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Cesar Chavez: The Farm Worker Movement
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In California there was more farm workers then jobs. Mexican Americans went from being farm owners to farm workers with no rights to a union. Cesar wanted to change this so he organized the farm worker movement. In the fields farm workers would drink out of the same cup while also not receiving a restroom break. Cesar moved from Arizona to California to get his hands dirty in the farm land. Police during this time protected the growers over the farm workers which you can see is an issue with the political system. Due to the movement white growers began to recruit other Mexicans who were willing to work while others went on strike. They also did numerous things to affect the strike so they decided to go on a grape boycott. So they …show more content…
To know that he was capable of moving and getting through all the setbacks that arise makes me feel like I’m capable of enduring any challenges in life. For him to constantly get rejected even by his family shows how strong of an individual he is. It seem like he went through everything that you could go through to create a successful movement from the strikes to the grape boycott to the fast that he endured for 25 days. For someone with the health that he already have last 25 days without food really shows what someone is capable of doing when there mind is set on the goal. The film overall taught me a lot about the Mexican culture and the things that they went through throughout their history in California. I now have a different perspective on farm workers and what it takes to be able survive such horrific circumstances. The presentation made me feel as if I don’t know as much as I should know about history for every race and class throughout our history. This occurred not that long ago and is still an issue in the United States today. We see numerous people working for starvation wages that cannot improve the circumstance that their almost stuck in. It inspired make a change within the area that live and make sure everyone has their rights to the basic necessities of life. It also offended me that we as a nation could treat a group
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