Brainstorm #5
Brainstorm #5:
First of all, Senorita Extraviada and the whole story is probably the saddest story I've ever heard. It's heartbreaking to hear about the many tragedies and what the families have to go through and how even the authorities can't be trusted. Senorita Extraviada challenges the representation of these young women as disposable by giving face to their amazing personalities, presences in their communities, the impact on their families and communities, and more. The film reveals that these women were very important and loved in their communities and the outrage and protests after the injustice of their deaths and the lack of investigations shows it. Lisa Cacho's concept of "social death" that some people's lives are worthless because of their race or social class is very much related to this situation. The point of view of the government and most of the people with power in the situation had a view aligning with the concept of social death that these murdered young women's lives aren't very important, that they're disposable. The main practices of resilience that the working poor mothers and families use to confront these tragedies and hold authorities accountable is protesting and bringing awareness to the issue. By creating this documentary and marching in the streets, they make sure that the authorities know that the people are angry at the injustice and need more to be done. Art functions as witness by giving people an outlet to express their anger and sorrow and also show that the victims are loved and will always be remembered. The black crosses on pink paint on many telephone poles are an example of a powerful image that shows just that. Overall,
it is very clear that most of the authorities in Juarez believed these young women to be disposable, that somehow their lives were less important. And having the people in power part of this toxic ideology, there's not much poor victim's families can do.
First of all, Senorita Extraviada and the whole story is probably the saddest story I've ever heard. It's heartbreaking to hear about the many tragedies and what the families have to go through and how even the authorities can't be trusted. Senorita Extraviada challenges the representation of these young women as disposable by giving face to their amazing personalities, presences in their communities, the impact on their families and communities, and more. The film reveals that these women were very important and loved in their communities and the outrage and protests after the injustice of their deaths and the lack of investigations shows it. Lisa Cacho's concept of "social death" that some people's lives are worthless because of their race or social class is very much related to this situation. The point of view of the government and most of the people with power in the situation had a view aligning with the concept of social death that these murdered young women's lives aren't very important, that they're disposable. The main practices of resilience that the working poor mothers and families use to confront these tragedies and hold authorities accountable is protesting and bringing awareness to the issue. By creating this documentary and marching in the streets, they make sure that the authorities know that the people are angry at the injustice and need more to be done. Art functions as witness by giving people an outlet to express their anger and sorrow and also show that the victims are loved and will always be remembered. The black crosses on pink paint on many telephone poles are an example of a powerful image that shows just that. Overall,
it is very clear that most of the authorities in Juarez believed these young women to be disposable, that somehow their lives were less important. And having the people in power part of this toxic ideology, there's not much poor victim's families can do.
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