a struggle for our community, because most of them are Mexican, some of them get treated bad, don’t get pay what they are supposed. I think now is worst because racism, is getting worst especially with Mexicans. I have connections with the topic because I been an activist and I am one I see the struggle with our Mexicans; I wish I could help our community more. We’re working with different projects this coming year, I’m hoping to help our people our culture is wonderful, improvements always everyone
One of the greatest civil rights activists of our time; one who believed the ways of Gandhi and Martin Luther King that “violence can only hurt us and our cause” (Cesar Chavez); a quiet, devoted, small catholic man who had nothing just like those he help fight for; “one of America's most influential labor leaders of the late twentieth century” (Griswold del Castillo); and one “who became the most important Mexican-American leader in the history of the United States” (Ender). Cesar Chavez; an American farm worker, who would soon become the labor leader that led to numerous improvements for union workers; it is recorded that Chavez was born near Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927 and died on April 23, 1993 in San Luis, Arizona. (Wikipedia) His life affected many others as his unselfish deeds changed the labor union force forever. This essay will discuss the reasons Cesar Chavez became involved in Union rights, the immediate impact he had, and also the legacy he left behind with his actions that influenced American society.
Despite new laws, migrant laborers are still dehumanized as they face discrimination from employers of small contractors and big companies. (Lopez, 2005). Migrant laborers are those who migrate from one place to another looking for work. A lot of the time, these migrant laborers are undocumented farmworkers (Lopez, 2005). Farmworkers play a key role in our U.S. food system, however even with the important role they play in our agricultural society, they are still mistreated and deprive of positive human qualities by their employers in ways beyond unconceivable (Lopez, 2005). Even with labor laws in act, farmworkers are excluded from state protection laws such as Occupational Safety and Health Act of
Harvest Of Shame, an interesting and touching black and white documentary from the early 1960’s, documents and exposes the deploring lives of thousands of American migrant cultural workers narrated and dissected by one of the best and first American broadcast journalists called Edward Roscoe Murrow. The principal objective of this movie is not only to show the poor and miserable lives that all of these people live, but to let all the other Americans who are above these workers on the social and wealth scale know that the people who pick up their fruits, vegetables, and grains have no voice, no power, and no help to battle the inequities and mistreatment they receive.
There are a variety of push and pull factors that bring these migrant farmworkers into the fields. Those fields are, to them, overflowing with freedom and gleaming opportunities, welcoming them and their hungry families. To farm owners and large corporations, they are nothing but disposable units of cheap labor who are easily exploited out of their desperation and a lack of say amidst their situation. Millions of Mexican men, women and even children, for example, choose the life-or-death decision of crossing the border every year, risking everything they have and throwing themselves into the unknown: what they do not foresee will be the biggest Hunger Games of their lives. They leave their families behind, trekking across the deserts of Arizona for days at a time without food or water, or swimming through the Rio Grande with the treacherous risk of getting caught by U.S. officials and, more common than most may think, the odds of meeting death along the way (Bauer 2010). These unfortunate fallen remain anonymous as they are reduced to bones in the desert, and their fate
Anatomy and Physiology - I would start with the Anatomy and Physiology sections as that is the basis for much of the rest of the education. I would start with Lesson 1 as it helps to guide the students to talk about the information respectfully. It also provides some vocabulary that they’ll need to know. Lesson 2 would be done in conjunction with this lesson. This lesson brings the word sex and the students thoughts regarding the word in. I would follow in the next class time with Lesson 3: Myths or Facts? “Students believe they know correct information about female and male reproductive systems. This activity allows students to explore what facts they do know and some of the myths they may have heard,” (Splendorio & Reichel, 2014, page 11).
Growing up in Mexico provided me with opportunities to observe socio-economic disparities and income inequalities throughout my childhood. I have observed the unfortunate economic circumstances in which millions of people live, especially those from disadvantaged rural groups. My participation in community service projects has also given me a hands-on approach to witness and experience this unfortunate situation and has been a primary motivating force in my studies. I believe in the possibility of collective work targeted to create conditions for economic growth and improvements in the quality of life.