harvest of empire transcript

Both President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney answered tough questions about immigration and deportation when they appeared on the Spanish-language network Univision last week. Juan Gonzlez is here, along with Eduardo Lpez. Eduardo Lpez is with us. The first was in 1916. Roots outlines the history of colonization in the Americas. By Juan Gonzlez (Penguin, Updated Release 2011), Harvest of Empire: New Book Exposes Latino History in America as Obama Campaigns for Latino Vote, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, Sudans Army Agrees to 24-Hour Ceasefire with Rival Faction as Civilian Toll Mounts, Kansas City Homeowner Charged for Shooting Black Teen Who Rang Wrong Doorbell, Grand Jury Wont Indict Akron, Ohio, Police Officers Who Shot Jayland Walker 46 Times, Two Indianapolis Cops Charged with Manslaughter for Killing Herman Whitfield in Parents Home, Video Shows New Mexico Police Fatally Shooting Homeowner After Knocking on Wrong Door, Florida Gov. AMY GOODMAN: Were going to break and then come back to this discussion. TRAILER EN ESPAOL. 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. 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. [3] The film was directed by Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lpez, [4] and premiered in New York and Los Angeles on September 28. In fact, he got much louder applause than President Obama did. 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. You know, so Mexicans often say, the originalthe descendants of those original settlers, We didnt cross the border. 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. And so, these, again, are all kinds of situations that our own country is not aware of. The stock market was collapsing. co-host Juan Gonzlez, "Harvest of Empire" takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and. I lived in what I call the little dictatorship, the little dictatorship of our house. pt. It has the effect of changing the discourse from one of "illegality" to "historical truth. Harvest (La cosecha). And they usually went by nationality. I mean, we had to tie our shoes a certain way. 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. And I said, Are you sure? Thatsmy book is kind of more of a history, and it delvesits kind of complicated, because it goes into every one of the different Latino groups in the country, how they came here, what drove them here. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-02-28 22:20:03 Boxid IA178901 Boxid_2 CH128520 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donor 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. However, Gonzalez notes that the interactions between colonizers and native residents varied by region. As such, the film would have great value in a high school or college classroom as a corrective to the willfully ignorant . Were now talking about 11 to 12 million people that are undocumented in the United States. Time Periods: All US History u_.$qD=5Do? Well be back in a minute. MELVIN GOODMAN: The feeling was we could very easily overthrow this progressive government and make it a lot easier for the United Fruit Company and other American businesses to operate in Central America. The film examines how New York Daily News columnist. Many of the chapters in Branches draw on firsthand accounts of immigrants from various Latin American backgrounds. I immigrated in 1974, a few months before the fall of Saigon. JUNOT DAZ: Well, they said, Were coming to the United States. Whatever that meant. 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 in a moment, were going to go to El Salvador to talk about what drove a lot of the migration here. And in just about all the cases when you look at history, you see very clearly, as Juan explains in the book, that our different waves of migration are connected to actions that the United States took in our countries, in different times for different reasons, but its very consistent throughout history, this connection between our foreign policy and immigration. AMY GOODMAN: Eduardo Lpez, Rigoberta Mench, of course, the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Romney attacked Obamas deferred action policy that allows some young undocumented people to remain in the country temporarily, saying a more permanent solution was needed. TWN acknowledges that in New York we are on the unceded territory of the Lenni Lenape, The original content of this program is licensed under a. 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. Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms . Second, he calls for a revision of the relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico that grants Puerto Ricans more independence. from places . Third, he advocates for more bilingual education options and champions the teaching of Spanish as a second language. And our actions in 1954 in Guatemala taking down the rbenz government unleashed decades of civil war in that country that ended up killing more than 200,000 people. Fifth, he encourages an immediate cessation of all United States military involvement in Latin America. Gonzalez argues that, contrary to popular opinion and despite their undervaluation, Latinos have been part of the United States since before the arrivals of Anglo colonists. hTn6EE q8C@ IHvdakb/G*/Dr^rrc'yL]]zL._fq4DQ_~r~}\o^i0ry "@H 32O nL7%'K$H,`N0'#####&fEDDGGGG+. ROBERT WHITE: When you finance and train a gang of uniformed butchers and they begin wholesale killing, the people dont emigrate, they flee. 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. New York : Penguin Books, 2011. TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Directed by Eduardo Lpez & Peter Getzels. Ed. Germany has an immigration problem. And, of course, she neglects to deal with the reality of the Puerto Rican existence in the United States. AMY GOODMAN: Our guests are Juan Gonzlez and Eduardo Lpez. publication online or last modification online. 