The dark history of "gasoline baths" at the border

An alarming US border policy forced fumigations on migrants at the US-Mexico border.
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In 1917, American health officials launched a campaign to use noxious, often toxic chemicals to delouse immigrants seeking to enter at the US-Mexico border. The same practice had caused a fire in an El Paso jail the year before and killed 27 people.
17-year-old Juárez maid Carmelita Torres refused to go through it, sparking a protest of thousands of Mexicans at the El Paso border. Although they briefly shut down the border, the campaign would continue for decades -- and go on to inspire Nazi scientists.
For more reading, check out the links below:
David Dorado Romo’s book, Ringside Seat to a Revolution: www.cincopuntos.com/products_...
The Bracero History Archive: braceroarchive.org
John Mckiernan-González’s book, Fevered Measures: Public Health and Race at the Texas -Mexico Border, 1848-1942: www.dukeupress.edu/fevered-me...
Alexandra Minna Stern’s book, Eugenic Nation: www.ucpress.edu/book/97805202...
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[@Filmandsushirolls]

Funny how this isn’t in the American History class curriculum

[@Staxx_OnG]

I’m literally learning about this in 9th grade history

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@Staxx_OnG I never did. Neither did most Americans.

[@lgbtqiarights]

Khadijah Muhammad it depends on district

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@lgbtqiarights I know. Across the nation, and the south particular, most Americans aren't being taught this.

[@lgbtqiarights]

Khadijah Muhammad ok

[@gradualuprisintheory]

"They hate us but they love our food." I once heard a man say.

[@lluciassuarez]

Lory Lozano exactly.

[@GottaWannaDance]

I heard a woman say it. She was correct about the second part. Years later I realized she was correct about the first, too.

[@mscardioqueen]

Black people are hated, but they love our music, how we dress/style, how we speak. It's just how it is.

[@criticalthinking6929]

He should of included how they love the women as well.

[@publicenemy1017]

@God first Honestly I’ve seen African Americans being racist towards Hispanics. But hey all ethnic groups have that small percentage that ruins it for us. But God loves us all, and he would love to be our father, If we repent. If we don’t repent we are simply creation. I don’t want to be creation, I want to be his son.

[@grayonthewater]

I’m a Mexican American from south Texas and my great grandparents and grandparents were migrant workers from Mexico and my family is riddled with cancer. I can’t help but wonder if this is why.

[@jenn2847]

@@hafezsayed4823 we don’t care

[@so-calcultivation5269]

@@hafezsayed4823 yeah nobody cares dude

[@aisha5156]

@@hafezsayed4823 Cool story bro.

[@raisin8328]

@@hafezsayed4823 noone cares

[@guysolis5843]

Possibly but one has to ask if this story is even true first or you could ask your family about the kerosene baths..I read up on the topic. Typhus was rampant in a number of Mexican cities where the border crossers lived. The Typhus was transmitted by lice and roaches to human beings. At that time there was no treatment to control Typhus so kerosene was used...Harsh? Yes, did border crosser get in? Yes..today is much different. Biden literally beckoned thousands of Mexican, central and southern Americans to storm the border. In that crowd are Voodoo practicing Haitians and Iranians and even Chinese people all of which could very well have a hugely negative effect on you and I. Many border crossers have COVID and other diseases that remain untreated...what does Biden do, he don't give them the COVID vaccine but under the cover of night he flies them to many cites across the country so you and I can rub elbows with them, touch the same door handles as them and even receive a good cough in the face...what's Biden want to do next? He wants to get every red blooded American who refuses to get the harmful and useless COVID vaccine shot directly into their bodies and put them away in concentration camps!

[@jasonfisher1324]

As a black American I sympathize with my Mexican brothers and sisters. This was beyond hateful, hurtful, and wrong. You all are beautiful, cultured, and high vibrational people. We cannot let something like this ever happen again.

[@rt-uh6mt]

@L A ain't that the truth, and vice-versa

[@imissdavechappelle]

@L A it’s weird bc you would think we would work together to

[@TreeFreak]

@@imissdavechappelle most blacks are anti-Asian, so....not that weird.

[@imissdavechappelle]

@@TreeFreak not true .. who patronize them the most ?

[@TreeFreak]

@@imissdavechappelle 100% fact. They feel superior to Asians.

[@Green-zw9pv]

White does not necessarily mean clean

[@bobguy5027]

Green98 yeah take Emma chamberlain for example

[@jennybeanSMC]

Duh. If you shower everyday, you are clean no matter what race you are.

[@lorenebonsu7266]

Bob Guy bruh shut up omg

[@amelial3396]

Bob Guy I cackled

[@powertuber3.047]

But it means smart, as they are the creators of modern civilization.

[@strangulator123]

54 years. It took them 54 YEARS to stop it.

[@ecosubb]

Look deeply into Glyphosate aka round up.. it's actually worse. Dr. Tyrone Hayes

[@sandraarriaga832]

Look at what ICE is doing now.

[@southernfriedpeaches]

But it didn't stop...

[@StoicObserverS]

How long do you think this covid sanctioning will stop?

[@paulnadratowski3942]

Horrific. I never knew this. Thank you Vox for telling this story

[@Kerosiin]

“Aimed to create a genetically and morally superior population” Sounds a bit familiar no?

[@William_Nowin]

Thats just regular racism

[@sciencewizard2861]

@@William_Nowin but with swastikas

[@lunchtime2960]

USA-NGermany-Isreal.

[@Mar1aHass4n]

@@sciencewizard2861 this happened before angry mustache man

[@thoroughbredelite]

And they still fail

[@citrused8571]

I think the scariest thing is how this is covered up, I have taken history for a good amount of time in school and I have heard nothing about anything like this.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

It’s exactly what they’re doing right now with the experimental mRNA shots.

[@wisdom2969]

What’s even scarier is the context behind which the coverup is acknowledged in.

[@gzaide]

So... you're telling me that I've lived in El Paso my whole life and we never learned about this???

