Olamide Owolabi: Documentary Analysis

The narrative of the violent undocumented “alien” serves a dual purpose of instilling fear into Americans and to view undocumented immigrants as criminals. The opening scene of the documentary shows dark, shapeless figures running across the border. This gives the impression of a foreign “thing” crossing the border with bed intentions. During another opening shot, a white male congressman with power talks over a scene

The documentary, “Immigration Battle’’expose the problem of race and ethnicity with immigrants in the United States. The immigration Battle shows that United States of America is a country with a diversity of multicultural religions, races and nations. United States is a nation of many immigrants but this country still being racial until today. It is hard to see how immigrants are being treated and kept from their rights and need to be hide for the fear of being deported. The video shows a bipartisan immigration reform in the election of Obama’s by passing a common ground between Democrats and Republicans.

The next man that was followed was J.D. Hayworth, a state congressman for Arizona. He provided a lot of detail and facts on the immigrants that were trying to cross the border into the United Stated. He is also trying to build more laws and put more laws into effect to tighten the border between Arizona and Mexico because at this point that is the main source of entrance into the U.S. Some of the other people filmed in the documentary were people who were trying to raise awareness to others about the problem of illegal immigration and a woman whose husband was murdered by an illegal immigrant. The ethos effect in the documentary wasn’t the only effective part though; they also did a great job with the pathos effect.

Ariana Vivas was only 9 years old when she handed a note to Illinois Representative Luis Gutiérrez during a press conference an advocacy group had organized. Ariana, like many young Hispanics, had been born in the Unites States. However, her father was part of the recent deportations that countless undocumented immigrants and family members dread. Ariana’s testimony of her father’s deportation is a common story among children with undocumented parents. The documentary, Immigration Battle, explores the controversial issue of immigration. Immigration Battle takes you inside the halls of Congress to give you a perspective of the fight for immigration reform, the debate, the politics, and how Washington really works.

In the documentary series, Welcome to Lagos, gives the audience a chance to observe the daily lives of the people living Makoko. Makoko is a city that was primarily established as a fishing village; eventually people began to form a society that was needed. As Makoko began to develop, it was seen as an informal city that was created in its separation from Lagos. Usually for a city to form, there are certain structures and belief systems that are put into place as organizing principles of society. Wherein, the first part of the film showcases the society of Makoko, as it began to build a small community and eventually expanding into a larger city. The informal city had begun to create formal social relations between individuals who shared a distinctive culture and political institutions within that society. One way to critique the informal city is through the popular culture. The mainstream form of popular culture is opposite to the counterculture of informal cities. The establishment of the Makoko community is embedded within, but outside of, the dominant society. The people of Makoko turned the slums, the undesirable by-products of popular culture (ecological problems from formal city production), into places of opportunities that held economic value and bonding social relations. By looking at the counterculture of Makoko, one can see that the foundations of the informal city develop into an informal, community based government.

The second documentary was called “Wetback”. It was about the Latin or South Americans and the difficult journey to sneak into America. This documentary was also tied in with symbolic interactionist perspective. The first term that refers to the documentary “Wetback” is stereotype. This is basically when someone assumes you are like others of the same race, gender, age and other descriptive labels others can give you. In this film, the two main characters where Nayo and Milton. They are two men from Nicaragua that had decided to take the dangerous journey to the United States. They were making this trip to try and find a better life for themselves and their families. They were stereotyped during the journey when they were caught by some Mexican police members that ended up taking all their money and sending them on their way back home. They were two easy targets because they were traveling on a bus with other people attempting to migrate into the United States illegally. Further along in the film, there were other times where many immigrants from South America were labelled as criminals. This is because many people in border areas or towns believe that they are only coming here to steal our jobs and overrun America. For example, in Arizona there is a group of men called the Civil Homeland Defense. These are citizens that take time out of their days to patrol areas around the border to try and stop as many “Mexicans” from coming into America. The sheriff in this town thank

Anulika Okafor, a bachelor’s degree holder in psychology from Hampton University with a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration (MHA) from the University of New Haven, is an aspiring Healthcare Entrepreneur. She prides herself in improving patient- centered care services and community well-being in the Healthcare Industry.

Latinos have had a big impact in population numbers in the United States. Constant immigration from Latinos and Hispanics from all over the world have resulted in a large population of them living in America. As of July 1, 2015, there were a total of 56.6 million Hispanics in the U.S., which makes it the largest racial minority in the country (Bureau, 2016). Having a large population of Hispanics, impacts a lot of aspects in the daily lives and influences communities around

The presentation talked about one of the core issue, which is Politics in this case, that affected Latino in USA. A thorough research was conducted to understand the causes and effects of politics and how it moulded the growth of Latinos in this country.

Chavez uses the “Latino Threat Narrative” to compare the Hispanics to the “German language threat, the Catholic threat, the Chinese and Japanese language threat, and the southern and eastern European threats.” He suggests that “each was pervasive and defined “truths” about the threat posed by immigrants that, in hindsight, were unjustified or never materialized in the long run of history.” Chavez was trying to explain that the Hispanic would pattern these other threats by upsetting the America people. He states that “… the Latino Threat Narrative is part of a grand tradition of alarmist discourse about immigrants and their perceived negative impacts on society.”

Alfonso Gonzales provides a riveting and detailed work of Latino migrant politics and the homeland security state. Migration control date back to the mid-20th century. The author presents the actions taken by “pro-immigrant” groups to counter the hegemonic institutions that criminalize our communities. The book draws on political theory and field research with numerous activists, deportees, and policy makers across the country ranging from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. and abroad (Mexico and El Salvador). Gonzales argues that Latinos face a multidimensional form of political power he coins “anti-migrant hegemony,” that secures a legitimization for state violence against migrants through a race-neutral dialog regarding crime and combating terrorism. Gonzales presents an array of agents that have a stake in migrant politics and the Homeland Security State. The book ends with discussing how Latino migrant activists and their allies could change the contemporary reality faced by millions of Latinos living in the shadows and ultimately help democratize the United States.

The Presentation was to examine the past and future of Latino in United States by considering various factors such as- education, population growth, job opportunities, politics, etc.

Latinos have been the hard working class of America that has been underappreciated throughout the centuries. They have been a significant force that pushed forward the advancement of America with providing their back breaking labor as a contribution. Over the past centuries Latinos have flooded the United States in the hopes for better opportunities and better pay. Most were undocumented illegal immigrants brought in for cheap labor to work on farms that covered most of the west coast. These Latinos had little to no rights and have been taken advantage of, with being compensated for their hard work for little to nothing of value. They can not do anything, for that they had no word. This was a great upset throughout the Latino community that

My name is Habibat Owolabi and I am a constituent of 7th Congressional district of Illinois, 60615. Co incidentally, I am also a nursing student of the city college of Chicago.

The study of Latinos in politics has become a very critical to the advancement of the community. This has become the case since statistically, there has been a tremendous wave of growth since the 1940s; today there are 60 million Latinos in the U.S. and this number is projected to rise to about 150 million by the year 2050, meaning 30%, or 1 in every 3 people, in the US will be of Latino origin. Taking into consideration these numbers “minority politics” would no longer seem an appropriate term. This is why Latino political interaction has become very important, however, in order to begin to understand this realm, one has to take into consideration the various forms of exclusion Latinos have faced based on the fact they they have identified