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Times Harvest of Empire has a journalistic pedigree and a punch that comes from political advocacyThe filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans wont tolerate injustice when they know about it. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! 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. And this is, I believe, one of the reasons why so much of the ignorant rhetoric about immigrants takes hold in our country, because we dont know. AMY GOODMAN: Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles. And I think that theonce again, whether it was the sugar companies earlier on and, more recently, the maquilas and the sweatshops of the Caribbean Basin, they've always had enormous impact on the standard of living in these countries, as well as the push that forces people to look somehow or other to survive by coming to the United States. Nearly 400,000 immigrants were deported during the last fiscal year. Last Updated on June 8, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. hmk0^nb=? 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 European colonization of the Americas to the 2020 election. Some 25 percent of all the children in the U.S. are Latino, and Census . 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. 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! 2023 . delivered to your inbox every day? All Rights Reserved. Description "A sweeping history of the Latinx experience in the United States. He would disappear Dominican and American citizens and kill them with impunity. Latino Impact Media, 2018. You know, you cant grow if you admit no mistakes. Log in here. 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. Harvest of Empire provides a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely-noted triumphs of our nation's growing Latino community. But I have to say about the Dominican Republic, Id really like to make a point, that one of the main reasons we made this film is really personified by Junot Daz, who is now contributing as one of our great American writers. FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS: I had never seen anything like El Salvador. SISTER PAT MURRAY: As the crowd started to grow, they realized that this was going to be a very difficult time. 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. The second is the date of Balaguer won that election. N coup. They were forced to, by a variety of reasons, leave their countries. The entire Southwest of the United States was taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846. US support for violent dictators and its history of issuing predatory loans resulted in widespread political and economic disenfranchisement. 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. 18 Apr. You, yourself, are from El Salvador, an immigrant here in the United States. )lJhn.) 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. JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, well, I think that throughout Central Americain Salvador, in Nicaragua, in Hondurastheres always been a very small elite that has benefited from being a comprador group, basically facilitating the exploitation of their own countries by American businesses, largely. 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 so, this is a clear example of how disconnection continues to exist. I was more frightened there than Vietnam. Get the DVD. is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization. Immigrants havent even been in this country. As the twentieth century began, the United States had solidified its power over much of Latin America. a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. This perpetual territorial expansion, justified under the idea of Manifest Destiny, persisted throughout colonial history, as America acquired Florida, then Texas, and, through the Mexican War, the territory now included in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming, as well as lands won in the Spanish-American War. The Untold Story of Latinos in America. Some investors had extensive ties to death squads responsible for a vast majority of the deaths in Salvador in the 1980s. Gonzalez transitions into a discussion of Puerto Ricos status as a United States unincorporated commonwealth. Well, our 100-city Silenced Majority Tour continues on Wednesday in Storrs, Connecticut, University of Connecticut Student Union Theater at 7:30; then on Thursday in Arlington, Virginia, at George Mason Universitys Founders Hall, Room 125, at 7:30; on Friday night in Charlottesville, Virginia, at 7:00 p.m. at the Nau Auditorium South Lawn Commons, University of Virginia; then on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Green Festival in Washington, D.C.; the Baltimore Book Festival at 7:00; and on Sunday at noon, Richmond, Virginia; at 7:00 p.m., Norfolk, Virginia. ", "With the immigration debate currently consuming much of the current political climate, there's no better time for the release of Harvest of Empire. ANN COULTER: No, I think civil rights are for blacks. 