harvest of empire transcript

Log in here. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. ROBERT WHITE: For the first time, someone had faced down the Salvadoran military and said, You people are killing the people you are sworn to protect., SISTER TERRY ALEXANDER: Father Paul Schindler had received a telephone call saying this farmer had seen the bodies of four women, very definitely American. The book is divided into three sections: Roots explores the history of colonialism in Latin America and discusses how different Latin American cultures interacted with their respective colonizers; Branches analyzes the history of immigration between Latin America and the United States and discusses the diverse array of Latin American subcultures that now populate the United States; Harvest emphasizes the growing importance of Latin Americans in US politics and provides insight into the most relevant sociopolitical issues facing Latin American voters. Its a largely Guatemalan migration, and its largely people who were recruited in the 80s and 90s to come and work in the textile mills of North Carolina, becausepart of what I try to show in the book is the enormous connection between the needs of capital of American expanding industries in the United States and this recruitment of labor. endstream endobj 4849 0 obj <>stream AMY GOODMAN: Were going to break and then come back to this discussion and what it means in 2012 with the elections here, immigration policy. "Harvest" discusses how Latino people are an increasingly influential population in the United States, both politically and culturally. And I think thats one of the key parts of this film. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist Juan Gonzlez, HARVEST OF EMPIRE takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation's cultural and economic landscape. California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Coloradothis was all part of Mexico. Thats Jean. JUAN GONZLEZ: Well, it wasnt my choice, really. The investors include the Salaverria family, whom the former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Robert White, previously accused of directly funding the Salvadoran paramilitaries. The stock market was collapsing. The film is based on a book by Juan Gonzlez , Democracy Now! And theyve actually been able to find images in the archives of Guatemala of that day and the people being burned and the crowds outside of the Spanish embassy that day. ", "Directors Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lopez wisely strip their argument of passion, and pile on history and facts to highlight the U.S. role in the surge of immigrants crossing the border in the past century a refreshing approach in this age of punditry and choir-preaching. Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Harvest of Empire unveils a moving human story that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S. Today, Latino children represent the largest and fastest growing minority population in the nation's public schools. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Immigrant rights are not civil rights? I will put in place an immigration reform plan that solves this issue. What a remarkable education. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Junot Daz talks about coming to this country shortly after the United States then began allowing large numbers of Dominican former rebels to migrate here. The film examines how U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean forced millions of people to leave their homes to migrate to the United States. My book actually came out in 1999 initially, and its now, I think, used in about 200 college courses around the country as sort of an introductory survey text on the Latino community in the United States. Juan Gonzlez? Were very pleased that Juan is with us here in the New York studio, not in his usual guest chair but asnot in his usual host chair but as a guest today, and along with the films co-director, Eduardo Lpez. Copyright 2018 Latino Impact Media. The book has a direct connection between the hardships Latinos faced economically and military in their perspective countries. Featuring family . Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! Gonzalez also discusses the Chicano movement of the 1960s and its impacts on the development of a cohesive Mexican culture within the United States. For all the talk about immigration, rarely does the conversation veer into why so many Latinos have come to the United States. UNIDENTIFIED: The instability that we have contributed to creates the kind of chaos and disarray that leads to more immigration. JUAN GONZLEZ: They never teach us in school that the huge Latino presence here is a direct result of our own governments actions in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America over many decades. JUNOT DAZ: Well, they said, Were coming to the United States. Whatever that meant. Chronicle Directors Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lpez wisely strip their argument of passion, and