Government failures: Race, Gender and Poverty in Mexico

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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. The country has faced several racial and gender discrimination cases that subsequently cultivated poverty in the through the inability of government regimes to implement sound policies that promote a uniform economic and social progress since the 19th century. Poverty and discrimination in Mexico have led to several illegal migration cases from Mexico to the US in search of better jobs to enable them to provide for their families. This paper examines the political instability and failed government reforms that escalated gender and racial discrimination besides promoting poverty in Mexico from 1910 to the present. It argues that personal interests, too ambitious reforms, and party conflicts hindered the implementation of developmental policies throughout different government regimes.
The Mexican government and individuals invested significant efforts to address poverty, racism, and gender issues with the federal education policy, President Lazaro Cardenas's efforts to upgrade the economy, and the migrants and transnationals working hard to attain their objectives to eradicate the societal vices. The federal education policy had good intentions of enhancing economic development and helping reduce poverty and other discriminations in the country. Education is critical because it empowers Mexicans and nurtures work habits and punctuality. It would also teach people to abstain from practices like substance abuse and gambling. The good intention of the education policy was to eradicate poverty by teaching Mexicans how to be independent and work hard. Similarly, President Lazaro Cardenas (1934-1940) was very ambitious in bringing prosperity to Mexico through several policies and self-sacrifice. Cardenas was primari...