Coming to America for Freedom
That seems to be the common thread in last night's Lie-a-pallooza. Each speaker tried to impress upon us all , just how hard their ancestors had it, and for most if them it was not even their parents, but their grandparents who had migrated.
The thing they intimated, was that they came to get "freedom"..
Except for a few obvious groups, most came to get freedom from BEING POOR & HUNGRY.
They came here for the EXACT reason that so many Central Americans & Haitians keep trying to come here.. They want a better life.. "Freedom" is a side dish..an appetizer. They want the meat and potatoes of a JOB., a decent place to live, and schooling for their kids.
The one thing that modern day poor immigrants have, is LESS freedom, because the ones who have come here "illegally", have NO freedom. They live lives of constant fear of being "noticed" .
They are the the mercy of the hoity-toities who hire them for yardwork, nanny services, houskeeping, cooking...and the "businessmen" who hire them as day laborers etc... They do the dirty work that bosses refuse to pay living wages for..
The ancestors spoken about last night came here for the same reasons as modern day immigrants, but the rules have changed in the intervening years.
The rich folks last night admired those ancestors who came here with nothing, but they look down their noses at and have no difficulty tormenting the "new" versions of their own ancestors.
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