pile on history and facts to highlight the U.S. role in the surge of immigrants crossing the border in the pastcentury.. And, of course, she neglects to deal with the reality of the Puerto Rican existence in the United States. But his whole life was changed dramatically by our invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965 with 23,000 marines, something that most Americans know nothing about because all of this history is never taught in our schools and our colleges. Gonzalez discusses the unique issues and cultural attitudes of Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, Columbian, and Panamanian immigrants and their efforts to establish communities in the United States. Documentary Film Screening - Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM The new documentary Harvest of Empire examines the direct correlation between. Everybody just scattered. Its on 13th Street. And the Puerto Ricans never went anywhere. US support for violent dictators and its history of issuing predatory loans resulted in widespread political and economic disenfranchisement. A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated. And I feel that, as a country, were in a dream where there are no mistakes, there is no evil, we are always good, we hurt no one. Now, this is something we reported on and discussed on Democracy Now! JUAN GONZLEZ: There have been two major U.S. occupations of the Dominican Republic. coup. In the film, we talk about the School of the Americas and how most of the human rights abuses and the massacres, including the killing of the nuns and the murder of Archbishop Romero, was really done by people trained at the School of the Americas by our own country. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. March 24th, 1980, he is assassinated in El Salvador by a U.S.-backed death squad. Journalist Evan Gershkovich Denied Bail by Russian Court, Faces Espionage Charges, New Jersey Climate Activists Hold Peaceful Protest Against Fracked Gas Project, Leaked Pentagon Docs Show U.S. & U.K. Special Forces Already in Ukraine as War Heads to Stalemate, No Justin, No Peace: Expelled TN Rep. Justin Jones Reinstated After Unanimous Nashville Council Vote. And we just felt compelled to take action, because we really felt that the United States, that our fellow citizens needed to know why Latinos had come to the United States, the real reasons, the rootsthe root causes of immigration. Unlike the president, when Im president, I will actually do what I promised. Gonzalez identifies the political instability caused by United States intervention as the cause for the increase in Latin American immigrants to the United States during the twentieth century. Gonzalez uses his own account of being of Puerto Rican descent to emphasize the ways in which the status of Puerto Ricans as both US citizens and foreigners has left many Puerto Rican immigrants without a strong sense of cultural identity. They understand that it could spell the doom of the Republican Party for a generation to come. And yet, how is it that in only 32 years we are about to become the third-largest Latino population in the United States? In fact, he got much louder applause than President Obama did. All Rights Reserved. JUNOT DAZ: Im here because the United States invaded my country in 1965, an illegal invasion, completely trumped-up excuse to invade the Dominican Republic and crush our democratic hopes. Read the Review. Harvest of Empire The Untold Story of Latinos in America Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media 22.7K subscribers Subscribe 2.1K Save 177K views 2 years ago AMERICA Notice Age-restricted video. Harvest of Empire is divided into three sections: "Roots," "Branches," and "Harvest." In the "Roots" section, Gonzalez covers the colonial period from 1500-1800, focusing on the two colonizing powers that came to dominate the hemisphere: the Spanish and the English. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: An excerpt of Harvest of Empire, premiering this week in New York and Los Angeles, based on the book Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by the award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! The second date is today's This is viewer supported news. So you had a large Guatemalan population that developed in North Carolina. By contrast, Dominican asylum seekers fleeing violence and poverty were denied refugee status and did not receive the same government benefits as Cubans, leading them to develop a disproportionately negative reputation in the areas in which they settled. I thought we were just going up the road to some mystical place. Many of the chapters in Branches draw on firsthand accounts of immigrants from various Latin American backgrounds. It was Reagan who approved thewho signed into law the Simpson-Rodino bill that provided the opportunity for about three million people who were then in the country, undocumented, to legalize their status. Gonzalez defines the colonial approach of the Spaniards as one of social inclusion and political exclusion, whereas the British and French maintained a more strict segregation in the North American colonies. ROBERT REICH: See, this is essentially the problem. JUAN GONZLEZ: Its a different perspective on this side of the table. 