Government Failures: Race, Gender and Poverty in Mexico from 1910-2020
Overview
This paper examines how political instability and failed government reforms in Mexico from 1910 to present have escalated gender and racial discrimination while perpetuating poverty. It argues that personal interests, overly ambitious reforms, and party conflicts have hindered the implementation of effective developmental policies, despite efforts through federal education policy and presidential initiatives like those under Lazaro Cardenas.
What this essay covers
- Introduction establishing race, gender, and poverty as persistent societal problems exacerbated by government failure
- Discussion of federal education policy and its intentions to reduce poverty through economic empowerment
- Analysis of President Lazaro Cardenas's economic reforms and land redistribution efforts (1934-1940)
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Government failures: Race, Gender and Poverty in Mexico from 1910-2020
Introduction
Race, gender and poverty are societal vices that have proved hard to governments and other stakeholders to eradicate. On April 27, 2019, The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC published a story about Pope Francis donating $500000 for migrants stranded in Mexico. Poverty, racism and gender violence force most people to move away from their official residents and cross borders to other countries in search of better life opportunities. In 2018 only, six caravans of migrants totalling to 75000 people entered Mexico after getting stranded at the US border. Most of the migrants from South America originate from Mexico, a country that has faced most of these injustices Prior to the donation, Pope had visited Mexico in early 2016 to preach unity and condemn racism in the country. He insisted that the state of poverty in the country was a result of racism and disunity among the people. The negative energy could be turned into a positive drive of unity that works towards creating prosperity in the country. Sadly, political leaders I other countries do not want to help such migrants to develop economically. Pope accused the United States president, Donald Trump for building a wall in the Mexican border to keep away migrants. The failure of Mexico's government to enact policies that protect people of different races and gender, and change the poverty status has led to an escalation gender and racial discrimination.