The Big 6
What is the importance of being a person in Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
The importance of being a person is based on your ethnicity and race and where you come from. An example is that since the Triqui are indigenous they will be treated less equally as a person.
There are 3 different types of hierarchies in the farms which shows on page 85 who has the most power. On the bottom of the list are the Triqui. What are struggles the Triqui face that make them stand in that position?
The Triqui are classified at the bottom because they are indigenous, undocumented. According to the book it says that the Triqui do the outdoor work because they are undocumented.
What type of Violence do the Triqui face?
The Triqui face symbolic violence. Symbolic violence is violence that is non physical between different social groups. An example could be how the Triqui are abused physically by working many hours and not getting paid enough money.
How does culture blend with Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
Culture defines this book. For example each of the cultures has it own perspective in the farm. The Triqui believe that healers could cure the person, while the white farmers believe just in the Western medicine way.
What change are the Triqui communities demanding in Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies ?
The changes that the Triqui farm workers are demanding are more respect, equality, higher wages and overall a stop to the abuse the farmers face in the field. An example of the abuse could be how the farmers are made fun of in the field this could be considered a mental type of abuse.
Racism, Not enough money paid, no rights or say in the farm.
What does it mean to live in a society in Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
The meaning of living in a society in this book is to show how the Triqui experienced social suffering. Social suffering is when you have political and economic conditions create social conditions by pointing at certain groups of people.
The Triqui suffer due to how society looks at them. What has society establish in America for the Triqui to be treated so badly?
The Triqui are not respected due to their status in the country. Another reason is that the Triqui do not have a say because if they complain to the person in charge of the farm they could get fired. The Triqui do not want to get fired because then they will not be able to provide for their family or themselves so they are exposed to social suffering.
How does poverty force the Triqui to migrate from Oaxaca, Mexico ?
Poverty forces the Triqui to migrate because they do not have enough money to feed their family and face many economic problems. While over in Mexico people have always said that the American Dream is an option so the migrants immigrate to provide a better life for the family.
How are we the same and different from each other in Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
In the book you can see the differences between the White farmers, the Latinos and the Triqui farmers. The diagram in page 85 shows how the status in the country of each of these hierarchies will impact there daily life in farm and the United States.
What are the social relations between the Triqui and the white farmers in the Tanaka Farm?
The relations are depressing, there is a separation between the two that the farm has established. Although the white farmers pick sometimes on the Triqui and make fun of them. An example in the book is the farmer Cresencio who he was made fun of everyday and this eventually caused him headaches and pain, even though it is not physical abuse, it still connects to mental abuse.
Easy Question! What type of environment do the Triqui migrants face while leaving Mexico to cross the border into the United States.
They face crossing the border fearing they could get rape. They are crossing the dessert of Baja California and the desert of Southern Arizona or California, without any water and the conditions are horrible.
Why does anthropology matter ?
Anthropology matters because without anthropology humans would not be able to communicate and in this specific book anthropology definitely is shown as a needed study to be able to see what other people's experience in their daily life is.
What types of symbolism are shown in Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies?
The types of symbolism that are shown in the book are for example the images of the children that are picking up strawberries in the fields in the farms. This shows symbolism because it is extremely sad to see children picking up fruits instead of going to school which is what every child should be doing, no matter what economic problems the family faces.
How does the word Globalization fit into Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
The word Globalization in Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies shows how the American citizens are benefiting from the work the Triqui migrants are doing which makes the food costs less for the country and eventually the food corporations by the food for a cheaper price.
To what extend is knowing others possible in Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
The answer for this can vary. In the book Abelino, Crecensio and Bernardo were interviewed and in the book it was explained all the mental and physical problems they faced while working at the farms, which we did know for a good extent. The book talked overall about all the Triqui in California and Oregon.
Name an example of Materiality that is shown in the book?
An example of Materiality in the book is explained by showing how the farm owners that are on top of the hierarchy, have lied to the governmental organizations by saying all they workers are legal in the country. While we know that this is a lie and that the Triqui are undocumented causing the farm to pay less taxes because they are not reporting the actual amount of money they pay or make.
The Triqui community does not have any human rights in America. Why do you think the Triqui do not have a voice?
The Triqui do not have any rights because they cannot communicate with anyone. Another reason is that they are undocumented in the United States.
Easy Question! What is your overall opinion of Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies?
Answer will vary....
Identity plays a big role in Fresh Fruit and Broken bodies lists some examples of how identity affects each person in the farm?
Identity affects an individual based on their race. If you are from Anglo-Saxon background and have legal status in the country, the person will have the actual pay demand, they will probably will work inside a nice office. In the other hand if you are from Triqui descent, the person will have to work outside picking up fruits all day, and in the end what the person gets paid is a misery.
Easy Question! What source of technology affects the Triqui? The Triqui complain about having pain and dizziness what chemical causes them to feel like that?
Pesticides....
What is the importance of Culture in the book?
The importance of Culture in the book is to show how your background could affect your daily life in a different society. For example the culture of the Triqui composes of them speaking their own language which is indigenous and therefore they have no way of communicating which affects their daily life.
How does sustainability help the Triqui community keep their job in the farm?
Due to the fact the farms do not want to pay the actual wages and they need workers that cost them less, the Triqui's are sustained to keep their jobs.
Belief and Knowledge impact the Triqui society everyday. Describe an example of how the Triqui are impacted based on their knowledge and belief?
The Triqui are impacted by knowledge in such way that they cannot speak English nor Spanish giving them even less rights. The beliefs they have are not listened because they do not have a say and the owners will probably not care.