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Sunday, January 29, 2012
A day without a Mexican
After renting A Day Without a Mexican, I feel like I could connect with the problems the movie was constantly referring to. It was eye opening looking through different people's perspectives on how they view the Mexican-American population in not just America but the state with the biggest immigration, California. My eyes really opened up to the fact that we need Mexicans in the United States or our economy will collapse. The movie did a great job showing what would happen if a lot of people got what they wanted and all Mexicans left. I think people need to be more open minded to the fact that America is a haven for immigrants, and having immigrants is helping our economy which we have come to be dependent on. The different perspectives shown in the movie represent all the different opinions I have heard from people here in Goshen as well. People need to embrace the cultural influences that help keep America alive and open up to something different.
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One thing I really liked about this movie was that it showed the personal relationships between the employers and the workers. In the instance of the orchard, the owner and the head worker, I can’t remember his name, but they are very good friends. Not only was this man needed to run the orchard and the rest of the workers there, but also he was counted on as a dear friend; appreciated for more than his ability to do work. I also like the growth that was showed by the Senator, at first he throws the probably illegal workers out of our house, but by the end he understands their importance in his life and embraces them in his home.
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