The Movie Lonestar

             Racism has raised conflicts in different communities around the world throughout history. Texas is just one of the many places that it occurs. The movie Lonestar portrays this racism in Texas throughout the movie. The movie takes place in present time Texas. The movie is about a 40-year-old murder that is being investigated by Sheriff Sam Deeds. He wants to find out the truth behind the murder. He believes that the murder has to do with two law officials from back in the day, Sheriff Wade and Buddy Deeds, Sam's father. Throughout the movie clues fall in place that show the murder was race related. Sam believes that his father, Buddy Deeds, was in fact the murderer, but we he finally learns that he is wrong. Sheriff Wade's own partner, Hollis, kills Wade to stop him from murdering a African American. This movie accurately portrays race relations in Texas during the 20th century. It evaluates how Hispanics and African Americans were subject to hatred, racism, and vio!
             Racism is a serious problem that has been around for hundreds of years. It has been in Texas just as long. One reason for this is the fact that Texas and Mexico border each other. This brings many Hispanic immigrants to Texas legally and illegally. As we learned in Ms. Rios' lectures, the population from 1970 to 1999 has increased from 11.2 million people to 26.3 million people. This is a tremendous increase. The main determinant for this increase in population is immigration. This huge increase in population hurt education and the labor forces. The increase in students causes over
             crowding of schools and which lowers the amount of education achievable. The increase in population also causes wages and salaries for the labor force to drop drastically. There are so many more people to work now that a job can offer much lower pay and there will still be people who need the money that will
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