How much did you already know about the Juarez femicides
prior to entering this class? How did Entry Denied by Ethne
Lubheid and Desert Blood by la Profe provide a historical,
cultural, political, and social context in which to better understand the
misogynistic murders of young women and girls on the El Paso/Juarez border? Be
sure to discuss one specific chapter in each book that most moved you, shocked
you, or otherwise provoked an emotional response. How effective
was Gregory Nava's film, Bordertown, at raising your
consciousness about the Juarez femicides?
I had a general idea of the Juarez femicides from taking
Chicano/a Sttudies 10A with you my freshman year but hadn’t really looked into
it or heard anything about it since then.
This class brought it up again and it really reminded me of just how
severe the situation is and how it goes unnoticed because since before and
after 10A I heard nothing about it. Lubheid’s
chapter 5, Rape, Asylum, and the U.S. Border Patrol really shocked me because
it made it even more of a reality to me.
Chapter 38 of Desert Blood also had that effect on me. The fact that Ivon was a citizen and the
border patrol was able to just detain her blows my mind and like I said,
Lubheid’s chapter made that real for me.
I also really like when Lubheid says that “since rape is technology for
(re)producing hierarchical social relationships, it reconstructs borders. I think it continues to give border patrol a
sense of power because first of all the women are powerless due to their documentation
status, and also because they are of course women. Bordertown help raise my consciousness by
giving more of a visual, putting a picture to the words. I truly think more people need to read about this
and watch Bordertown to raise awareness from everyone, not only us border
conscious students. My wish is that this
incidents stop getting pushed aside and actually get noticed.
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