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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. JUAN GONZLEZ: Well, the harvest of the empire, as I explain in both the book and in the movie, is that thestarting at the end of World War II, really, the people of the third world started coming to the West, and they came precisely to those countries that had once been their colonial masters, so that, in France, they dont know what to do about all the Algerians and the Tunisians and the Moroccans; in England, they dont know what to do about all the Indians and the Pakistanis and the Jamaicans; in the United States, they dont know what to do about all the Latin Americans. As more immigrants arrive and as more people descended from Latin-American immigrants find their voices, they will be able to work together to advocate for better solutions. coup. ", "Harvest of Empire has a journalistic pedigree and a punch that comes from political advocacyThe filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans won't tolerate injustice when they know about it. NEWSREEL: For the first time in 30 years, the people of the Dominican Republic are breathing the sweet air of liberty, and the streets are jammed in celebration. In order to maintain its economic hold on Latin America, the United States interfered in the internal politics of various nations. I thought we were just going up the road to some mystical place. DAVID BROOKS: But when the immigrants come, they come with a culture of criminality. West Indian laborers were brought to Panama during the construction of the Panama Canal, and faced continued discrimination from both white settlers and native Panamanians, leading many to travel North. So, I think that's part of what I try to show in the book. 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. The citation above will include either 2 or 3 dates. In the 20th century, America no longer sought to expand its territories through land seizures; instead, America now focused on controlling its Latin American neighbors by controlling their economies. 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. Last Updated on June 8, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. Some 25 percent of all the children in the U.S. are Latino, and Census . Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of Harvest Of Empire by Juan Gonzalez. In fact, he got much louder applause than President Obama did. March 24th, 1980, he is assassinated in El Salvador by a U.S.-backed death squad. The entire Southwest of the United States was taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846. In 2013, the film received one of the most prestigious awards in Latino entertainment the Imagen Award as Best Documentary for Film or Television. "Harvest of Empire - Summary" eNotes Publishing The authors thesis emphasizes that people from many Latin-American countries have been forced to migrate to the United States as a direct result of American interventions in their native countries. Harvest of Empire provides a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely-noted triumphs of our nation's growing Latino community. ", 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! This increase in Latin American political involvement transformed them into a recognizable and vocal voice within politics. Fly your flag with pride! Its out of control. This was not a place that was very welcoming. TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council The film is based on a book by Juan Gonzlez , Democracy Now! The organization called on the Federal Communications Commission to study the impacts of hate speech in the media. The first was in 1916. Fifth, he encourages an immediate cessation of all United States military involvement in Latin America. As Ambassador Robert White says in our film, when you arm a group of uniformed butchers, the people dont emigrate, they flee. Though anti-immigrant sentiment remains high, Gonzalez contends that Latin Americans will continue to immigrate to the United States in search of economic opportunity. You, yourself, are from El Salvador, an immigrant here in the United States. The current section is section II which is entitled as Branches (Las Ramas) goes more in-depth about Gonzalez's background and what made him the individual he is currently. If all of the rhetoric about immigration was true, and its this poverty or our dysfunctional governments, if that were really the cause of immigration, you would have had people coming from El Salvador forever. be inflicted upon Indigenous and People of Color communities here and abroad, JUAN GONZLEZ: Its a different perspective on this side of the table. Did you know that you can get Democracy Now! 90 minutes. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. 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. Many Latin American countries tried to ally themselves with the United States in the wake of the revolutionary war, but the United States often proved to be a fickle ally. Theyre hard-working people. The Latino-American population is growing and is already one-third of the American population. 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. Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez: what are chapters 15 about, with details? Meanwhile, political instability wrought by US intervention and the increasingly lucrative drug trade resulted in Colombia becoming the murder capital of the Western Hemisphere, and many Colombians traveled to the United States in search of safety. 