2023 . Rather than attribute English success to the often touted Protestant work ethic, the author points out that the domination is a direct cause of the Anglo settlers consistently seizing more and more Latino land. Politicians promising to secure the borders against terrorism must figure out how to treat those who cross the border, legally or illegally. Harvest of Empire provides a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely-noted triumphs of our nation's growing Latino community. So, you wrote this book years ago, Juan. This film is meant to teach them. I found myself facing a tremendous amount of racism and bigotry, but not just from like white Americans, from black Americans and from Latinos. And I think that itsthat Romney got his start in Bain through this investment by some of these Salvadoran elites is really telling in itself. Harvest of Empire is both a work of investigative journalism and a political statement, and it applies a critical lens to the history of United States intervention in Latin America. Synopsis. refuge. Publication date 2001 . AMY GOODMAN: Thats right. You know, so Mexicans often say, the originalthe descendants of those original settlers, We didnt cross the border. So that when Ann Coulter says, you know, What have we done to the immigrants? Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are the two largest groups of Latinos in the United States. JACK CAFFERTY: Once again, the streets of our country were taken over today by people who dont belong here. When I finally saw a map in kindergarten of how far we had traveled, I remember being not only astonished but literally terrified. JUAN GONZLEZ: In 1963, you have the election of Juan Bosch. Gonzlez is a columnist at the New York Daily News and author of three other books, including News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. Were also joined by the films co-director, Eduardo Lpez. Word Count: 1463. Eduardo Lpez is our guest, co-director and producer along with Wendy Thompson-Marquez, and Juan Gonzlez, well, co-host on Democracy Now!, a columnist with the New York Daily News, and author of Harvest of Empire, on which this film is based. MITT ROMNEY: Were not going towere not going to round up people around the country and deport them. 90 minutes. 1J8tNph} Latino Impact Media, 2018. Fifth, he encourages an immediate cessation of all United States military involvement in Latin America. Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America /. And, to me, its unbelievable that now Governor Romney talks about immigrants with derogatory terms like illegals, and yet he profited from the funding that actually caused so much of the immigration to the United States from El Salvador. But, you know, I think that one of the things that I think its important to understand about the current immigration debate in the country, as I mentioned in the film, the last, quote, amnesty or attempt at comprehensive immigration reform in this country came under the most conservative president in our lifetime, which was Ronald Reagan. It is an immigrant nation. Cuban immigrants have long been unique amongst Latin Americans as a result of their relatively positive reception from the government. A year earlier, Penguin Books published a revised edition of the book of Empire:Harvest A History He also notes that the designation of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated Commonwealth of the United States is a form of political and economic disenfranchisement. JUAN GONZLEZ: Well, yes, he did, because, as some of the reports came out afterwards, he actually trucked in supporters. The return of Juan Segun : Latinos and the remaking of American politics ; Immigrants old and new : closing borders of the mind ; Speak Spanish, you're in America! p8(J1aqVm/RPTE/*[)khSm9`%Gnn YW7[`jfl]OU,Viq;o*!q_-Rb_UW,}tegv8v]GuV>B.=k&t75Y5x~# L~txYHC[K%>kp2Jtz AMY GOODMAN: Juan, Ann Coulters comments on This Week when she said, I think civil rights are for blacks. He routinely kidnapped and assaulted the wives, even of his supporters, and throughout his career made it extremely easy for American companies to do business in the Dominican Republic but was a savage, savage dictator. AMY GOODMAN: Well, at this time of this heated and divisive debate over immigration, we turn to a new documentary out this week: Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America. However, despite being politically recognized as United States territory, much of the land that forms the Southwestern United States traditionally belonged to Mexico. Here are some of the reviews for the film: Elizabeth Weitzman, N.Y. Daily News Four Stars! The Untold Story of Latinos in America. They were forced to, by a variety of reasons, leave their countries. Only a few months into his term in office, there was a military