FARM WORKERS

MEXICANS

They claim that the Mexicans do the jobs that most Americans don't want to do. Now when I was younger, (I'm only 45), the farmers would hire teenagers and others who had free time to come pick apples and other produce on the per day basis. It gave teenagers and those who may have been out of work temporarily, some extra money. But now, no one wants to go pick apples or gather produce for extra money. So, they have to find their workers from other sources.

The article brings up how our agriculture is tied to slavery and its that image that keeps those Americans that could do that job from doing it. The negative image that if you work on a farm, you're viewed as a slave.