[@adamontiveros3098]

Lol

[@jaylen6090]

frsss

[@MimiCjomi78]

Right?

[@TheCacho00]

yes, they want you to learn from Hollywood!!! not from school 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rubenbarrera7338]

Sadly .. it seems like public schools and history books are designed that way. To not tell you these parts that makes America look bad.

[@no3miiiz]

Who needs scary movies, all u need to do is look into “American” history.

[@dangeejr]

Right? Geez a part of my countries history that brings shame to our people.

[@StreetSWAT]

You could look at any country under a microscope and find horrors. The same could probably be said about your specific past. Nobody knows what they don't know.

[@TheAfrothunderr]

lol stay sheltered and scared

[@rlee1231]

Noemi 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 true.

[@fairoadiary]

Noemi for real...

[@GAMMA187]

The Aztec and “Mexican” natives have been far more hygienic historically than the “Europeans”. Search it up. :-)

[@tomasvrabec1845]

True, after the classical era it all went poop with hygiene in Europe 😅 literally... On the streets and it improved nit that long ago, similarly to the us times.

[@cv-qi5kc]

@Libhunt42 wdym?

[@KuramiRocket]

@Libhunt42 Mexicans are descendants of the Aztecs. What are you talking about

[@alexchavez3244]

@@KuramiRocket not all many natives joined the Mexica empire it was like Rome.

[@KuramiRocket]

@@alexchavez3244 I know. There are many indigenous people from Mexico. I'm not from the Aztecs, but from the Zapotec. I know this because some of my family still speaks the language.

[@Laurendoesflips]

Despicable. This makes me very angry. My grandfather, my dad, my grandma and my aunts and uncles came here through the Bracero Program. My dad never talks about what he went through but my dad just tells us we don't know how good we have it. He is right.

[@akidnamedryan4758]

American history is truly the most scary thing, and the most horrifying part is the way it's covered up.

[@RFLCPTR]

@The Man "socialist and collectivist idealism" There is so much wrong with this.

[@RFLCPTR]

@The Man Fabian socialism doesnt exist. Like, it really doesnt. I am saying this as a Libertarian socialist. It is a far right conspiracy to denounce all social progress that is supported by the establishment as "socialist". Establishing socialism through a secret society would be literally impossible as it would go against most what Socialism respresents, also, it socialism is an ideology posed against everything the establishment and by extention secret societies do, believe and profit from.

[@michaelsnater2345]

What are you talking about? Its not covered up. Go learn about it. I recommend reading a book instead of watching Vox vids though. You are more likely to get the context.

[@weirdkind5887]

@@michaelsnater2345 Literally the story of what happen to Carmelita Torres after she was captured was unknown. It was all erased or never was even traced. Its horrible.

[@afrikaqueen6855]

You Said A Mouthful! And THAT'S NO SECRET!! 😞

[@Tia-db9zn]

Meanwhile our history books are like: We had slaves. BUT THAT WAS A BAZILLION YEARS AGO!!! Anyways, we defeated the rotten British and now we are a great country! Like bruhhhhhh

[@vaiirecti7873]

our country likes to hide their past and hide stuff from us lol

[@vaiirecti7873]

@Josua Habeahan you know what they mean and they know when slaves were legal here :/

[@wisecaten7229]

Sorry but that isn’t true. The textbooks do an excellent job at showing things like this, the college board does a really good job at this stuff as well. Just because you didn’t read the one section on the acts like the Chinese exclusion act, or you forgot about the whole section on the interment camps, doesn’t mean the textbooks didn’t talk about them. It’s rare that something like this isn’t talked about, even if it is mentioned it’s there, it’s a matter of you remembering.

[@jasper37]

Wisecaten schools do things differently, so most schools don’t talk about these things, but maybe your does!

[@angel_aki]

history textbooks be like: ok so...i confess...were not the best country ever. we had...slaves. BUT THATS IT SJDFHSDJKFHSDJKFHSDJKFHSDJKFHSDJKFHSDUILGYH

[@kudoakadou6154]

As a Mexican this is heartbreaking to learn about. Especially because my grandpa might’ve been in that program to provide for his family. I am on the verge of tears just thinking about what my people go through

[@thinadlamini4671]

Mexico I feel your pain sincerely a South African. 🇲🇽❤🇿🇦❤

[@tence_6965]

Your beautiful

[@rt-uh6mt]

Ha ha ha lol

[@chephersm9241]

We have a beautiful park in El Paso that is named after Tom Lea, we should rename it after Carmelita Torres

[@rgtcchannel]

Stephanie Mora this needs more likes!

[@TxRedneckRemovalActMx]

Its all up to you. You'll be making history.

[@dankneeluck]

create a buzz in your community and raise awareness. Do it, we believe in you.

[@nunpuiisingson298]

Yes we believe in you. Do it!

[@soyooin]

You should tell most in your community

[@ZiRR0]

Ironic how they needed to pass tests when most of the Americans can't even answer them.

[@solar7427]

The people passing the border would increase the average intelligence per capita. Seems about the same thing would happen today Tbh with how abysmal trumpian IQ is

[@omarisifontes565]

@@solar7427 that kind of makes sense actually as to why they would test people. Like "Hey you need to offer something to this country and our economy and we're gonna make sure your smarter than us so you do"

[@solar7427]

@@omarisifontes565 immigrants offer low education, high intensity workforce for a cheaper price, in theory this would allow the state to educate its own citizen so they can take the higher income, higher educated jobs and make the country evolve. sadly not many countries use this system and its going to slow down technological progression soon because of the lack of widespread education. because remember to find the next albert einstein or steven hawking we need widespread education to give genius but unfortunate children a chance to show themselves

[@nitwitt50]

ZiRro lol Sad but true.

[@rodprops]

@@omarisifontes565 you're* (smarter) You're not smarter than a 5th grader! 😂😂

[@ms-ht1cj]

It's kinda sad that the country of immigrants (USA, I mean) now treats badly other immigrants... They forgot their own history.

