My Thoughts

This semester was a great experience at ASU.  Dr. K's migration course gave me the opportunity to not only view immigrants as Hispanic, but that they can be Tongan, Pilipino, Asian, African, Refugees, etc.  I learned that these people face injustices just as Mexicans do. I learned and came to one conclusion that is, the inhumane acts that separate humankind is ultimately fear of change.  As citizens of a great society that in turn creates what the United States is, we must not be afraid to interact with our fellow citizens.  We are all working to live the only life that has been given to us, and why not make this journey one that can be more fulfilling and all together a more positive life.  Being Hispanic I have faced much discrimination during my lifetime.  I will never forget the time I was about eleven years old and my family and I had gone to a river that day.  This was a very exciting day for me since I hardy got to spend time with my parents due to their work.  Well to make a long story short my brother and I were playing in the water, and there was a Caucasian family fishing for tadpoles.  The father of the family told me and my brother, "Get out of here you proposition 187 wetbacks".  I believe that day part of my childhood innocence took a different look towards life.  I knew that not everyone was kind and that we were not wanted by many.  Now I take all those negative feelings and I am trying to get an education so that one day I can help all those people that feel unwanted.

While the rich political figures sit in a fancy building deciding and coming up with more ways to stop Mexicans from coming, there is a Mexican cooking their food, and probably one serving them, and don't forget those Mexicans that put the roof over their heads.