THE TWO-TIER SYSTEM
The demographic group that received higher wages for the same mining job as the Mexican-Americans.
What is Anglo (or white) miners?
The two key factors that fueled the strike, economic discrimination and this.
What is racial prejudice (or racial discrimination)?
The structural issue the men demanded better safety standards for in the mine shafts.
What are unsafe fuse boxes (or danger of accidents)?
"I go up but never come down" What am I?
What is age
The luxury that was in the Anglo miners' homes but missing from the Mexican-American homes in Zinc Town.
What is indoor plumbing (or hot running water)?
The two key factors that fueled the strike: economic discrimination and this.
What is "Stay in your place"?
The unsanitary condition that the women demanded the company fix in their homes.
What is the lack of hot running water/indoor plumbing (or lack of sanitation)?
"The more of this there is, the less you see" What am I?
What is darkness
Ramón Quintero is told he can be easily replaced by "an American," highlighting this form of discrimination.
What is racial discrimination (or racism)?
The nationality of the actress, Rosaura Revueltas, who was deported during filming due to the film's controversial themes.
What is Mexican?
The person who ultimately has to do the difficult work of chopping wood multiple times a day because the Quintero home lacks hot water.
Who is Esperanza (or the wives/women)?
"I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water" What am I?
What is a Map
The financial arrangement that kept the Mexican-American miners in debt and tied to the company's control.
What is the company store/company housing system (or economic dependence)?
Esperanza references the Anglo bosses looking down on Ramón for his race, which she compares to Ramón's own treatment of this group.
What is women
The company's final act of retaliation, targeting the miners' homes after the strike continues.
What is eviction?
What is the pigs name is in Moana
Who is Pua
The specific mineral being mined that was the source of the company's wealth and the workers' exploitation.
What is Zinc?
The film's setting, Zinc Town, New Mexico, suggests the land once belonged to this group's families.
What are the Mexican-American
The reason the men initially rejected the women's demands for housing and sanitation to be part of the strike.
What is that they believed it wasn't a union matter/a man's issue (or it was a fight for better working conditions, not living conditions)?
What is Ms. Alica's last name?