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. To me, its really unacceptable, when you look at theI believe it was around $9 million that he accepted as the investment money. Please do your part today. This situation, which was repeated in many different countries throughout the Caribbean and Central America, resulted in a flood of migrants to the United States, the majority of whom came seeking relief from poverty and brutality. hdAk@27l4"zj@Pyh) And I think everybody here remembers where we were four years ago. The clip prominently features the Dominican-born Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Daz. endstream endobj 4849 0 obj <>stream The second option is for Puerto Rico to become fully independent. Sign up for our Daily News Digest today! The U.S. Army trained a new Dominican National Guard. <br><br>Harvest of Empire explores the hidden history of our nation's Latinx community, and takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. military actions and economic interests played in triggering unprecedented waves of migration from the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico . And once thewith the ending of World War II and with the independence movements that developed throughout Asia and Africa and Latin America, the peoples of those former colonial countries are coming to the metropolis, and theyre changing, transforming the very composition of those nations, and so that, for us, the United States, its not even anwere not dealing with this immigration, quote, problem alone. 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. EDUARDO LPEZ: This is, again, one of the reasons why we produced this film and why we feel so strongly about it, because, as Juan points out in his book and in the film, El Salvador is really maybe the latest and one of the clearest examples of this direct connection between our foreign policy and immigration. And thats why I think they are struggling so much against it, just as they did back in 86 with the first comprehensive immigration reform. 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. JUAN GONZLEZ: There have been two major U.S. occupations of the Dominican Republic. We all have the same abilities. We were very happy that she participated, because I think that she really communicates something that, again, as Americans, we were never told. @)4Y t(}&&18Nq\XwJDet~V Then it came out again updated, and now its in a film. 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. This reaction by the government was intended to undermine Fidel Castros communist regime, which had resisted US intervention for much of the latter twentieth century. The last date is today's But where this money came from and the people who gave it to him is something that he really should have looked at much more closely, because it is related to the most terrible atrocities. "Harvest of Empire - Summary" eNotes Publishing Puerto Ricans : citizens yet foreigners. He is co-director and producer, along with Wendy Thompson-Marquez, of this remarkable film thats based on co-host Juan Gonzlezs book 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. And so, my first priority was making sure that we prevented us from going into a great depression. Thats Ita. Three of us knelt down there to pray. ANN COULTER: What did wecan I just say, what have we done to the immigrants? And so, you had the meat-packing industry in the Midwest, began recruiting many Mexicans to come to Dodge City and to come to Des Moines and to come to all of thesethe meat center of the country. DeSantis to Sign Bill Allowing Divided Juries to Hand Down Death Sentences, DeSantis Proposes Building New Prison Near Disney World over Disneys LGBTQ+ Advocacy, House Speaker McCarthy Proposes Raising Debt Ceiling in Exchange for Sweeping Budget Cuts, U.S. EDUARDO LPEZ: Yes. What have we done to the immigrants? "Harvest" discusses how Latino people are an increasingly influential population in the United States, both politically and culturally. But the Bosch government didnt last for very long. Juan Gonzlez is a journalist and political activist of Puerto Rican descent who has worked as a columnist for the New York Daily News. Thats Jean. Note: When citing an online source, it is important to include all necessary dates. 3. 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. endstream endobj 4847 0 obj <>stream And Rigoberta Mench is the person who most personifies that struggle of the Mayan people throughout that time. Presents a history of Latinos in America, from the first colonies in the New World through today, and offers portraits of distinguished Americans of Hispanic descent that have played a key role in the evolving face of American life. 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. Immigrants from Panama and Columbia face similar issues. Harvest of Empire. Co-host 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. When I finally saw a map in kindergarten of how far we had traveled, I remember being not only astonished but literally terrified. 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. Subsequently, Latino American voters, Black voters, and liberal White voters began banding together in support of more liberal candidates. However, despite being politically recognized as United States territory, much of the land that forms the Southwestern United States traditionally belonged to Mexico. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America Film. Don't worry, we'll never share or sell your information. Eduardo, the last clip we played was of Archbishop Romero. Our summaries and analyses are written by experts, and your questions are answered by real teachers. Humanities NY, Ford Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and individual donors. Juan Gonzlez? refuge. The film is based on a book by Juan Gonzlez , Democracy Now! 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: Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Junot Daz in Harvest of Empire. Everybody just scattered. JACK CAFFERTY: Once again, the streets of our country were taken over today by people who dont belong here. If there are two dates, the date of publication and appearance England has an immigration problem. However, subsequent generations rejected this effort at assimilations and instead developed a sense of Latin American identity that focused on civil rights and cultural diversity. 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