Blind Witness

Blind Witness presents scenes from the U.S.-Mexico border. The scenes open small windows into the lives of people facing injustice, corruption, violence, poverty, migration, death, and hope. The 'Country of the Blind' is used as a metaphor for not seeing the realities of 'free trade&#...

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Published inAnthropology Humanism Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 22 - 38
Main Author Molloy, Molly
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.06.2005
Subjects
Borders
Corruption
Free trade
Government policy
Illegal immigration
International migration
Mexico
Neoliberalism
Poverty
Social inequality
U.S.A
Violence
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Summary:Blind Witness presents scenes from the U.S.-Mexico border. The scenes open small windows into the lives of people facing injustice, corruption, violence, poverty, migration, death, and hope. The 'Country of the Blind' is used as a metaphor for not seeing the realities of 'free trade' and other neoliberal policies that force people to migrate from their homes to the Mexican side of the border where they may find poorly paid work in factories, or alternatively to attempt illegal immigration to the United States. Who is blind and who can see? Blindness can be a comfortable defense in light of harsh truth.
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ISSN:0193-5615
1559-9167
1548-1409
DOI:10.1525/ahu.2005.30.1.22