Guanajuato, Mexico is a humble city of vibrant, colorful, and small concrete buildings scattered on narrow winding roads on a valley near the mountainside. The streets are decorated in running children and women selling concha. The men of a city have weathered hands from working hard but they smile as they watch the entire city with weary eyes. Despite all of this, the city is beautiful. For some, however, growing up there is difficult with so much livestock to feed and take care of. After the early death of his father, Ricardo Melesio was pulled out of school at the young age of 12. He now had to support the family by working under his uncle in a farm that his uncle inherited once Ricardo's father died. Richardo remembers how his hands felt
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He remembers first walking on American soil and looking at a huge bright yellow McDonalds sign at a distance.He recalls how terrified he felt. He also felt sad he missed his family he wished he could have just stayed with them in Mexico. Over the years that sadness will never fade, but he trudged on knowing this was life or death. Working in construction was difficult racism was strong in the 1990’s. Jesus’ recalls how the hispanic workers were given longer hours and little pay compared to the caucasian workers. There was not much they could do however, the fear of deportation made them bite their tongue. Many hispanics were mistreated they were desperate and some with little luck acquired untrustful jobs. For example, Ricardo remembers one job he had cutting down trees and clearing up roadways. The manager drilled it in their head that it didn’t matter if it was two in the morning or they had little ones it ceased to matter they came at every beck and call like dogs. Suffering from illness was difficult, small “free” clinics existed. Unfortunately, the nurses as well as the Doctors treated hispanics with disdain. The workers spoke in a mocking belittling tone, occasionally prescribed false medicine. During this time it was difficult for other people to expect people of color especially since groundbreaking moments concerning africans americans was still being
He remembers first walking on American soil and looking at a huge bright yellow McDonalds sign at a distance.He recalls how terrified he felt. He also felt sad he missed his family he wished he could have just stayed with them in Mexico. Over the years that sadness will never fade, but he trudged on knowing this was life or death. Working in construction was difficult racism was strong in the 1990’s. Jesus’ recalls how the hispanic workers were given longer hours and little pay compared to the caucasian workers. There was not much they could do however, the fear of deportation made them bite their tongue. Many hispanics were mistreated they were desperate and some with little luck acquired untrustful jobs. For example, Ricardo remembers one job he had cutting down trees and clearing up roadways. The manager drilled it in their head that it didn’t matter if it was two in the morning or they had little ones it ceased to matter they came at every beck and call like dogs. Suffering from illness was difficult, small “free” clinics existed. Unfortunately, the nurses as well as the Doctors treated hispanics with disdain. The workers spoke in a mocking belittling tone, occasionally prescribed false medicine. During this time it was difficult for other people to expect people of color especially since groundbreaking moments concerning africans americans was still being