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MEDIA ASSIGNMENT 3 (Benjamin, Yash Shah, Arnav Babbar, Ayyan Bhanji) 1. The challenges faced by domestic workers are compounded by a number of structural inequalities, including racism and sexism. The domestic workers we met in “Home Economics” are all women. The fundamental right to equal pay for equal work has long been at the center of the fight for women’s rights, as well as labor rights. - She means why should domestic workers have to get paid less than the little they have now because people don’t want to pay them for overtime they deserve. The domestic workers bill of rights was passed in 2013 that generally states that domestic workers be paid overtime, when they work 12 hours or more. People do not want to pay the higher rates for domestic workers so they rather hire illegal helps, but this is unfair to domestic workers who want and need these extra hours of work pay, because this is how they make their living and feed their own children. 2. We see claims makers in this film attempting to frame the rights of domestic workers in various ways. The rights of domestic workers are weighed against the needs of the elderly, the sick, and the working parents who literally rely on domestic labor to get by in their own lives. Compare and contrast the main arguments made by service providers like Jody Sherman and advocates like CHIRLA. - The arguments made by these influential people are basically saying how each domestic worker needs to be respected more for what they do to families and the kids in the families. Jody Sherman states that many families don’t have the financial ability to pay for workers. CHRILA states that the workers need to be respected and are very supportive of the campaign. 3. The issue of domestic work is impacted by societal attitudes and beliefs about gender, class, race, and immigration. Explain how these beliefs are at play in the film and in discussions about the work done by nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers. Include relevant facts, details, and information from the film to strengthen your explanation. - Domestic work is a very broad subject where one may have mixed opinions. It is very common in the States and when it is impacted by societal attitudes and beliefs on different matters, it creates a massive problem that has to be addressed. As seen in the film, domestic workers such as nannies, housekeepers, old age home caregivers and other kinds of domestic workers face discrimination and brutality over them sometimes based on race, gender or their class in the society. Many immigrants who come to the United States and

work as domestic workers to earn a living are treated disrespectfully and abused in brutal ways. Examples of Griselda Sanchez and Maria Hernandez are a great representation of how domestic workers are paid less for showing up to work on a regular basis and getting beaten up by the homeowners.I think the biggest problems are their pay and the way they get treated. The rich families hire them for a weekly pay and then take advantage of the help they get from the domestic workers. 4. A central question in “Home Economics” has to do with the way in which we value work done in the home or private sphere differently than work done in the public sphere (offices, factories, retail spaces, schools). - While discussing about someone who works in their home, my cousin Aman comes to my mind as he never works. He used to be working at a convenient store but after COVID, he stopped. Now he takes care of our grand mother and he is into stocks and cryptocurrency. Crypto currency might be an instant way to make money but that takes a lot of research and time too which is my our family keeps forcing him to work to that he can become independent. He used to work 32 hours at the convenient store but ever since he stopped, he doesn’t work. He spends a lot of time at home but if he spent those 30-40 hours working at some job where he could be paid the minimum wage of $7.25 in Georgia, he could atleast make some extra money for himself. According to 35 hours, my cousin could earn up to $253.75 a week, $1015 a month and $12180 a year. That money could help him when he really needs it. Comparing this to my other cousin who works at Apple which is work from home too. He works around 40 hours and gets paid $25 per hour. He makes around $1000 a week but if he worked at a job and got paid the minimum wage, he would barely make 200-300 dollars a week. 5. Amy Poehler says that to go to work “literally takes a village.” Why do women in the U.S. leave their homes to go earn a living in someone else’s home, so that person can leave her home to go make a living? Include relevant facts, details, and information from the film to strengthen your explanation. - They do this because in most cases they are domestic workers and are immigrant women who are afraid to get deported and or don’t know their rights. These women work to make a way for their children to succeed and benefit from the opportunities the United States has to offer. 6. Has viewing this documentary challenged any of your ideas about childcare in the U.S. as a social problem? Why or Why not? - It definitely has challenged the idea we have about childcare as a social problem because the domestic workers aren’t getting the right pay and absolutely deserve overtime pay. Many of these workers have raised kids that aren't even their own blood.

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