Children's views from Tijuana and San Diego differ

This video dispatch from Mexican newspaper Milenio documents a workshop carried out by the Rennes University in France on the Mexico-U.S. border.

The workshop invited children from Tijuana and San Diego to share their views on the border and the countries that it divides, and the results are pretty interesting.

"One of the kids was actually surprised to found out that people in Tijuana actually drove cars, and that they have paved roads," said Ryan Washburn, an organizer of the workshop.

The video is in a combination of English, Spanish and French.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City

Comments

[Richard Long]

Nicolas, sure...the massive immigration from SD to TJ prove your points.

MLK....it is unsafe.

Build the 50' high wall NOW.

[MLK]

Sadly the children in SD have a view which is perpetuated by ignorance of society as it relates to Mexico as a whole. The press gives you a very slanted view which is not real. Likening it to an unsafe place to be and visit which is just not true. Time for change !!

[Nicolas]

Very interesting. Truth is that the Tijuana-San Diego-Los Angeles area is a giant metropolis. Ignorance about the neighbor at each side of the fence is sometimes dismaying, but the endless economical, cultural and social possibilities of these cities are worth fighting for as a common front.