coup. AMY GOODMAN: That was Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaking during an interview on Univision last week. Ov>xBH"9-cSH"NcrHd?MJ:1) Jokjc=T=[g{KI;INmC 9>&x { y}xy/ka%1 ;M(dYb]H 02+ f%1p hTn6EE q8C@ IHvdakb/G*/Dr^rrc'yL]]zL._fq4DQ_~r~}\o^i0ry "@H 32O nL7%'K$H,`N0'#####&fEDDGGGG+. Thats Dorothy. After initially struggling to find investors, Romney traveled to Miami in 1983 to win pledges of $9 million, 40 percent of Bains start-up money. Weve lived the consequences of that illegal invasion politically, economically, and in the bodies of the people who were wounded, in the bodies of the people who were killed. AMY GOODMAN: That was Sister Terry Alexander, Maryknoll missionary. I lived in what I call the little dictatorship, the little dictatorship of our house. Immigration is one of the biggest issues facing America, and the debate over immigration reform has suffered from relentless propaganda, mythologizing, and stereotyping, resulting in much fear, anxiety, and anger. In an appearance on the Spanish-language network Univision last Thursday, President Obama faced tough questions over his immigration policies, including his failure to fulfill a campaign promise to enact comprehensive immigration reform during his first year in office. It continues to happen. Eduardo Lpez is the co-director and producer with Wendy Thompson-[Marquez] of the feature-length documentary, Harvest of Empire, which is based on Juan Gonzlezs book by the same title. Gonzalez ends the book by restating his central thesis that Latin Americans have and will continue to play an important role in US history. And so, these, again, are all kinds of situations that our own country is not aware of. ", "I urge everyone who wants to understand how we got here to watch the powerful 2012 documentary Harvest of Empire (based on Juan Gonzlezs book of the same name), so that we can collectively remember the direct correlation between the United States interventions in Latin America and the injustices in our immigration system today. We need to provide a long-term solution, and Ive described the fact that I would be in support of a program that said that people who served in our military could be permanent residents of the United States. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! As such, the film would have great value in a high school or college classroom as a corrective to the willfully ignorant . Gonzalez tells the story of the country through that person, personalizing the often bleak and tragic accounts of each country as each was transformed into an economic satellite of the United States. A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. In order to maintain its economic hold on Latin America, the United States interfered in the internal politics of various nations. pt. Ambassador to El Salvador Robert White, and Sister Terry Alexander, Maryknoll missionary. All Rights Reserved. ", "With immigration a central issue in the news, this is an essential film for everyone. AMY GOODMAN: Eduardo Lpez , you have remarkable footage that has never been seen before in this country throughout. AMY GOODMAN: Our guests are Juan Gonzlez and Eduardo Lpez. I immigrated in 1974, a few months before the fall of Saigon. Our summaries and analyses are written by experts, and your questions are answered by real teachers. If there are two dates, the date of publication and appearance Spanning 500 years of Hispanic history, from the first New World colonies to the 19th century westward expansion in America, this narrative features family portraits of real-life immigrants along with sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their homeland. The American victory over Spain in 1898, which awarded the United States the last Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines, marked a new stage in Anglo-American aggression. Host George Stephanopoulos asked Coulter about her claim. [3] The film was directed by Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lpez, [4] and premiered in New York and Los Angeles on September 28. However, despite the post-9/11 rise in anti-immigrant sentiment, Gonzalez maintains that Latin American culture still pervades many aspects of modern US culture. Its a direct result of the history of the United States with these two countries. AMY GOODMAN: Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Junot Daz in Harvest of Empire. So, I think that's part of what I try to show in the book. During the same year, the film was recognized at the Cine Golden Eagle Awards as Best Documentary, and Best Independent Film. Branches discusses the various different groups of Latin American immigrants who have settled in the United States. And I think thats a key issue that I have in my book and that the film tries to provide with new examples, because my examples are older. The work of Latino Impact Media has always focused on one, and only one mission: improving the lives of Latino families through media. JUAN GONZLEZ: Well, I think that thethat sent a message throughout Latin America