Deportee

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"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest folk song by Woody Guthrie that laments the deaths of Mexican farm workers in a 1948 plane crash and criticizes their anonymous treatment in the media.

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Deportee canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
addresses media representation of immigrants ⓘ
treatment of Mexican nationals in the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Plane Crash at Los Gatos ⓘ
Plane Wreck at Los Gatos ⓘ
basedOn 1948 Los Gatos Canyon plane crash ⓘ
commemorates Mexican farm workers killed in the 1948 Los Gatos Canyon plane crash ⓘ
composer Woody Guthrie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes anonymous treatment of Mexican farm workers in the media ⓘ
form ballad ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
protest music ⓘ
hasLyrics “Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita…” ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War II U.S. agricultural labor system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalFocus condemning dehumanizing language in news reports ⓘ
naming and remembering the dead ⓘ
lyricist Woody Guthrie ⓘ
medium song ⓘ
mentions Los Gatos Canyon ⓘ
deportees ⓘ
moralStance emphasis on equality of human lives regardless of nationality ⓘ
notableFor criticizing the media’s failure to name Mexican victims ⓘ
lamenting the deaths of Mexican farm workers in a plane crash ⓘ
originallyWrittenBy Woody Guthrie ⓘ
perspective sympathetic to migrant workers ⓘ
setting United States ⓘ
subject Bracero Program farm laborers ⓘ
Mexican farm workers ⓘ
theme human dignity ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
migrant workers ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
title Deportee ⓘ
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) ⓘ
workOf Woody Guthrie ⓘ
yearDescribed 1948 ⓘ

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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) → title → Deportee ⓘ
subject linked to: Deportee