[@Enriquert45]

They seem to forget that there’re own people were also carrying disease

[@sukiumi]

9:18 and it's a wonder they make us study the holocaust in such depth in school. They never point a finger at America in it at all. I remember learning it in 7th & 8th grade for months. SO in depth, all of us were mentally exhausted and in tears a lot of days.

[@locoben400]

The expert in this video literally said these weren't comparable.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@locoben400 Still Hitler got a lot of ideas from this

[@mushroombluegoddess6440]

American always wants to be the all mighty hero that's why

[@infinityseagull3752]

I was never taught about this in school? Why? This seems like a hella important event to understand and remember

[@melaniep4099]

Infinity seagull Exactly! Even the school system is kinda racist

[@infinityseagull3752]

@@LotusReal wow dude thats hella mean why the hell-a dont you want me to say hella? its a hella sick word

[@xshixlbye-4112]

Power Play why

[@Bees.and.Snakes]

It’s because the school system want to paint our country in the best possible light

[@lostinthelookingglas]

The US government is build on racism and misinformation.

[@nightcat7893]

This is horrifying. They need to be teaching this in schools.

[@atharvashah384]

The only reason I think is because of pride

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

I learned this in fourth grade

[@helgacosteal3766]

voitdive the same reason we teach the civil war to know are history good and bad

[@vrishtidharan3697]

@Lt col George Armstrong Custer no. You guys occupied the native Americans land and now whenever a person who is non-white enters your land you guys are like "GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY " WHITES ARE SO RACIST DUH..

[@callmeincarcerated2503]

They do and it's why you're as idiotic as you are.

[@tazhienunurbusinezz1703]

Idk how on earth most Americans came to believe that they should be looked at as any sort of moral authority to anywhere else because dang I'm just disgusted tbh.

[@adolfoorozco3650]

Americans are so proud of what they did in ww2 when they inspired the enemy 😂

[@zhess4096]

Remember the times when the Americans immigrated to Tejas, Mexico illegally. Only 1830s kids will rememeber

[@hzlh2254]

zhess 4096 for those who dont know. US govermwnt started sending american families to Texas, and eventually there were more americans tha mexicans living there. Thats when they declared independence from Mexico so they could later join the US

[@Isaaxz123]

Yeah, and that illiegal immigration led to secession and war. By that logic the Americans are fully justified in shutting their border.

[@hkntns]

@@hzlh2254 So you mean taking over and replacing the people? Now I understand the fear of these white fox news watching people. They did it so they think the mexicans will do the same. Sad world.

[@youngsavag666]

Texas was mostly unsettled so white Americans were taking land in Texas.

[@MrIansmitchell]

Tejanos and Teixans fought side by side in the Texas war of independence. There were nearly a dozen other revolutions against Santa Ana around the same time, and it was thought are the time that at the very least the republic of the Rio grande and republic of Texas would stand between the United States and the government headquartered in Ciudad de México.

[@liczy3269]

Can they make a video of how America took over Hawaii and in prisoned the queen I wanna learn more of that

[@natalieenriquez8680]

i went to hawaii and learned a lot about it. its really interesting, you should do some personal research

[@Kaiser-jo3uj]

To my understanding American sugar plantation owners funded a revolution and it failed so they managed to signal a nearby cruiser.

[@appleapple9856]

Whattt 🤭

[@wrt142]

I think they did at least I believe so

[@0IIIIII]

You can read it online unless you’re too lazy to read

[@aileenpuga8420]

As a Mexican American, it’s painful to think they this to my people. I can’t believe I never learn about this until now.

[@tannerburggraf7926]

That's fair. I would definitely make sure to stay as far away from the US as possible. They are evil and if you are a part of it you are to. Don't support evil

[@elbertmoreno2159]

Texas 2024 elections...

[@quintenburghoff6331]

I am so glad that we learn about our past in Germany...

[@Cryseris]

It kinda impossible to avoid

[@A2Zondeck]

@@Cryseris not really Germany could easily sweep it under the rug. Japan does that even though the world knows of their crimes. Asia and even in the states we learned about their war crimes against humanity. But Japanese citizens themselves don’t actually learn about it in school. They just know they lost the war.

[@rlee1231]

Same old racism, different decade. 😒😢

[@josiahd2791]

Not really, most racism in America these days is actually directed towards white people. It's the same old racism yes, but it's aimed at a diff group of people.

[@jaymie9410]

Josiah D are you kidding "directed towards white people"... you can't be racist to the people who invented racism......

[@kevinhellalong7838]

@@jaymie9410 That's one of the most absurd things I've ever heard. Regardless which background you come from, prejudice against an individual of different ethnicity is still racism.

[@jaymie9410]

Kevin Hellalong white is not an ethnicity....

[@kevinhellalong7838]

@@jaymie9410 You know exactly what I meant, don't deflect from the main point. White American, American with caucasian skin, White European ancestry. Whatever you want to call it, the message I wanted to portray remains the same.

[@kiritugeorge4684]

Me: The U.S.A has a very dark history Troll: Every country has a dark past Me: Thankyou for your whataboutism. It justifies the dark history of U.S.A so much more.

[@veryfastnut2161]

K

[@kiritugeorge4684]

@@Resdim And that justifies...what, exactly? The brutality at the border?

[@XXMETAL4LIF3XX]

its not being a troll to say humanity all over the world has a dark history. In fact historically the US as a younger nation has a less dark history than most in the East especially in how quickly it evolved and improved. More importantly look at where the genocides take place today in 2019 but no one wants to talk about that.

[@kiritugeorge4684]

@@XXMETAL4LIF3XX So because other histories exist then we should what? Stop talking about American history? This wasn't a video addressing histories of other countries. This was a video addressing the dark history of America. There are plenty of platforms to discuss histories of other countries. Not here though. And to try to change the topic like that is trollish and just plain whataboutism.

[@blanco7726]

That reply doesn’t have to be whataboutism though. It can explain a lot without necessarily being meant as a justification for the US’ history. Explanation isn’t justification and understanding isn’t forgiveness. If we want to move forward we need to remember this.

