harvest of empire transcript

Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms . 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. And yet it was imposed on the Puerto Ricans by the United States Congress. JUAN GONZLEZ: He basically ruled the Dominican Republic for 30 years with absolute, total control. And to a large measure, the film captures this process of migration: the push of the repression that occurs in the countries, in the sending countries, and the pull of American businesses seeking cheap labor. AMY GOODMAN: Juan, Ann Coulters comments on This Week when she said, I think civil rights are for blacks. 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. JACK CAFFERTY: Once again, the streets of our country were taken over today by people who dont belong here. And he appears in the film throughout. Its not something that just happened 150 years ago. AMY GOODMAN: That was Sister Terry Alexander, Maryknoll missionary. 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. All Rights Reserved. This is a film certainly worth seeing. ", "With immigration a central issue in the news, this is an essential film for everyone. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. 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! 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As such, America must find a fair way to create a solution that recognizes American responsibility for the destabilization, poverty, and violence that immigrants are fleeing. Thousands of Dominicans started coming to New York City. 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. Weve been living it for over 40 years. 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. This book presents an integrated historical look at Latin America and Latinos in the United States, offering portraits of real-life Latino pioneers and sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their homeland and examining how they have transformed the nation's cultural landscape. Documentary that examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. So I think that there is a political reason for this vehement opposition to basically adjusting the status for folks that really, for the most part, are not criminals. 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. coup. Second, he calls for a revision of the relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico that grants Puerto Ricans more independence. They have actually been working on this film for aboutI think its seven years now? Chapter-by-chapter summaries and multiple sections of expert analysis, The ultimate resource for assignments, engaging lessons, and lively book discussions. AMY GOODMAN: That was Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaking during an interview on Univision last week. The film is based on a book by Juan Gonzlez , Democracy Now! The American governments exploitative activities across Latin America have resulted in several waves of Latino migration to the states; these consequences of imperialism are what Gonzalez calls the harvest of empire.. He was a liberal, a social democrat, who attempted to institute new social reforms. Already a member? ", "I hope that "Harvest of Empire" gets a billion viewers, that it wins an Academy Award or an Emmy and that its producers and author strut at Cannes on a red carpet, if only as an expression that there's a reward for telling the truth, doing good and getting an overdue conversation going between neighbors. Everybody just scattered. You know, you cant grow if you admit no mistakes. So I think that thats whats at stake here, is that not only a humanitarian gesture to the people that are here, but also the political repercussions that will come about as a result. 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. 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. The entire Southwest of the United States was taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846. #:0F}E.yxDm"/Aq_rsRw:lZl3.cr"W5jc|i#z+Q=+[Dr i Juan Gonzlez is here, along with Eduardo Lpez. endstream endobj 4849 0 obj <>stream Were now talking about 11 to 12 million people that are undocumented in the United States. As Ambassador Robert White says in our film, when you arm a group of uniformed butchers, the people dont emigrate, they flee. Fly your flag with pride! AMY GOODMAN: Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Junot Daz in Harvest of Empire. The original content of this program is licensed under a. 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The book Harvest of Empire offers many examples of the factors leading to migration, which include economic and political persecution. Furthermore, the arbitrarily placed national borders separated families and communities that had inhabited the land for centuries. 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. Juan Gonzlez? 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. New York : Penguin Books, 2011. He outlines the instability and exploitative nature of the current system, and then discusses three different options for how Puerto Rico might move forward. So the United States then began allowing large numbers of Dominican former rebels to come to the United States as a way, again, of using migration as a safety valve. 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. As such, the film would have great value in a high school or college classroom as a corrective to the willfully ignorant . Why have you chosen to go this route? 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. 0W7H.m(]]JqA\Tl|{M~;Y(]r? 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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. Juan Gonzlez? By the end of this century, a majority of the people will trace their origins not to Europe but to Latin America. In the census of 1980, there were less than 100,000 Salvadorans listed, and just 32 years later, we are poised to become the third-largest Latino population in the United States. The Harvest section focuses on the most important trends, issues, and problems facing Latino Americans today. Strachan writes, These Latin American friends have loyally rolled over investments in succeeding funds, actively participated in Bain Capitals May investor meetings, and are still today one of the largest investor groups in Bain Capital. I want to get your comment, then Juans. So you had a large Guatemalan population that developed in North Carolina. Gonzalez cites US support for dictators such as Fulgencio Batista in Cuba and Rafael El Jefe Trujillo in the Dominican Republic as examples of US interference. In supporting United States businesses in Latin America, American administrations often supported ruthless dictators who, despite their horrific human rights abuses, were seen as reliable in supporting American companies. The work of Latino Impact Media has always focused on one, and only one mission: improving the lives of Latino families through media. TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council Branches (Las ramas). JUAN GONZLEZ: The reality is that America is changing. In order to maintain its economic hold on Latin America, the United States interfered in the internal politics of various nations. 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. 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. online is the same, and will be the first date in the citation. 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. Juan Gonzlez is a journalist and political activist of Puerto Rican descent who has worked as a columnist for the New York Daily News. But the Bosch government didnt last for very long. The first option involves the induction of Puerto Rico as a full-fledged state. Fourth, he encourages the government to fund inner-city education and infrastructure to benefit both local and immigrant populations. 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. That military coup in turn spurred a popular insurrection that led to the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965. 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. When I immigrated to New Jersey, it was a very crazy time. 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. 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. 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. DR. ALFREDO QUIONES-HINOJOSA: Were all humans. JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, and they came to me several years ago that they really were excited about the perspective that my book hadwas putting out. With absolute, total control the induction of Puerto Rico that grants Puerto Ricans were actually to. 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