If I Am Hispanic Born In The United States And Grew Up With Migrant Workers Does That Make Me A Migrant
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
Why Is It That Today Migrant Workers Are Looked Down Upon?
I really have to be honest, I hadn’t thought about migrant workers until I was having a conversation with co-worker while I was staging a line at my j.o.b. a few minutes ago. Which in turn prompted me to write this blog post.
I wanted to write it for one, because I grew up in an area in Central California that was highly populated by Mexican families, and two because I worked along side with migrant workers in the fields of Salinas California planting and harvesting the very vegetables that are served on most plates today.
I never really thought about it until we were talking about today’s youth, and the work ethics that they lack. We were talking about how it was to grow up in the era of work to survive from dusk till dawn, supporting a family of 4, 5, 6 sometimes 8 to 10 children on a job that didn’t pay much and was extremely high with physical labor.
Never Once Did I Hear Complaining From Migrant Workers I Was Around About Working Hard
I really question why so many people are against the migrant workers today. Is it because of the stories people are hearing of families wanting to come to the United States to start a new life. Or are they negative on the migrant workers because of the stories they hear of the families crossing the borders illegally and getting caught in the process, and as they see in the news…AHH THE WONDERFUL NEWS!!!
Would it be different if the migrant workers families came into the United States legally, or would we, and I mean we as Mexican or Hispanic however the label fits, still be labeled as illegal because of the already bad taste that so many American people have about the Mexican race?
I am a Hispanic, and I was born here in the United States. I grew up in a highly populated Hispanic community until I was in my early twenties. I worked in the fields along side the migrant workers for some time. Does that make me a migrant worker?
I would always say when people would joke around with me about “my people” coming here illegally something in these lines. “If there were no migrant workers in the United States today, would you be the one working in the fields to get you that tomato you are eating to the supermarket? To which they would reply…no way
One thing that I do know is that I love my nationality, I get asked from time to time where was I born, to which I reply Salinas California. The real funny thing is when I mention where it was I was born, even though I mentioned California their response is what part of Mexico is that in (seriously). I guess I will always be part of the “migrant workers family” as long as I am alive.
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