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. Gonzalez traces the particular paths of different Latino groups, including Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Cubans, and Dominicans. Eventually, even the United States government could not stomach his methods of operation, so the CIA joined with disgruntled military officers to back his assassination. At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, HARVEST OF EMPIRE examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. co-host Juan Gonzlez, "Harvest of Empire" takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and. eNotes.com, Inc. Time Periods: All US History A wave of American companies established dominion over Latin America for the next century. Germany has an immigration problem. AMY GOODMAN: A new report by the National Hispanic Media Coalition has found media portrayals of Latinos and immigrants are fueling rampant negative stereotypes among the general population. )lJhn.) 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. However, despite being politically recognized as United States territory, much of the land that forms the Southwestern United States traditionally belonged to Mexico. is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization. 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. 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. Juan, again, a co-host, with the New York Daily News, author of three other books, including News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, which is also just out in paperback, and founder and past president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. online is the same, and will be the first date in the citation. Puerto Ricans : citizens yet foreigners. About Harvest of Empire. And I really would not be sitting here with you if it wasnt for the hard work and sacrifice of the producer of the film, Wendy Thompson-Marquez. Obama made news again Friday when the White House said a new federal policy that grants some young immigrants temporary legal status to stay in the country will not make them eligible for health insurance under the new healthcare law. co-host Juan Gonzlez. Juan Gonzlez? 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. AMY GOODMAN: And, of course, you have the latest presidential link, this remarkable story surrounding Bain, how Mitt Romney helped found Bain Capital with investments from Central American linksCentral American elites linked to the death squads in El Salvador. Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! The original agreement was that Romney would be given tickets to disperse to young Republicans on the University of Miami campus, but they apparently could not find enough students on the University of Miami campus to fill the theater, so they insisted on busing in supporters from outside the university, who were a lot more rowdy, I think, than the students would have been. 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This movement gave way to a push for expanded civil rights, and voter engagement increased rapidly. And this, again, is a testament to the team that created this. AMY GOODMAN: Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles. refuge. Thats notI said during my primary campaign, time and again, were not going to round up 12 million people, that includes the kids and the parents, and have everyone deported. AMY GOODMAN: In fact, Mitt Romney talks about people should self-deport. A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated. The final option, and the one that Gonzalez endorses, is a voluntary association model, wherein Puerto Rico maintains its relationship with the United States while also receiving a greater degree of local autonomy. He would disappear Dominican and American citizens and kill them with impunity. 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. The U.S. Army trained a new Dominican National Guard. JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, it is, and I think its increasingly become an issue, not just in the big cities whereNew York, L.A., Miamibut in the heartland of America, and especially in the South, where in North Carolina, for instance, theres been a huge increase in the Latino population of North Carolina, but most people dont understand how those Latinos got there. 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. JUAN GONZLEZ: His assassinationin churchstunned the entire nation. In the wake of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States began enforcing much stricter immigration policies. And then the bomb went off. And so, this is a clear example of how disconnection continues to exist. Note: When citing an online source, it is important to include all necessary dates. In the midst of a historic fight over immigrant rights and the future of millions of Latino families, Latino Impact Media is proud to present Harvest of Empire, an award-winning documentary that takes an unflinching look at the connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. is a timely and generally effective antidote to the dangerous xenophobia that is the true virus threaten-ing the integrity of essential American ideals. In the Branches section of Harvest of Empire, the author traces the factors that resulted in the separate odysseys for the people of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia. 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. From the territorial expansionist policies that decimated the young economies of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, to the. We all have the same potential. 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. Immigration is one of the key issues of this election year, and yet you dont have presidential candidates who have a vastly different approach to it. Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms . Juan Gonzlez is a journalist and political activist of Puerto Rican descent who has worked as a columnist for the New York Daily News. 