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Of Tainted Bodies and Cosmopolitanism: Global Sex Workers, Sexual Traveling, and Tainting Citizenship
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The 2000 film Bread and Roses tells the story of undocumented immigrant Maya
traveling with smugglers from Mexico to reunite with her sister living in Los Angeles,
Rosa. During the course of her stay working as a janitor at a big downtown building
alongside Rosa, Maya became involved in the Justice for Janitors campaign against their
non-unionized cleaning company that had cut wages and withheld health insurance, sick
pay, and holidays over the years. Desperately needing the money that would get her
ailing husband to be seen by a doctor, Rosa betrayed her fellow workers by giving the
manager Perez information about the organizing of the campaign that resulted in the
firing of several workers. Furious over her sister’s action, Maya confronted Rosa,
culminating in the most powerful scene of the film, where the following dialogue ensues:
Maya: You’re a fucking traitor, Rosa. You’re a fucking traitor, sis.Rosa: You do, don’t you? You think that? Even when I was supporting everybody?
Sending money to you and mamá? … Did you guys ever wonder … how did Rosa manage to send the money? How old was I when I got to Tijuana? I was a little girl. A little girl, right? And you didn’t even wonder about how I did it. What for? Rosa kept your mouths pretty full. You know how I did it? Turning tricks. I was a hooker. What do you think about that?
Maya (suddenly in agony): I didn’t know.Rosa: I was turning tricks, honey. So that you guys didn’t starve. For five fucking
years in Tijuana. Every single night. Just about every single night. “Suck their dicks, Rosa. Fuck, Rosa. Fuck. Fuck.” … “Come on, because your family is starving.” Huh? “Suck their dicks.” Right? “Come on, come on!” O la le, o la le. Sounds awful, huh? Disgusting? What do you think? Nobody asked me, huh? My dad leaves, and who gets screwed? Who gets screwed? Rosa. Let Rosa start fucking everybody.
Maya (covering face with her hands in disbelief): I didn’t know, Rosa.Rosa: Let her suck everybody’s fucking dicks … Blacks, whites, sleazeballs,
slimebags. Let her suck everybody, right? … My husband gets sick, and I have to fuck. Whose turn is it? Rosa’s. Let Rosa pick up all the pieces, right? (Crying) She has to be doing everything all the time, as if Rosa were an idiot, fucking everybody, right? So you had something to eat! I hate the whole fucking world! I hate it! I’ve put up with it all my fucking life! I’ve been keeping it here, in my own gut. How do you like that, Maya? … Do you know how I got you your job? Didn’t you want a job here? “Come on, sis, get me a job, because I can do everything.” You know what I did? Yes, honey, I had to fuck Perez.
Maya: Don’t joke about that!
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The 2000 film Bread and Roses tells the story of undocumented immigrant Maya
traveling with smugglers from Mexico to reunite with her sister living in Los Angeles,
Rosa. During the course of her stay working as a janitor at a big downtown building
alongside Rosa, Maya became involved in the Justice for Janitors campaign against their
non-unionized cleaning company that had cut wages and withheld health insurance, sick
pay, and holidays over the years. Desperately needing the money that would get her
ailing husband to be seen by a doctor, Rosa betrayed her fellow workers by giving the
manager Perez information about the organizing of the campaign that resulted in the
firing of several workers. Furious over her sister’s action, Maya confronted Rosa,
culminating in the most powerful scene of the film, where the following dialogue ensues:
Maya: You’re a fucking traitor, Rosa. You’re a fucking traitor, sis.
Rosa: You do, don’t you? You think that? Even when I was supporting everybody?
Sending money to you and mamá? … Did you guys ever wonder … how did
Rosa manage to send the money? How old was I when I got to Tijuana? I was a
little girl. A little girl, right? And you didn’t even wonder about how I did it.
What for? Rosa kept your mouths pretty full. You know how I did it? Turning
tricks. I was a hooker. What do you think about that?
Maya (suddenly in agony): I didn’t know.
Rosa: I was turning tricks, honey. So that you guys didn’t starve. For five fucking
years in Tijuana. Every single night. Just about every single night. “Suck their
dicks, Rosa. Fuck, Rosa. Fuck. Fuck.” … “Come on, because your family is
starving.” Huh? “Suck their dicks.” Right? “Come on, come on!” O la le, o la
le. Sounds awful, huh? Disgusting? What do you think? Nobody asked me,
huh? My dad leaves, and who gets screwed? Who gets screwed? Rosa. Let
Rosa start fucking everybody.
Maya (covering face with her hands in disbelief): I didn’t know, Rosa.
Rosa: Let her suck everybody’s fucking dicks … Blacks, whites, sleazeballs,
slimebags. Let her suck everybody, right? … My husband gets sick, and I have
to fuck. Whose turn is it? Rosa’s. Let Rosa pick up all the pieces, right?
(Crying) She has to be doing everything all the time, as if Rosa were an idiot,
fucking everybody, right? So you had something to eat! I hate the whole
fucking world! I hate it! I’ve put up with it all my fucking life! I’ve been
keeping it here, in my own gut. How do you like that, Maya? … Do you know
how I got you your job? Didn’t you want a job here? “Come on, sis, get me a
job, because I can do everything.” You know what I did? Yes, honey, I had to
fuck Perez.
Maya: Don’t joke about that!
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