immigrants
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How 20,000 Chinese Immigrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad
This is a great read. Consider this when you refuse to do work but then complain when the work is outsourced or offshored. This is sadly the history of the United States…get free or cheap labor elsewhere when your current labor force says “heck no” or “I can’t”, then blame the outsourced labor force for…
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We Are Living in a Grapes of Wrath Era
What is amazing is that John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 and it covered the era of the Dust Bowl, yet 81 years later I can see scenes of that past displayed in painful images and news reports today. If you don’t know 1930s US history, then let me give you a…
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When Unethical Acts Are Excused With Statements of Legality and “Doing One’s Job”
Earlier today I posted a photo on social media of an article I read that tore at my heart. It’s a small highlight of the devastating reality caused by this new administration’s quest at mass deportation as the best stab at immigration reform. This article tells the story of a family living in Texas who…
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