In 2007 Annabelle Park and Eric Byler began shooting a film on a controversial topic that plagues communities and countries even today in 2015.The never-ending controversy in the film and today is immigration reform. The film 9500 Liberty is a documentary on Prince William County, Virginia throughout the process of implementing the Prince William County Immigration Resolution. The Immigration Resolution allow police enforcement to stop, question, and arrest persons who may appear to be illegal undocumented immigrants. The film is sociologically relevant because it is an account of the first time in United States of America’s history that immigration policies was enforced. . In 9500 Liberty the film illustrates how Prince William County was
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Race discrimination is when people tend to treat person/s or a group of persons differently due to racial makeup. For instance, Letiecq stated, “Not a day goes by that I don’t get called a racist. If that is the only argument that they can bring then it is a demonstration that we are being effective… The overcrowding of multiple families in a single family residence put enormous pressure on the school system that require us to take resources that could otherwise may be devoted to American Students, rather than Spanish language instructions, at a great expense.” The preceding statement is the platform that Greg Letiecq chose to defend in regard to race. Almeda takes the opposing stance against Letiecq’s beliefs on racial discrimination and profiling. For instance, when Almeda goes before the supervisiors she states, “ this is who you have driven out of the county… due to the immigration resolution. You know your political aspirations these are the people you are stepping on. For those of you who don’t know my husband was one of the ones that adjusted his status here.” In light of Almeda’s preceding statement it can be inferred that racial discrimination steered toward stereotyping. Racial stereotyping is placing a general statement on a person/s or a group of persons in result of having bias preconceived notions. In the film Maureen Wood exclaims fear of “ten suspected Hispanic murder suspect in the entire Prince WilliamCounty between 2004 through 2007.. “ Yet the first set of statistics she divulged that non-hispanics had 18 suspected murders. In the film were they had been invaded by gang s, socialists radicals speaking spanish became common in the rhetoric that Greg Letiecq used in his campaign for the
Race discrimination is when people tend to treat person/s or a group of persons differently due to racial makeup. For instance, Letiecq stated, “Not a day goes by that I don’t get called a racist. If that is the only argument that they can bring then it is a demonstration that we are being effective… The overcrowding of multiple families in a single family residence put enormous pressure on the school system that require us to take resources that could otherwise may be devoted to American Students, rather than Spanish language instructions, at a great expense.” The preceding statement is the platform that Greg Letiecq chose to defend in regard to race. Almeda takes the opposing stance against Letiecq’s beliefs on racial discrimination and profiling. For instance, when Almeda goes before the supervisiors she states, “ this is who you have driven out of the county… due to the immigration resolution. You know your political aspirations these are the people you are stepping on. For those of you who don’t know my husband was one of the ones that adjusted his status here.” In light of Almeda’s preceding statement it can be inferred that racial discrimination steered toward stereotyping. Racial stereotyping is placing a general statement on a person/s or a group of persons in result of having bias preconceived notions. In the film Maureen Wood exclaims fear of “ten suspected Hispanic murder suspect in the entire Prince WilliamCounty between 2004 through 2007.. “ Yet the first set of statistics she divulged that non-hispanics had 18 suspected murders. In the film were they had been invaded by gang s, socialists radicals speaking spanish became common in the rhetoric that Greg Letiecq used in his campaign for the