[@ElRinconJoestar08]

I am Mexican and I learned this at the "Secundaria" (7th, 8th and 9th). Surprisingly this only appeared in the books of a Secundaria modality called Telesecundaria (I went to a Telesecundaria) and not in the regular Secundaria. But hey, glad to see Vox is spreading this tragedy to the world.

[@Ari-cs7uw]

El Paso is my hometown, and the fact that I NEVER knew about this is genuinely kind of terrifying. I knew of the history of heavy discrimination on the border, but not DDT and kerosine baths and seeing the darker history of the city I grew up in and love and how it connects to todays political climate is so heartbreaking.

[@gojewla]

I thought a greaser was someone from the 1950’s with slicked back hair.

[@cassandrasmith2727]

gojewla So did I.

[@ntl5983]

@LᗩᑎDO LᗩᑎD They were greaseballs.

[@user-2927]

Yeah I thought it was a mafia member

[@alondor8157]

I think greasers are what Mafia nicknamed their tommy guns.

[@user-2927]

Alondor I’m pretty sure

[@sappy2847]

Wow. I remember my grandpa telling me about “el polvo” it’s disturbing to have found out it was DDT. I was shocked when he told me about his experience, even more disturbing now that I know what they put him thru.

[@357CLOUDY]

Yeah, calling a deadly epidemic Spanish flu. It never crossed my mind to ask why "Spanish"

[@carlossantiago8222]

@@357CLOUDY Because Spanish and Portuguese brought it over from Europe when they discovered the American Continent in the 1500s. Not the reason ure thinking.

[@bcreel83]

Sappy but they didn’t do it to be malicious. This video is disingenuous .

[@m0rthaus]

Barbara must have watched a different video... you miss the part about Tom Lea the mayor of El Paso who believed in racial purity and eugenics and saw the border as a good place to enforce racial profiling and subject those crossing who were second-class citizens (essentially: non-white) to 'de-lousing'? I mean, the motivations were literally half of the video runtime.... I guess some people only see and hear what they want.

[@sperryunivac7791]

DDT was quite safe and other chemicals were not understood. My European immigrant family were checked. Vox is racist ungrateful immigrants inciting hatred against their kind hosts. If we're so bad why did they leave their own countrymen.

[@elianap1874]

Why aren't they teaching this at our schools? It makes you wonder about what else they've covered and hid from us. This is horrifying. As a Mexican-American, I feel lied to, knowing that there of millions of people like me who have never been told on what they did to us in the past.

[@pete9688]

And there is a ton more that you’re not taught. Think of the Japanese camps here back during the war. Horrible nor the Cubans. Watch the beginning of the movie Scarface w Al Pacino.

[@ThePunisherChannel]

A genuine immigrant wouldve just called himself american

[@mayuksurja8228]

Germany: We have the worst history Americans: Hold My Cheeseburger

[@KDH-br6hy]

🤣🤣🤣 oh wait 😅😰😭😭😭😭

[@martindimitrov8281]

How have I never heard this before... absolutely atrocious

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

Ohhhhh there's ALOT of American history you probably haven't heard about before lol... Are you American?

[@derranlawston4052]

Martin Dimitrov i heard that they sprayed Mexicans with chemicals but not giving them gasoline baths

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

@@derranlawston4052 The "gasoline baths" is just the tip of the iceberg with some of these demons.

[@derranlawston4052]

* Penny * I did my senior research on immigration and I found out that Mexican farm workers were sprayed with DDT. A pesticide that’s now illegal, it got in the water, affected the fish, then affected the eagles. Causing them to lay eggs with soft shells. A very toxic poison

[@derranlawston4052]

* Penny * i mean, this video doesn’t represent all of America. Many people probably didn’t know this was happening on farms.

[@seiyalover1]

I live in El Paso and through 12 years of school I've never heard of this. I hear of the Bracero program but never learned anything from it. Now the population in El Paso is majorly Mexican American, which I think makes it more important that we learn from our past. History repeats itself if we don't learn from it

[@remirms2239]

One thing I'm still wondering about is how a kerosine bath can be set on fire by a match. Kerosine has to have a temperature of at least 45°C for it in order to ignite by any open flame. Just that one piece of the story is a bit strange to me. (While it would still remain unbelievably inhumane and terrible, if it really did happen.

[@pahwraith]

@@remirms2239 usually the fumes and vapors ignite.

[@CumpasFilms]

Braceros were sprayed with insecticide by border patrol before entering the US

[@chownful]

Nah instead they force students to take an entire year dedicated to Texas colonization history - which is so one sided that it is laughable now that I look back at it.

[@forwardthinkingforum13]

Same I'm from el paso too and I never heard anything about this

[@tonyayala3869]

We need more story's like this somos humanos!!!! Mexican heritage will never be erased!!!

[@donstoddard8458]

I can't believe that this kind of discrimination is still so prevalent. It's disheartening and sad and needs to be fixed there's no reason for hate

[@nurfacealways]

Hey HOLLYWOOD.. HERE IS A SCRIPT BASED ON A REAL TRUE HISTORY

[@deebogotyou1494]

reesa beee pappy wouldn’t like that

[@breeb490]

This would be a phenomenal film

[@unknownentity742]

Bray Bulahan and what about the Americans crossing the border?? They weren’t inspected for lice.

[@arris46]

@Bray Bulahan nope, but it's demeaning to the people, and leed to authorities had advantage over the minorities and violation of the civil rights. At the end the big thing of holocaust ist'n the quantity off the people, but the inhuman treatmen, more like a product at s assembly line.

[@reginallanoss]

hopefully, if I become a successful filmmaker soon I will make a movies about this

[@10airsoftguy]

This is so messed up. It makes me really think poorly of the US.

[@Sheshe661972]

The U.S. has a lot of dark history.

