A movie was released two years ago; "A Day Without a Mexican". Next Monday May 1st there is a day without a mexican. This movie by mexican director Sergio Arau in collaboration with Yareli Arizmendi, asks a simple question: What would happen in California if the mexicans disappeared?
The economies and histories of Mexico and the United States are intertwined; the interaction goes back a long time. Americans may or may not like mexicans, and viceversa; but that does not change the geographical and historical fact of this interdependence.
Keep your eyes and ears open for next Monday May 1st.
Relevant Science in the making. Knowing the other is part of anthropology. On a more human level, I can mention Prof. Mario Molina, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. He predicted in the late seventies, together with Prof. Rowland then at the University of California at Irvine; that artificial fluorocarbons could endangered the ozone layer which protects us against harmful solar radiation.
This prediction was confirmed and fluorocarbons banned. Thank you Drs. Rowland and Molina. Now we are a little safer because of your work.
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