No, Migration Is Not Beautiful
Am I the only one that is annoyed with these damn butterflies? (just fyi this is not to criticize Faviana. It's this one art piece. i am a fan of her women's rights posters) why is there a need to romanticize immigration?
there is nothing beautiful
about a mother or father having to leave their family behind to find work else where. about immigrants dying while trying to cross the border into a country that still wont respect them
about people being raped, killed or robbed while crossing the border
about people being raped, killed or abused in detention centers
about children riding cross country box cars to try to be reunited with their families or to find work in other countries to support families back home
there is nothing beautiful
about the imperialist capitalist shit that forced our families to come here in the first place
about the poverty that was created in my country while the USA prospers
there is nothing beautiful
about people coming over here only to be discriminated against
about laws that will deny them basic rights like education
about people committing suicide because being undocumented is too much to handle
about not being able to visit our families back home and from far away watch each and everyone of them pass away.
what is natural or beautiful about that?
nothing.
i think it is sad that folks are forced to leave their homes in the first place because they cannot provide for themselves or their families.
migration is political
migration is imperialism
migration is capitalism
it is not beautiful
