Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
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"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest folk song by Woody Guthrie that mourns the victims of a 1948 plane crash and criticizes the dehumanizing treatment of Mexican farm workers in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
protest song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| addresses |
anonymity of deported workers in public discourse
ⓘ
exploitation of migrant farm workers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Deportee
ⓘ
Plane Wreck at Los Gatos ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American protest music tradition
ⓘ
Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| basedOn |
1948 Los Gatos Canyon plane crash
ⓘ
Los Gatos DC-3 air crash ⓘ |
| composer | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizes |
U.S. immigration policies toward Mexican laborers
ⓘ
dehumanizing treatment of Mexican farm workers ⓘ media practice of not naming Mexican victims ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
protest music ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
pro-immigrant
ⓘ
pro-labor ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Mexican immigration to the United States
ⓘ
airplane accidents ⓘ migrant labor in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | Plane Wreck at Los Gatos ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Deportee ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| medium | song ⓘ |
| message |
migrant workers are human beings, not just "deportees"
ⓘ
victims deserve to be remembered by name ⓘ |
| movement | American folk music revival ⓘ |
| notableLine |
"Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita"
ⓘ
"They call you deportees" ⓘ "Who are all these friends, all scattered like dry leaves" ⓘ |
| originalContext | response to news coverage of 1948 Los Gatos plane crash ⓘ |
| setting |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Gatos Canyon ⓘ |
| subject |
Bracero farm workers
ⓘ
Mexican migrant workers ⓘ |
| theme |
human dignity
ⓘ
immigration ⓘ labor rights ⓘ racism ⓘ social justice ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| tone |
indignant
ⓘ
mournful ⓘ |
| yearOfEventDescribed | 1948 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Woody Guthrie