CS176 Movie

Question 1

Prop 187

Answer 1

proposition by CA Governor Wilson trying to deny state services (public education, non-emergency medical services) to undocumented immigrants; passed by deemed unconstitutional by CA Supreme Court

Question 2

Pico Union, LA

Answer 2

Ellis Island of Los Angeles

Question 3

Hoover Elementary

Answer 3

largest elementary school in LA; 2,700 students

Question 4

Laura

Answer 4

teacher, puts emphasis on college, makes students choose a career; Mayra says she will go to college & be a lawyer

Question 5

Arcelia

Answer 5

first grade teacher against prop 187, from Mexico, grew up picking grapes, went to college to not do work her parents did

Question 6

Student to teachers supporting 187

Answer 6

said if teachers voted for 187 they shouldn’t teach here; said teachers would call us illegal aliens, treat them like aliens

Question 7

MacArthur Park

Answer 7

black market of city, highest homicide rate in city

Question 8

Violence at Hoover

Answer 8

when asked all students raised their hands saying they don’t feel safe walking to school; 5 out of 6 students say they have someone get killed; one kid recalls friend getting shot; Myra’s mom only lets her play on roof; school located at divide between two street gangs

Question 9

Pico Union socioeconomics

Answer 9

average income is $7,000 a year

Question 10

Hoover Street Parent Center

Answer 10

parenting & DSL classes, marches against violence, free vaccines

Question 11

Carmen

Answer 11

runs Parent Center w/ Arcelia, came from Mexico when family went bankrupt

Question 12

Hoover teacher demographics

Answer 12

mostly white & english speaking, don’t under parents & their culture

Question 13

Absences at Hoover

Answer 13

school has lost $140,000 from absences mainly from kids who left country to visit family

Question 14

Dianne

Answer 14

teacher for 187, believes in hard work, her parents assimilated & were proud to be American but now it’s a dirty word

Question 15

Dianne on immigration

Answer 15

if you choose to come to US you have to give something up, says her students should know English

Question 16

Mayra absences

Answer 16

stopped coming to class late in school year, her dad was killed in robbery & family was homeless leading them to sleep in abandoned apartment

Question 17

Dianne on students

Answer 17

says children at Hoover are getting worse & blames parents

Question 18

Mr. Piedmyer (librarian)

Answer 18

he says he just wants “his” country to be a good place like it was back in his day & city is filled w/ people who don’t care/litter, boy tells him it isn’t “his” country it’s everybody’s

Question 19

Dianne discrimination incident

Answer 19

interviewer asks her if she’s ever felt discriminated against, she says she did when people told her she didn’t belong at the school

Question 20

Mayra’s mom

Answer 20

doesn’t let Mayra play outside, works allday leaving Mayra along, doesn’t let interview speak to Mayra again b/c she doesn’t trust her

Question 21

Carmen for 187

Answer 21

Arcelia finds out Carmen is conservative & voted for 187; Carmen doesn’t like immigrants coming here; got into car accident & person ran away b/c they didn’t have insurance; Carmen has become less sympathetic which speaks to toll assimilation takes on immigrants

Question 22

Arcelia on why people support 187

Answer 22

they feel threatened, asks what would happen if students of Pico, China town, Korea town became lawyers, doctors, etc

Question 23

Why Dianne supports 187

Answer 23

don’t have enough money to put these kids in school, can’t take care of everyone