[@MuddieRain]

Sheshe661972 every country does

[@Zayashuku]

@@MuddieRain But the US in particular changed the methods of cruelty and turned up x100 while printing money that says, "in god we trust." Jesus would laugh at this place if he isn't already

[@acuriousspoon843]

well its wrong, its terrible actually. but that was also over well over 50 years ago ( i dont remember what year this was and dont wanna check while im typing). its like only seeing europe for their kings and queens through out history

[@acuriousspoon843]

@@---675 no, its not. those are people who came here illegally, and although i dont think the kids should be in there, the adults knew fully the consequences and risks that accompanied them on their journey into territory that they had no right to be in. its nothing like those gasoline baths, and just because they dont stay in five star hotels while theyre waiting to be sent back to their own country doesnt mean that the us is treating them anything like they did in the 60s.

[@Pattiesd]

Great Job Ranjani!! Love this Show!! Keep up the good work!! We need more informative and valuable content like this!!

[@j.a.c3597]

SMH why didn’t I ever learn this in school!!!!! America just wants you to know what they want you to know it’s sickening

[@artsmart]

Wow, a disgusting piece of history that has been swept under the rug. Really hard to imagine.

[@TheTexasLoser]

Not really. Every country hides bad stuff

[@artsmart]

@@TheTexasLoser Unfortunately, I think most do, at least until the years have softened it into "history". Which country(s) are you thinking of?

[@shifa444]

yoozooka yes but they go around acting like the savior and saying FREEDOM

[@melissaisrael3905]

Most of American History is one lie after another. We believe everything we are told just because it is written in a book doesn't make it true. The one that is in power can push his narrative all day, it is just us that have to stop believing their lies.

[@arthurmorgan8217]

@@melissaisrael3905 yes Americans say that they were the good guys in everything even during the Vietnam war

[@Flofromprogressive]

I am beyond furious at the fact that we never once were taught about this in school. The closest we ever got was in my Spanish class where we had a vague and short lesson about braceros and that’s about it!

[@ertfgghhhh]

Dont be furious. Think about it. How much time in school is given to history? How many atrocities have been done and to how many races and ethnicities? Be wise. Read and search for urself instead of waiting for it to be given to u. Being furious will cause wrath

[@ClassicHawk115]

@@ertfgghhhh I say it's good he's furious and that he should use that rage to start something

[@ertfgghhhh]

@@ClassicHawk115 rage is NEVER good. It leads to wrath and unforgiveness. Unforgiveness hurts u-not the person who hurt u. Like i said before, he can use his anger to learn about History so history wont be repeated.he can figure out how he and his family can not be victims of such atrocities

[@shawnaweesner3759]

Isarely Chavez Barriga Public Education taught you to read, and introduced you to libraries. Are you beyond furious when you try a new food that your Mom did not introduce you to while you were growing up? Of course not, your Mom taught you to eat different foods, but not every food. So it is with Public Education, some subjects are taught, but not all subjects are taught. Learning is life long.

[@tristanjones429]

gospelevans they do this on purpose to hide these genocides

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

I thank you for this journey through the unknown history. These are very enlightening and heartbreaking.

[@McShag420]

My jaw dropped listening to this and I watch every type of craziness on KZbin. This is so dark.

[@skypilgrim]

If we forget history it will repeat itself. This is feeling eerily familiar.

[@josiahd2791]

Agreed, we see whats happening in Europe right now because of them opening the borders. If we dont learn from that and secure our borders, the US will suffer the same fate.

[@recordstore2265]

@@josiahd2791 why be the hate group if we would be prosperous with out Trump

[@dogemaster4228]

@@josiahd2791 The labor market in European countries who have taken in a significant amount of immigrants right now has actually been booming relative to 'closed border' countries.

[@hyperactive216]

Doge Master nope, that ya a lie.

[@dogemaster4228]

@@hyperactive216 Got any proof?

[@erincaldwell2452]

When you learn more history from KZbin and your REQUIRED HISTORY CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL That’s messed up guys

[@user-uq3um5nq7d]

They only pick good stories from their history huh

[@bbcbritishbroadcastchannel7478]

Welcome to the African-American would except everybody tell us to get over it

[@bbcbritishbroadcastchannel7478]

@@user-uq3um5nq7d welcome to the African American world except everybody tell us to get over it.

[@opheliapain3398]

Hidden agenda

[@joee7626]

Because anything can go on youtube and not be fact-checked for accuracy. Only those views and 'facts' that support the 'tuber need be presented and in a way that only tells the story they want to. For example, the notion that nobody was FORCED to constantly cross and recross the border was mentioned. And what measures were/are taken by the Mexican Govt towards others crossing into Mexico? I'm sure they didn't just stroll right in.

[@yasssqueen3063]

Wow!!!! Thank you for posting this!

[@damianrico2433]

The content and information in the video eye opening. Great research, people need to know about these things.

[@alerihernandez4829]

I suggest this vid should have captions in Spanish too, tho. I would like to show it to my family who can’t understand English

[@reuben8324]

There is a caption option on the screen i believe.

[@carlossaldana8791]

@Aleri Hernandez I was thinking the same thing when I was watching the video.

[@jenniferwilcox9759]

Why don't you translate it for them? Besides, it's probably on Amazon somewhere.

[@thirtyonepigeons9539]

@@reuben8324 yes there is but there's only English captions not Spanish

[@austinharding9734]

JUST USE The closed captioning button go to options and it will have a auto translate text, and switch it to a Spanish text

[@don-jp2rs]

Someone should make a film about Carmelita Torres, she is a true forgotten hero. Her story is 10 times better than the Hunger Games story imo.

[@thatonetangirl]

As if anyone would fund that. Do you know how many Americans would revolt if they knew how horrible they have always been?

[@user-bt4xf5gc5t]

is she tho

[@Kira-tu3xp]

True

[@Maya-yp2ey]

Trueeee

[@moonie8830]

Yes I agree that a story about her would be great, but no need in dragging down the Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins did a great job writing those books and that's why they sold millions of copies.

