"Maybe this year when we commemorate the life of César Chávez on March 31, we might take some time to add a bit of realism to what we’re talking about in terms of food on our tables and farm laborers’ livelihood. We are the ones, not the farmworkers, who benefit from their labor. They sustain our lives, while barely supporting their own families.
I could quote the Scriptures or cite learned writings and eloquent speeches of our political leaders of the past (and some of the present), but we all know them already. They are not unknown or strange to us. The problem is that we let our less-than-noble instincts get the better of us and continue to abuse the people who support our lives."
~ Jim Harrington
"What would César Chávez say..."
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