When I started researching the Bordo Poniente I immediately became curious about the communities that live near or in the dump. Not sure if anyone remembers but I played a brief news piece from NPR about the dump dwellers in one of our first class meetings. I'm always fascinated by the way media delivers information especially when it comes to representing Latin America. The NPR piece was plagued with derogatory words when talking not only about the living conditions but of the people as well. If the dump dwellers are mostly illiterate, and lack political representation, how are their voices heard to the greater public? What can we learn from this community?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5327140
-Cristina
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