[@LeonardoFurtadomusic]

thank you for putting this documentary together!! Very well done!

[@mexifaith]

We're also native Americans and USA doesn't admit it.

[@Space8942]

Seeing all this just reminds me of an old saying my mother used to tell me "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" seems alittle fitting for this whole situation.

[@neeneko]

The other side of the problem.. one can learn multiple lessons from history. One of the reasons we see so much repeating isn't that people didn't learn, it is because they DID learn and see the benefits people like them reaped.

[@natf6747]

Then please look into this for yourself and not just what Vox tells you. Like with all their videos their is more to the story then what they are presenting.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

Comparing the borders today to the borders back then is directly disrespecting the people who went through those atrocities. Shame on you. The borders today are nothing like the horrible events that used to take place. Smh

[@ar_xiv]

Tim Evans intentionally hateful. Anti human.

[@SuperAndybarrett]

@@natf6747 they fit her story to their narrative

[@Toodaloop]

My grandfather was in the Bracero Program. While his cousin decided to move to Sacramento permanently, he decided that there was no way he was staying in a country that treated him like a dog. I can only imagine the humiliation and dehumanization be went through. He did it to provide for my mother and her siblings.

[@mushroombluegoddess6440]

Which country treated him like a dog ?

[@svc6550]

Great coverage, bringing the historical origins to the conditions in the present; and to top it off, putting it all in context at the end where you add a simple but hard hitting factual tidbit showing the people causing the problem these victims were being blamed and ridiculed for was actually caused by the US’s own citizens. Well done!

[@priscillamagdalena6820]

I AM FLABBERGASTED BY THIS. AND OUTRAGED. How do people do this to other people. WE ARE PEOPLE, TOO!!

[@brenduzkyful]

I am from El Paso TX, and more specifically from the area of Socorro or the “lower valley” as it’s known. 90%of the people living here are Mexican-American and like someone else already mentioned here, it is not even brought up on any books our schools have/had. I was very shocked about this, and it brought me to tears. I don’t remember any teachers telling us about it, only about the bracero program that has now turned into something else. VOX by the way you should investigate how all of these farmers stay outside the building called “centro de los trabajadores agrícolas fronterizos”. They sleep on cardboards out there and people still call them braceros because they come to work in agriculture. However, the department doesn’t even try to shelter them... even when they short change them with what they pay them. As always, great reporting love ❤️ your videos even if they make me tear up a bit.

[@canufi6my]

Vox didn't tell us that "Kerosene" not "gasoline" was the standard treatment for lice in those days, from NY to Fl, people were treated for lice with DDT.

[@ejright2921]

You're not a Mexican, you're an Israelite. Mexicans are one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Do your research and find out who you really are....

[@KissCairo]

ejright2 shut up

[@emurysorrow6632]

@@ejright2921 What do you mean dude?

[@ejright2921]

@@emurysorrow6632 Mexicans are Israelites, the chosen people of God. They are one of the lost tribes of Israel. They are suffering the curses of Deuteronomy 28:15-68 because they broke the laws of God.

[@mandagodin5075]

You know it’s dark when you read “gasoline baths” 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jerrydickerson1111]

Allot of of people use it as a gas a disinfectant. Im white and 24 and I remember a kid had lice and the school was like everyone needs too bath with expensive shampoo and being poor my parents opted for gas mind you my dad is 66 so he got gas bathed too for lice its just what you did

[@TylerSolvestri]

@Tim Evans Lol

[@anabonn3044]

@Tim Evans cocaína he meant to say, not really to be burned

[@shonuff5297]

Kerosene is a cheap known remedy for lice

[@erinburke9711]

Likely why they chose that title versus the truth: kerosene.

[@sheldonnez09]

As a member of the Navajo tribe, I appreciate the videos you’re creating. 👍🏽

[@yeetjones927]

What's a navajo is that one of them Mexicans? They the brown or black ones?

[@vala5182]

@@yeetjones927 the real americans

[@mango9602]

@@yeetjones927 it’s the native Americans that lived around the Arizona region I thinj

[@yeetjones927]

@@mango9602 who cares? They had their time it's America's time to shine now baby

[@mango9602]

@@yeetjones927 America really wasn’t shining too bright the last 4 years, hopefully it gets better I guess. And I was just explaining to you what the Navajo was, you asked so I answered

[@anacastillo9247]

I remember my grandmother, talking about these baths. She was a housekeeper in El Paso, in the 50’s.

[@breeeezzyyyy]

Omg all the news cuts of the reporters saying "they're coming in with smallpox ewww" like y'all's ancestors were the ones to bring that to the americas soooooo

[@denysivanov3364]

kind of funny talking about deceases, especially now, when we see thousands people dead from Coronavirus. People should be checked to not spread the decease!

[@callie8007]

None of the migrants have smallpox. Not a single one. Nobody on the planet has smallpox. It was eradicated decades ago.

[@jellyrun1]

...and got syfillis for it...so...?

[@barrishautomotive]

@Crawford Klinner through global vaccinations over multiple decades, small pox no longer had any susceptible human hosts to infect, and it died off completely. It's one of the greatest triumphs in scientific history.

[@neonsashimidream1075]

@@callie8007 My thoughts exactly. I was stunned when I heard him say that.

[@nicoparra3677]

I'm mexican and didn't know this happened. Thanks fro bringing it to my attention

[@phxnigtmare]

They dont want us to know. We are the most hated group in america. We talk about what we did to blacks, natives, and asians but never what we did and still are doing to Mexican-Americans simply because America doesnt care.

[@laurenklitsch3600]

Fro lol

[@jellybean3524]

t h trust me there’s a lot more heinous things done to other minorities. Don’t put down other minorities dude.

[@ilovemiffy888]

t h Please, let’s not treat this like a competition. We should simply recognize injustice when we see it, and find ways to combat it and move forward.

[@XX-121]

@@jellybean3524 yeah, if you're gonna do it dude,, ...put down all minorities!!! jj LOL!!!