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. Obama called the lack of immigration reform the biggest failure of his presidency but attempted to shift blame for the failure to Republicans. Featuring family . And so, my first priority was making sure that we prevented us from going into a great depression. Our system isnt to deport people. At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, the new feature-length documentary, Harvest of Empire, examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. There is hope that just such a comprehensive solution is possible. The film features present day immigrant stories, rarely seen archival material, as well as interviews with such respected figures as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Mench, the Reverend . Harvest of Empire Affect and a Counternarrative of Latino/a Migration Lauren E. Shaw In September 2012 the documentary of Empire:Harvest The Untold Story of Latinos in America was released in the United States. Humanities NY, Ford Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and individual donors. JUNOT DAZ: Well, they said, Were coming to the United States. Whatever that meant. E They are here because we were there. The history will say what we are. At the Laemmle Theater on Friday night in Pasadena, here in New York at the Quad theater on 13th Street in New York through October 4th. AMY GOODMAN: Were going to break and then come back to this discussion. 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. Furthermore, the arbitrarily placed national borders separated families and communities that had inhabited the land for centuries. 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. In his memoir, former Bain executive Harry Strachan writes Romney pushed aside his own misgivings about the investors to accept their backing. You know, you cant grow if you admit no mistakes. Copy may not be in its final form. Were now talking about 11 to 12 million people that are undocumented in the United States. And we beingboth of us being Latino immigrantsWendy from Peru and me from El Salvadorwe knew the real story. France has an immigration problem. eNotes Editorial. Balaguer won that election. The film is called Harvest of Empire. In the midst of a historic fight over immigrant rights and the future of millions of Latino families, Latino Impact Media is proud to present Harvest of Empire, an award-winning documentary that takes an unflinching look at the connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. AMY GOODMAN: That was Sister Terry Alexander, Maryknoll missionary. PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON: The American nations cannot, must not, and will not permit the establishment of another communist government in the Western Hemisphere. 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. If there are three dates, the first date is the date of the original 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. ", "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. The film examines how New York Daily News columnist. Some investors had extensive ties to death squads responsible for a vast majority of the deaths in Salvador in the 1980s. !%pq,75/VDzeR2#nm/s;eAt jlaa81vOJ < {w And the Puerto Ricans never went anywhere. JUAN GONZLEZ: America has always been a nation in the process of becoming, in process of change. Its on 13th Street. Yes, itsthe Dominican Republic really is one of the many examples, but there are others, of Salvador, Guatemala and Cuba, as well, in terms of the effect of American foreign policy on the migration. which is why we all need to be part of the struggle for rights, equality and justice. As such, the film would have great value in a high school or college classroom as a corrective to the willfully ignorant . Canarsie, Shinecock, and Munsee peoples and challenges the harm that continues to And it is the harvest of the empires that made those countries so wealthy. eNotes.com will help you with any book or any question. on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Color Congress, MOSAIC, New York Community Trust, Peace Development Fund, Don't worry, we'll never share or sell your information. However, Gonzalez notes that the interactions between colonizers and native residents varied by region. Romney was accused during the appearance of avoiding specific details about a possible permanent solution and asked to respond with a yes or no on whether he would deport undocumented youth. AMY GOODMAN: I want to go to a part of Harvest of Empire that deals with the assassination of Archbishop scar Romero on March 24th, 1980, in El Salvador. The border crossed us.. 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. However, Gonzalez believes that this plan is destined to fail, as there is not a strong enough national consensus amongst Puerto Ricans, many of whom worry about the impacts that full statehood would have on their culture and economy. Contact Us. Thousands of Dominicans started coming to New York City. to your inbox each morning. Sixth, he calls for an end to the blockade of Cuba. So you had a large Guatemalan population that developed in North Carolina. I was more frightened there than Vietnam. Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9750 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters-l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1200032 Openlibrary_edition OL17055334M Openlibrary_work OL7975766W Their film, Harvest of Empire: The History of Latinos in America, based on Juans book. Thousands upon thousands of Puerto Ricans were actually recruited to come work here in the United States. FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS: I had never seen anything like El Salvador. And he appears in the film throughout. Subsequently, Latino American voters, Black voters, and liberal White voters began banding together in support of more liberal candidates. The Harvest section focuses on the most important trends, issues, and problems facing Latino Americans today. Study Guide harvest of empire transcript Harvest of Empire & quot ; Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez: are... 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