Saturday, July 17, 2010
Hmmm, just thinking about a woman I know, crossed the border with her husband and two small daughters when it got too dangerous for them in Mexico. Never a hint of trouble from the girls, husband has worked as a mechanic for a long time, she cleans houses and babysits to supplement. Never on food stamps or welfare, they work hard and live frugally. She went to North Scottsdale to clean a trophy wife's house, to earn $40. She worked for 4 hours and was ready to leave when the woman said, "You can't leave, you didn't clean the floors." Of course she had cleaned the floors and showed the woman the clean floors. The woman said, "No you didn't clean the grout.", proceeded to hand my friend a toothbrush and put her feet up while my friend spent the next two hours on her knees scrubbing the womans grout. My friend finally got her $40 bucks and went home with legs so swollen she coudn't walk the next day. Yes, she is here illegally, does that mean she is not human and therefore not entitled to some dignity and decency? Does anyone else think the Scottsdale woman's behavior was cruel and well....wicked? Really, folks, can we do better than this?
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That is wicked! I think modern day slavery is just as abhorrent as the slavery of the south. These people are given no rights or freedoms, and they are treated poorly.
ReplyDeleteDeb, you know this, but others on here probably don't know that I am mom to two White children, and five Mexican children. We've lived in our neighborhood for 5 years and around the corner from our house are some small farms with horses. My daughters have always loved going to pet the horses, so when my sons (ages 7 and 11) asked to go see the horses of course I said yes. Well shortly later, they were escorted home by the police. Those neighbors have never once complained about my white children petting the horses. I guess if you're brown you must be illegal and a danger to society.
Allow me to introduce Susan (see post above), a friend from school who became the hero of our class when she not only adopted twin girls the same age as the twin girls she already had, but stepped up and adopted the girls' three siblings when it became known they just had nowhere to go. Susan (and her husband)believes we can do better and then she goes out and does better. I am proud to call her my friend.
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