Deportee

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song

"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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Deportee canonical	2

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ
addresses	media representation of immigrants ⓘ treatment of Mexican nationals in the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Plane Crash at Los Gatos NERFINISHED ⓘ Plane Wreck at Los Gatos NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	1948 Los Gatos Canyon plane crash ⓘ
commemorates	Mexican farm workers killed in the 1948 Los Gatos Canyon plane crash ⓘ
composer	Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	song ⓘ
mentions	Los Gatos Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
perspective	sympathetic to migrant workers ⓘ
setting	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subject	Bracero Program farm laborers ⓘ Mexican farm workers ⓘ
theme	human dignity ⓘ immigration ⓘ migrant workers ⓘ social justice ⓘ
title	Deportee NERFINISHED ⓘ Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) NERFINISHED ⓘ
workOf	Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearDescribed	1948 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) → hasTitle → Deportee ⓘ

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) → alsoKnownAs → Deportee ⓘ