video discussion 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTVF_dya7E&feature=youtu.be

From the very moment I started watching the documentary, I was surprised to see the extreme poverty those migrants lived in, even after the abolition of the slave trade and after such a long time of being an independent nation. How did they even survive under such conditions? I was mostly surprised by how a nine-year-old child could care for three siblings, and I felt heartbroken. The story brings out the reality of the industrial food system where the laborers are languishing in poverty while trying to work for the owners to produce more and more every season while the workers have nothing to feed on, no shelter, no water, and even bedding. I ask myself, what kind of system was that, even today, although there might be some significant changes after 1960 but not too substantial such that such cases do not exist.

Even in these modern times, there are quite a several Americans that are under similar conditions. Perhaps after the film was released, some people of goodwill tried to reach out and help them, and maybe the government did help. And perhaps some children were able to get the education they so desired. I think that social movement might address some conditions for the workers: better working conditions, better wages and salaries, and a conducive environment. Therefore, this might help improve their living standards and their children's education.