[@Neidely.]

it’s frustrating how we have to search to learn about such important matters when we have schools that teach us the same thing each year.

[@1cannedpeaches]

I’ve never heard about this. This is why educating yourself is so important. This is so disgusting and disappointing

[@pete9688]

You should research what they did to the Japanese… the Irish… I can go on and on…

[@ehrierodregasfoster8085]

My jaw is on the floor. “Make America Great Again” seems to MAKE more and more sense to me everyday. This is really a sad truth.

[@ehrierodregasfoster8085]

Oh yeah...wow, how things have changed

[@jeremylindemann5117]

I would encourage you to read the wiki article for the bath riots. It paints a bit of a different picture of the bath riots than this video does. The video seems to have the intention of making out US to be the sole historical source of hate and racism.

[@jaymie9410]

Jeremy Lindemann thats bc it is..

[@commen8543]

Yugi Yami that’s back then when the roles were reverted

[@Ryan-vz3tb]

Yugi Yami wasn’t Woodrow Wilson extremely racist?

[@CalvinHicks1]

This should be shown in grade school history classes across the United States. It's amazing how this and these type(s) of historical records are overlooked in history classes. Congress needs to see this.

[@stevendickenson9141]

Why are you surprised? Most non-white American history was either deliberately altered or destroyed.. In fact, this has been going on for centuries all over the world mainly in the Americas and Africa. Seems like people are only now waking up to these facts.

[@kucingdterbakard3765]

They have a curriculum for a reason

[@youngsavag666]

This is nothing. Do you know about the Japanese interment camps. That was way worse.

[@Drhumbolt]

What can't learn without school...? Think for yourselves people. Teach your kids to do the same.

[@sunnylusburner8108]

@@Drhumbolt you can start by not taking every vox video at face value. Just look at there border series Haiti where they accused Dominicans as being racist towards Haitians.

[@sofiauribe1465]

That’s it. As a person of Mexican descent, I’m not standing up for the pledge of allegiance anymore

[@julitadelapaz374]

My Dad has many stories about this, but i never heard anything about this in school. Thank you Dad for the history lesson.

[@privatename3447]

Whatever history my kid is taught, I always tell her the other side of the story. Zero trust for the government back then and now

[@NurseSnow2U]

This is beautiful! It can be hard to do but I consider the truth to ALWAYS be worth it, I homeschool my daughter and we “unlearn” a lot of things.

[@katiemahoney5146]

I took a Latino studies class in college and it talked about the Bracero program but never about this! How insanes

[@natalieenriquez8680]

i am literally latina and have never heard of this before either!

[@mombueno884]

@Tutu Flave it shocking how not talked about this event was. Not many people know about it so it is very upsetting that it is kind of left forgotten among the American people.

[@wilburmcbride8096]

People the government doesn't start something it never finishes. The Eugenics programs are still alive and running.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I think mRNA is a net dysgenic though. I mean what percentage of refusers are rejecting it because they know that pseudourylated RNA induces immunotolerance to the coded antigen and not because Alex Jones said it’s full of microchips?

[@joelgeorgeable]

No one was punished 😠 for this cruelty

[@kanyuseemyfinger3343]

Yeah, they should never have been able to torture lice that way.

[@topapo3661]

cuz the people that wouldve been punished were white, and whites were too “perfect” to be punished! but seriously, racists could get away with anything in 19th century america. if you learned about lynchings, you know white people could get out of punishment for the sake of getting out of punishment

[@golden4730]

Most of the Americans don't know their history... And this video is an example of that!

[@Aaron565]

This is extremely irrelevant to american history. Its merely a small part that had no effect on the future of the country.

[@melaniep4099]

Aaron565 Carmelita Torres was a hero like Rosa Parks, yet we do learn about Rosa Parks and not her.

[@inkedhigh]

blame the people who decided to not talk about it in schools and have future generations not hear about it. one day 9/11 will be one of those events that won't be talked much about and the kids are gonna have the same reactions.

[@dragonzonezone6573]

@@inkedhigh Got to thank the internet that teach us what the classrooms don't.

[@arthas640]

To be fair, that's because the US is pretty high with a wide variety of cultures and races. Washington is about as close culturally and physically to Texas as the UK is to Serbia. Besides, most of this is a concern to the mexican side of the border since it negatively impacted them and not the US. If mexicans were spraying Americans with kerosene then itd likely be in more history books

[@kassandra8254]

Back then it was fumigations, now it’s cages.

[@XXMETAL4LIF3XX]

criminals in jail cells.

[@HG-qo9cx]

There have been cases of children being sexually assaulted when put in with adults. That is why children are separated.

[@veronicabanales5255]

Because there’s been a massive influx of economic migrants and we certainly need to know who they are, are they affiliated with any gangs, are they sick, or are they victims of human trafficking.

[@veronicadanielle5020]

Growing up in the U.S., you never learn any of this stuff in school. The cover up of stuff like this is deeply disturbing

[@tdesanchez]

Hence in return growing up in England, we never learned about this either. Today is the first time I have heard about this. And this came about because I was sending a friend an article on the Tulsa massacre. I am now in the US and so history here is on my mind as I have a lot to learn about the place.

[@mborges2133]

Thank you for sharing the truth, never stop.

[@IndelibleHD]

Vox has been killin' it lately with these intriguing videos.

[@mousepussi1957]

killin brain cells

[@beef-jerky]

Sarcasm is amazing aren't I right?

[@mouyeii]

@Getafix Seeker is doing good Videos again?

[@britishpeopleyellowteeth6071]

make your own research.....

[@wynstondannerman605]

@@britishpeopleyellowteeth6071 how does one go about "making their own research?"

[@SteganDaMallion]

When horrific moments in history get swept under the rug and whitewashed. It ends up repeating itself.

[@douglasrowland3722]

NOTHING HAS BEEN CONCEALED THAT WILL NOT BE REVEALED. that's in the bible............

[@whopperdad22]

Two groups want to erase history ISIS and Democrats in America. Both terrorist organizations.