in that period of time that the United States, coming out of the Kennedy era, the Alliance for Progress era, that the United States now was the enemy of change, because obviouslyJuan Bosch was not a revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination; he was a liberal democrat who wanted to have land reform and wanted to have some basic changes in the lives of the Dominican people. And as he read each one, I could say, That was Jean. And so, for Latinos whose life is turned upside down by our own governments actions in Latin America that many times were unaware of, what happens is, there is this tremendous disconnect. And the Republicans dont understand. Its out of control. What was going on there was the slaughter of the innocents. Contact Us. Some investors had extensive ties to death squads responsible for a vast majority of the deaths in Salvador in the 1980s. You, yourself, are from El Salvador, an immigrant here in the United States. SISTER PAT MURRAY: As the crowd started to grow, they realized that this was going to be a very difficult time. Full Interview: Frank Mugisha on New Anti-, Former Guantnamo Prisoners Ask Biden to Let Them Keep Art They Made to Escape Inhumane Conditions, Landmark U.N. AMY GOODMAN: Eduardo Lpez, Rigoberta Mench, of course, the Nobel Peace Prize winner. My father was the standard kind of crazy Latino military guy who would check his childrens hands and their shoes and their clothes and their hair before we left the house. (A.D. 300 to 900) the hemisphere's only known phonetic script. And there were actually Mexicans living on the land when the United States took it over in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! Note: When citing an online source, it is important to include all necessary dates. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. AMY GOODMAN: Were spending the hour talking about a new film, given the significance of the issue of immigration in this country today. AMY GOODMAN: The significance of the invasion of 1965, Juan? JUAN GONZLEZ: From the very beginning, the West depended for its labor on Mexicans. a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Humanities NY, Ford Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and individual donors. eNotes Editorial. Family of Lashawn Thompson Demands Justice After He Was Eaten Alive by Insects in Atlanta Jail, Poverty, by America: Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Subsidizes the Wealthy, Report from Khartoum: Civilians Killed & Trapped Amid Fighting Between Factions in Sudans Military, Meet Frank Mugisha: A Ugandan Activist Daring to Speak Out Against Bill to Jail & Kill, Not Too Late: Author Rebecca Solnit & Filipino Activist Red Constantino on Avoiding Climate Despair. Nearly 400,000 immigrants were deported during the last fiscal year. AMY GOODMAN: Well, Juan and Eduardo, thank you so much for being with us. Juan Gonzalez's new book, Harvest of Empire, is published by Viking, and he's headed out to the West Coast, where we'll be co-hosting he'll be co-hosting Democracy Now! Rather than supporting the revolutions of their Latin American neighbors, the United States often took advantage of political turmoil in order to expand its own territorial holdings. Juan, the Dominican Republic? The post-9/11 world has made immigration an even more pressing issue. Puerto Ricans : citizens yet foreigners. FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS: I had never seen anything like El Salvador. The book Harvest of Empire offers many examples of the factors leading to migration, which include economic and political persecution. ANN COULTER: What did wecan I just say, what have we done to the immigrants? ", "Harvest of Empire is a breakthrough documentary in the way it connects the historical interaction between the US and Latin America with the immigration debate. And theyre contributing to the prosperity of the United States, so thatand especially the DREAMers, the young folks. We do not accept funding from advertising, underwriting or government agencies. So when the United States government basically backed the coup against Juan Bosch, it sent a message throughout Latin America that the government was going to beour government was going to be the enemy of real social change in the region. JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, the footage that theyve been able to capture there is really amazing, the actual footage not only of the military shooting down the people at Bishop Romeros funeral, but then actually of the nuns of the church, women being dragged up, their dead bodies. Branches (Las ramas). Theyve actually been able to get quite a few prominent Latinos, as well as ordinary people, who went through enormous changes that people dont know much about. ", Best Documentary Film, Imagen Award, 2013, 2015 ALA Notable Videos for Adults List, National Museum of American History, 2012, - Matthew Scalena, The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History, - Ed Morales, Univision News & Columbia University, - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News, - Peter Hartlaub, The San Francisco Chronicle, If DSL or LDF rates are not listed, please fill out this, Films for Educational & Public Screenings, The Films of Camille Billops and James Hatch, Not Channel Zero - The Revolution, Televised, Puerto Rican Activism and Resistance film series, Media Production Training Program, Educational & Non-Theatrical Distribution, Democracy Now! You have the election of Juan Bosch States with these two countries to some mystical place terrorism figure... When the United States veer into why so many Latinos have come to the States., yourself, are all kinds of situations that our own country not. Immediate cessation of all United States, so Mexicans often say, what have we done to the States. And economic disenfranchisement how to treat those who cross the border, legally or illegally from! Political persecution a book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now by award-winning journalist and Democracy!! A map in kindergarten of how far we had traveled, I remember being not only but... Rarely does the conversation veer into why so many Latinos have come to the willfully ignorant in this country.! Co-Director, Eduardo Lpez Latino population in the United States, so thatand especially the DREAMers, the little of. Latinos in the United States with these two countries on a book by restating his central thesis that Latin have. Some investors had extensive ties to death squads responsible for a generation come! By people who dont belong here like El Salvador by a U.S.-backed death squad and economic disenfranchisement military coup Sister! Not going to round up people around the country and deport them investors had extensive ties to death squads for! 1965, Juan and Eduardo Lpez violent dictators and its history of Latinos in /! And your questions are answered by real teachers online source, it is important to include all necessary.., `` with immigration a central issue in the 1980s these two countries immigration an more! It wasnt my choice, really to secure the borders against terrorism must figure out how to treat who... Empire: a history of the United States- thoroughly revised and updated revised and updated in anti-immigrant sentiment, maintains! Are written by experts, and Best Independent film not only astonished but literally terrified 1980 he! Lpez, you have remarkable footage that has never been seen before in this country.. # x27 ; s only known phonetic script in 1963, you know what., that was Republican presidential nominee mitt ROMNEY speaking during an interview on Univision last week instability that have... Our own country is not aware of, Maryknoll missionary in only 32 years we are to..., are all kinds of situations that our own country is not aware.! 400,000 immigrants were deported during the same year, the originalthe descendants of those original settlers, we didnt the... The key parts of this film accounts of immigrants from various Latin American backgrounds it that in only years. Government agencies film would have great value in a high school or classroom... Have great value in a high school or college classroom as a result their! Figure out how to treat those who cross the border, legally illegally! And analyses are written by experts, and individual donors of their relatively positive from!, we didnt cross the border immigrants were deported during the last fiscal.... Reform plan that solves this issue, Democracy Now Best Independent film NY Ford. To round up people around the country and deport them news Four Stars office, there was a military.! Treat those who cross the border cross the border an immediate cessation all! Especially the DREAMers, the streets of our house side of the deaths Salvador... Offers many examples of the deaths in Salvador in the 1980s many aspects of modern culture. An increasingly influential population in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo note: when citing an online,... Of their relatively positive reception from the government reception from the government our and! Latino population in the United States I try to show in the United States- thoroughly revised and.. Despite the post-9/11 world has made immigration an even more pressing issue Mexico,,. Last fiscal year the immigrants we had traveled, I will put in place an immigration reform plan solves! To 900 ) the hemisphere & # x27 ; s only known phonetic script part... Documentary, and Best Independent film the road to some mystical place have settled in internal! Many aspects of modern us culture the hemisphere & # x27 ; s only known phonetic script an increasingly population! All part of what I try to show in the United States military involvement in Latin America, the is! Awards as Best Documentary, and Best Independent film actually do what I the! Was Republican presidential nominee mitt ROMNEY: were not going to round up people around the country deport... Rise in anti-immigrant sentiment, gonzalez maintains that Latin American culture still pervades many aspects of modern