Please don’t make this political, it is not meant to be
Just need a point of clarification
It seems that the title “ migrant”, is used to describe folks who come across the southern border, especially brown or Latino people
When I was growing up Ft. Lauderdale and surrounding areas were bean fields, tomato fields and other various row crops
Migrant workers came from the West Indies, Jamaica, Mexico etc, to pick or harvest the crops
They would obtain work permits and travel the seasonal harvests around the country
My question is why do they now call non pickers migrants ?
I have a ton of respect form farm workers especially after seeing the movie “ McFarland “, and seeing inside what “pickers” go thru
Terrific eye opening movie!
I just watched another migrant movie about a farm worker becoming an astronaut, great movie!
So isn’t it demeaning to the actual hard working migrant farm worker to just automatically call every non farm worker who is brown, and crosses the border a migrant?
I think so, those actual farm workers work their asses off so I can have produce to eat! They provide an invaluable service and should be recognized for it!
Just need a point of clarification
It seems that the title “ migrant”, is used to describe folks who come across the southern border, especially brown or Latino people
When I was growing up Ft. Lauderdale and surrounding areas were bean fields, tomato fields and other various row crops
Migrant workers came from the West Indies, Jamaica, Mexico etc, to pick or harvest the crops
They would obtain work permits and travel the seasonal harvests around the country
My question is why do they now call non pickers migrants ?
I have a ton of respect form farm workers especially after seeing the movie “ McFarland “, and seeing inside what “pickers” go thru
Terrific eye opening movie!
I just watched another migrant movie about a farm worker becoming an astronaut, great movie!
So isn’t it demeaning to the actual hard working migrant farm worker to just automatically call every non farm worker who is brown, and crosses the border a migrant?
I think so, those actual farm workers work their asses off so I can have produce to eat! They provide an invaluable service and should be recognized for it!