Racism still exists in California
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82% of California SAS workers were born in Mexico, only 8% in the U.S.
53% of the foreign-born have resided in U.S. 10 years or longer
62% obtained legal status through the special agricultural worker (SAW) program
9% of interviewees are not eligible for employment in the U.S.
median age is 32; 25% are 24 or younger
74% are male
66% are married
60% live with one or more family members when in SAS work
of the 60% with children, 35% do not live with their children when in SAS work
91% are Hispanic
http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/lmd/html/fall_92/califarmw.html
That's not our point, an institutional racism argument can be made if clarified because the majority of "LEGAL" farmworkers are Mexican. They veered from the argument by talking about illegals. They have nothing to do with this bill. Legal Mexican workers do!
53% of the foreign-born have resided in U.S. 10 years or longer
62% obtained legal status through the special agricultural worker (SAW) program
9% of interviewees are not eligible for employment in the U.S.
median age is 32; 25% are 24 or younger
74% are male
66% are married
60% live with one or more family members when in SAS work
of the 60% with children, 35% do not live with their children when in SAS work
91% are Hispanic
http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/lmd/html/fall_92/califarmw.html
That's not our point, an institutional racism argument can be made if clarified because the majority of "LEGAL" farmworkers are Mexican. They veered from the argument by talking about illegals. They have nothing to do with this bill. Legal Mexican workers do!
I don't know about you, but I have a family...which comes with an obligation to keep a roof over our heads, food in our stomachs, and make sure we are healthy. So, "selfishly", I find it important to keep the money that I make (as much as I can) without taking care of somebody else's family.
THAT thought process has nothing to do with "mexicans", but has everything to do with people that abuse the system. That includes anybody that has babies to collect more money from welfare, lies about their income to get subsidized housing, and expects the government to take care of them because they REFUSE to do it on their own. This does NOT include people who are INCAPABLE, but people that are just plain selfish and expect handouts whenever possible.
Also, I've never said anything about Obama being black...I don't give a fuck if he's pink, purple, or green. I don't agree with him, just like I didn't agree with Bush. So YOU need to get over it. Race or ethnicity is not the issue here, it's what I BELIEVE to be right or wrong. If my uncle came her illegally from Italy and lived off the government, I'd tell him to get off his ass and do shit the correct way.
THAT thought process has nothing to do with "mexicans", but has everything to do with people that abuse the system. That includes anybody that has babies to collect more money from welfare, lies about their income to get subsidized housing, and expects the government to take care of them because they REFUSE to do it on their own. This does NOT include people who are INCAPABLE, but people that are just plain selfish and expect handouts whenever possible.
Also, I've never said anything about Obama being black...I don't give a fuck if he's pink, purple, or green. I don't agree with him, just like I didn't agree with Bush. So YOU need to get over it. Race or ethnicity is not the issue here, it's what I BELIEVE to be right or wrong. If my uncle came her illegally from Italy and lived off the government, I'd tell him to get off his ass and do shit the correct way.