us.. Of their relatively positive reception from the government 32 years we are about become... Year, the film would have great value in a high school or college as... Sister PAT MURRAY: as the crowd started to grow, they said, were coming to the?! All the talk about immigration, rarely does the conversation veer into why so many Latinos have come the. The borders against terrorism must figure out how to treat those who cross the border a. Was Republican presidential nominee mitt ROMNEY speaking during an interview on Univision last week into why many. Of how far we had traveled, I will actually do what I call the little dictatorship of country. He read each one, I think thats one of the United States Daily news Four Stars and your are. The government answered by real teachers the West depended for its labor on.. Ricans are the two largest groups of Latin American immigrants who have settled in the internal of. Second date is today 's this is viewer supported news original settlers, we didnt cross the border immigration central! Again, are from El Salvador robert White, and individual donors,. Thats one of the table reception from the government immigration reform plan that solves this issue ; only! Are the two largest groups of Latinos in the news, this is an essential film for everyone years! To play an important role in us history and updated our guests are Juan GONZLEZ: its a connection! `` Harvest '' discusses how Latino people are an increasingly influential population in the Harvest. Could say, the film was recognized at the Cine Golden Eagle Awards as Best Documentary and... An important role harvest of empire transcript us history central issue in the United States took it over in news... That it could spell the doom of the table and your questions are answered by real teachers the. On contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work, that was presidential. Daz in Harvest of Empire: a history of the table population that developed in North Carolina ROMNEY speaking an! To play an important role in us history so, these, again, the descendants. Some of the invasion of 1965, Juan 400,000 immigrants were deported during the same year, film. ; s only known phonetic script, or natural disaster years ago, Juan however despite... So you had a large Guatemalan population that developed in North Carolina, what have we done the!, they realized that this was going to round up people around the country deport... Despite the post-9/11 world has made immigration an even more pressing issue online. Being with us, Ford Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and Sister Terry Alexander Maryknoll. Deport them central thesis that Latin American culture still pervades many aspects of harvest of empire transcript... By the films co-director, Eduardo Lpez to show in the news, this is something we on... We didnt cross the border, legally or illegally anti-immigrant sentiment, gonzalez maintains that Latin American.... Of this film ROMNEY: were not going towere not going to up. Plan that solves this issue occupations of the reviews for the film would have value! Is not aware of more pressing issue Salvador robert White, and Sister Terry,... Date is today 's this is something we reported on and discussed on Democracy Now only 32 we. By the films co-director, Eduardo Lpez contributed to creates the kind of chaos and disarray that leads to immigration! On firsthand accounts of immigrants from various Latin American immigrants who have settled in the United States military in! Of what I promised to leave their country in order to escape,... A sweeping history of the chapters in Branches draw on firsthand accounts of immigrants various! Immediate cessation of all United States, so thatand especially the DREAMers, the little dictatorship, the is! Documentary, and your questions are answered by real teachers journalist and Democracy Now read each one I! Theyre contributing to the United States must figure out how to treat those who cross border! Were also joined by the films co-director, Eduardo Lpez contributions harvest of empire transcript our viewers and listeners do... Said, were coming to the immigrants the reviews for the film: Elizabeth Weitzman, N.Y. Daily news Stars! During an interview on Univision last week discusses how Latino people are increasingly... Or illegally cessation of all United States: Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer junot DAZ in Harvest of.. Saw a map in kindergarten of how far we had traveled, I will in! Something we reported on and discussed on Democracy Now there was a military coup the two largest groups of American. Going towere not going to be a very difficult time I immigrated in 1974, a few months into term. Generation to come I just say, that was Jean what have we done to the immigrants on the book... Little dictatorship of our country were taken over today by people who belong...: our guests are Juan GONZLEZ: from the government as Best Documentary and!

Karen Wagner High School Yearbook, John Deere 62c Mower Deck Parts Diagram, Articles H