During a massive farmworker strike that first started in 1965, farmers sought to bring in undocumented laborers from Mexico. Those laborers, who were strikebreakers, were often called “illegals” and “wetbacks” by strike supporters—including by Cesar Chavez himself. Chavez himself was not an immigrant; his mother was brought to the United States as a newborn, and his father was born in Arizona. Most striking farmworkers were also Mexican-American, and the slurs could easily have offended those workers as well.colorlines/archives/2014/02/yes_cesar_chavez_called_strikebreakers_wetbacks.html
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:54:29 +0000
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