[@santiagoumana5036]

@@whopperdad22 no American government and ISIS

[@blabboo]

I’m white but I swear I’m not like this! This stuff is so scary.

[@cv-qi5kc]

@@whopperdad22 democrats are a political party my guy-

[@cecilj40]

Who were those poor men that were publically executed?:( The world should know their names aswell

[@erikarodriguez1186]

Born in Mexico,grew up in Texas and I have never heard of this. Worse still my grandparents on mothers side were part of the bracero program.

[@MoustafaHabra18]

13:30 This guy literally said they’re bringing in smallpox rofl. Smallpox was eradicated from the entire world in 1980. Natural smallpox doesn’t even exist anymore smh.

[@caroselloshow5615]

It’s funny because he literally chose the only major illness that was completely eradicated lol

[@GODSWORD5]

Faux news

[@ochaco31]

What else can we expect from fox news? They benefit from misinformation and their devout audience eats it up.

[@averagejoepro5347]

Small pox only exists in labs now

[@jackdoe7401]

There was a small pox and measles outbreak not that long ago.

[@smoothskin1372]

This should be a Documentary maybe on Netflix. Scary Good Stuff..

[@sunnybaudelaire9384]

@Ali Hadi Babar that still doesnt mean Americans shouldn't learn about this. I'm American and honestly wasnt very surprised considering how terrible this country is but it would surprise a lot of Americans who think this is the greatest country in the world and it looks to be a very important part of history that has once again been covered up so the US looks like a good country. Truly depressing

[@sunnybaudelaire9384]

@Ali Hadi Babar hm true. Oh well🤷‍♀️

[@drakensberg.multimedia]

@Smooth Skin why should an important documentary like this be on a platform like Netflix, of which you have to pay for?! I think a platform like KZbin (which doesn't always have the best business practices), or something similar that is free and easily accessible by the general public, is the most appropriate place for information that educates the public.

[@laloortiz4786]

Is there is a documentary on it...pretty sure you just watched it

[@itzelmontalvo6645]

So saddening to see this. I was born in El Paso TX and my father was born in Ciudad Juarez.

[@710MaryJane]

As always very informative!

[@CuriosityCulture]

Why we can’t rely just on history books..how come I didn’t learn this in school?

[@stanleystewart8444]

Cause America

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

@@djdjdjshhsuss3941 Ehhh, the US has slowly, but surely taken steps to "sanitize" the overwhelming majority of the unsavory/negative historical acts/behaviors of those who lived and ruled during those times to the point where it's not even really history anymore, but a reimagining of it.

[@adriantween584]

Because history books get written by the wrong people. So we need authors who are more objective, which often doesn’t happen with school textbooks.

[@DT-vh5yw]

Cameron J where tf were you taught man and what are ‘the steps they’re taking’ to ‘sanitize’ our history.... huh?

[@DT-vh5yw]

@Cameron J I provide evidence for my argument now provide yours

[@PobloDiablo]

A nation built on hate

[@PobloDiablo]

@Jim Elliott you sound white

[@f.k6920]

@Jim Elliott because you try to act like America is great.

[@f.k6920]

@Jim Elliott don't worry I'm not American and I've never been there.

[@nahbro5366]

@Jim Elliott What?

[@f.k6920]

@Crawford Klinner I don't need to experience war to know it's horrible, I dont need to go to America to see its shortcomings, yes you have freedom but so do most developed countries. And there is nothing you can do or say to erase the horrible American history your county is built on, the original comment was right.

[@bersanji]

an African Lady once told me that : America is not a country but an industry. Go figure

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I call it a genocidal conveyor belt

[@stan0s]

I can not stand segregation! We are all human. Help one another.

[@AlexGarcia-qc3cj]

This just makes me even more disappointed by the US's past. I'm all for making the country better but to say that America was always a great nation is completely false and ignorant

[@johnc916]

Alex Garcia America is still great

[@jeremiahtisdell4823]

@@johnc916 Now

[@gauripkadam]

absolutely

[@shamanking19042000]

@Tuperwear nationalists do

[@imaxix7779]

It’s John C In terms of countries Overall?- Yes. In terms of first world countries?-Not really.

[@cioramirez5737]

My mother, in1966, was sprayed with insecticide when crossing the border legally. She was 8 yrs old.

[@edzamora9135]

Omg. Thank you for this.

[@joylee2269]

Wow. Thank you for this knowledge

[@imthatreader8950]

Why aren't we being taught this in school????

[@lyriclanguages3780]

Because they want to brainwash us from a young age.

[@Omararmendariz9565]

Because they're making America great again.

[@jaminwaite3867]

Anerican exceptionalism

[@vicentebermudez7819]

“Rosa Parks of the border” but she came before Rosa Parks, shouldn’t it be the other way around.

[@indiee4971]

Vicente Bermudez Nah they both in a different boat and stood up for something they should both have a name that’s meaningful

[@jett2333]

Vicente Bermudez have you not seen Brandon roger video about how Rosa parks could time travel when he was making a margarita

[@daniellevaughans4144]

Vicente Bermudez He was giving an example not saying she took it as inspiration he was just trying to give a more clear visual

[@apolloniaellis5527]

Rosa Parks is more well known

[@nunyabusiness4646]

Stop dividing with race

[@billcordell9797]

Horrifying information here. I’m a college educated 55 year old man that has lived in Texas my whole and I am appalled that I’ve never learned of this part of Texas’ history. I applaud Vox for bringing this to light.

[@demiurgiac]

Amazing that you could be 55 and still believe in fairy tales.. especially ones you view on the internet. Most of what is presented in this video is fiction.

[@aryanuada847]

"Why can't you compare it - his practices - to what led up to the Holocaust? Do we have to wait for the actual Holocaust before we speak out?" That hit me like a truck. No better way to get this point across. So powerful.

[@SpartanChief2277]

You're not allowed to speak about or compare to jews or there struggle sadly

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

It’s happening again with the mRNA shots