In an initial post, answer all of the following questions:
**These go in order of their appearance in the film. The questions on Mexico are at the end of the film (#7-8)**
- What are some of the reasons that so many Latin Americans migrate(d) to the United States?
- Guatemala – why would the U.S. want to overthrow the Arbenz government? What threat did he pose?
- Where do the indigenous and Maya-descended people fit into the social structure of Guatemala? What parallels can you draw for how they were treated, to how groups in the U.S. have been treated?
- El Salvador – What are some things that happened to the citizens deemed “the enemy” in the country?
- Who is Bishop Romero? What was his platform and what happened to him because of it?
- What is the School of the Americas, and what role does it play in U.S. foreign engagement?
- Mexico – What are some issues faced by migrants crossing the US/Mexico border?
- How did NAFTA affect Mexican citizens?
Then, answer one of the following questions underneath a classmate as a reply to their initial thread:
- Given the nature of media coverage of illegal immigration, how does this documentary counter that narrative that is commonly seen through our media outlets?
- What is your opinion on the low numbers of migrants allowed to migrate to the U.S. from El Salvador, given what happened in their country? Explain your position.
- Think of a place you would (want) to immigrate to. List the country, and Google what you would have to do to get there. Could you? What would you have to do? What opposition would you face?