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“Si no hay justicia para el pueblo, que no haya paz para el gobierno”. (If there’s no justice for the people, shall be no peace for the government) Emiliano Zapata.

Buen Viaje

Women of the Black Panther Party demonstrating in front of Alameda County Courthouse Oakland, CA

Farm-workers: Here’s to you.

Growing up, before walking into class, I’d scrub my hands with soap and water to try to take off the green-tint, caused by cutting asparagus. Every morning, from February to July starting at 2 am - 6am I’d work the fields before school started. If I didn’t scrub my hands raw, my school papers would turn green.

I’ve come to understand I was lucky to even go to class, while many other children, ‪#‎Chicano‬ or ‪#‎Mexicano‬ who worked in the same fields as my family and I, would simply skip school or drop-out to help provide for their families. Going back to college/university campuses always reminds me of the young people I worked with. U.S. schools are a booming business where farmworker children will many times, never set foot, or where they will be pushed to the limit - working at the same time and being conditioned to hate their own people, their own culture, and especially to abandon their worker-roots.