'Viva La Causa': Cesar Estrade Chavez

When we hear the phrase “Viva La Causa!” translated as “long live the cause” It holds little to no meaning in our life. For many Latinos that phrase symbolizes the struggles or prejudice and affliction of livelihood that their people have overcome all thanks to the effort and hard work of one man. That man is known to all Latinos as Cesar Estrade Chavez. Just like many civil rights leaders Chavez fought towards what was dear to his heart. Cesar Estrade Chavez was born March 31, 1927 near Yuma, Arizona. He was named after his grandfather. While growing up Chavez had a quiet farm life with his family up until 1910 when their livelihood changed for the worse. At the young age of 10, the Chavez family home was taken away. The Chavez family had no other option but to move to California and live in La Colonia Barrio Oxnard. Cesar attended numerous …show more content…
Migrant workers are those who move from place to place to do seasonal work for little pay. They were vulnerable to racism and discrimination in the work place and had poor public facilities at hand. Migrant’s workers have uncertainty in their living conditions. They were often subject to isolation, job insecurity, and hard labor jobs. Chavez family had to face these same conditions with others. In the movie Cesar’s Last Fast Chavez stated that the average year a person lived for was up to 49 years of age due to the pesticides that these workers had to use. Many migrant workers that were exposed to these chemicals for a long period of time ended up dying. As for the women they started to give birth to children with defects. Chavez saw what was going on around him and knew that something needed to get done, but at the time he was not sure how exactly to go about it. He knew that the only way to get over the injustice that these people were facing is by someone taking a