The Bath Riots
The bath riots
Whether they are legal or illegal, immigrants have experienced discrimination from a large group of americans citizens. I believe they should have more consideration and respect, therefore, helping immigrants to have a better life here in the US.
Coming to United States represents a huge opportunity to get a better job than what their country can offer them and their families. Trying to get into America has become a big accomplishment, specially for the Mexican population and their wish to offer a better life to their families.
Mexicans have been suffering injustice to the point of being treated with desinfectants and today being questioned by police officers just because of their appearance. We should support the search for equality, thus putting the discrimination and racism behind.
Going back in time to about the year 1917 in El Paso, TX, Americans were afraid of Mexicans, when crossing the border because of the fear of catching typhus, and the possibility of it becoming epidemic. The type of disinfectant used on immigrants was, spreading gasoline and vinegar over them, believing that would kill any type of disease.
Jose Burciaga is a witness and he explains the situation by it being a white burning substance that they'd spray over them. He also said they were shaving everybody's heads, putting their clothes in a large steam dryer, and were required to get naked for a inspection. The women complained about undressing so they started making women to take the bath under the Santa Fe bridge, but the officers were secretly taking pictures of naked women and posting them in a local cantina. The process was abusive and an act of total ignorance, due to the lack of access to more developed scientific methods, and at the time these ideas, were thought to be the best to protect the US.
One morning at 7:00 a.m, a 17 year old girl named Carmelita Torres crossed the border into El Paso to work cleaning americans homes. On this particular morning
Whether they are legal or illegal, immigrants have experienced discrimination from a large group of americans citizens. I believe they should have more consideration and respect, therefore, helping immigrants to have a better life here in the US.
Coming to United States represents a huge opportunity to get a better job than what their country can offer them and their families. Trying to get into America has become a big accomplishment, specially for the Mexican population and their wish to offer a better life to their families.
Mexicans have been suffering injustice to the point of being treated with desinfectants and today being questioned by police officers just because of their appearance. We should support the search for equality, thus putting the discrimination and racism behind.
Going back in time to about the year 1917 in El Paso, TX, Americans were afraid of Mexicans, when crossing the border because of the fear of catching typhus, and the possibility of it becoming epidemic. The type of disinfectant used on immigrants was, spreading gasoline and vinegar over them, believing that would kill any type of disease.
Jose Burciaga is a witness and he explains the situation by it being a white burning substance that they'd spray over them. He also said they were shaving everybody's heads, putting their clothes in a large steam dryer, and were required to get naked for a inspection. The women complained about undressing so they started making women to take the bath under the Santa Fe bridge, but the officers were secretly taking pictures of naked women and posting them in a local cantina. The process was abusive and an act of total ignorance, due to the lack of access to more developed scientific methods, and at the time these ideas, were thought to be the best to protect the US.
One morning at 7:00 a.m, a 17 year old girl named Carmelita Torres crossed the border into El Paso to work cleaning americans homes. On this particular morning