KKK and La Patagonia Rebelde (Rebel Patagonia)

Both KKK and La Patagonia Rebelde (Rebel Patagonia) films are in the same discriminatory spectrum.

KKK are based on racial segregation. During the reconstruction period, they patrolled against African Americans in the US south. I recommended a book called “A Fool’s Errand” by Albion W. Tourgee. It is a fiction novel, and it is about a gentleman who went to live in the US south during the reconstruction era. The daughter of the gentleman, the heroine of the novel fell in love to a Klansmen.

During the civil rights movement, the freedom riders faced groups of Klansmen who attacked them during their “march to the sea” (like Mahatma Gandhi) throughout the south. The book called “Voices of Freedom” has an oral history of all the civil rights movement, and is based on the PBS television series “Eyes on the Prize”.

On the other hand, La Patagonia Rebelde (Rebel Patagonia) shows the power vs. the powerless, the landlords vs. the servants, or the owners vs. the workers. However, the workers or unionists worked together against the work exploitation. I remembered a book called “Let It Rain Coffee” by Angie Cruz, and it is based on the work exploitation made by Victoria’s Secret in the Dominican Republic. The women’s workers joined together to founded their own business “El Secreto de la Victoria”.

 

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