Assata

Hello, world… this is Assata speaking or better yet typing lol…clever…so im in Mexico for my first time and I am havin a mixed experience. One part of me wants to see the real Mexico and not stay with these middle class people that have gotten the best of what life has thrown at them. My video project is about immigration and today we went to the cuts (the ghetto) of Mexico to ask a mother whose son died trying to cross the border if we could interview her. I would like to see more of the real mexico where is so much poverty .I thought this trip was going to be a life changing experience where you really get to see how people live on a day to day basis without most of the privileges that we enjoy in the US. Its kinda awkward walking downs the streets of Mexico being stared at in a rude disrespectful way just because I am black. At first I guess I kinda let my temper get the best of me but then you start to realize that people have never seen a black person and there curios to the way we live. But on the other hand its still really rude to have people stare at you like your some sorta animal that’s doing amazing things like walking and talking. I would think that all the racism in Mexico toward tribal people they would try to make a change and not looking down on black people. I don’t know I feel like there is positive things about Mexico but threes definitely things about Mexico that definitely needs to be improved. My home stay experience has been not the best but you live and you learn and you meet so many people in your life so its whatever ……but I think that this is awkward because everyone is trying to read my blog at this moment I kinda feel that in order to really experince Mexico we need to really open our eyes and see how all these people are living on a day to day basis and one thing I think that we really need to do is be able to relate to the poor peoples struggles and not be selfish and say stuff like black people have it worse we all need to feel and connect wit each other on a deep world …only then can we actually change the world