From: grand <grand_at_hevanet.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:29:51 -0700

Thank you, Celeste, for posting this: My youngest daughter had such a teacher during her freshman year. She told me he wanted the kids to know about unfair working conditions in Mexican factories as opposed to those in the United States. He divided the kids into two groups, one for U.S. workers and one for Mexican.

The Mexican workers had to stand and didn't receive perks, such as breaks or snacks. The U.S. workers were able to sit while they worked. He gave the U.S. workers snacks while the others had to watch standing. She won't forget that as she was part of the Mexican group.

Cйsar Chбvez was born in Yuma, Arizona. He was an American who took part of the civil rights movement as the leader of farm workers. Like Jim Crow, many schools don't teach about him.

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Author of Cйsar: ЎSн, se puede! Yes, You can!

Portland, Oregon www.carmenberniergrand.com
Received on Sun 31 Jul 2011 09:29:51 AM CDT