harvest of loneliness

[@rosarioramirez7222]

That's my Dad in the end crying : ( he didn't like to talk about it. A lot of people do not know but they brought men from Mexico to pick cotton after slavery was abolished and it lasted for a very long time and a lot of the time these men were not paid and threatened to continue working or they would be sent back to Mexico.

[@imnotajuveniledelinquent]

*virtual hug* I trust that you and your dad are good. 🙏

[@toniodelrey1871]

That makes me so sad. I hope he’s healed and he has you there as his support 🙏🏻❤️

[@Newstalgic]

Cotton grows south of the border as well

[@RosaGonzalez-ss2br]

My father Jose Guadalupe Gonzalez bracero program "still living". 96 years old and having worked "slaved" for the program in 1942 to 1965. He tells vivid stories of El Sufrimiento que vivio. My father and all the men in this documentary are HEROES. Never since... has there been group of men or women who would willingly sign the contracto to Bandage. God Bless Everyone still living & the countless Now Resting in Eternal Peace.

[@amysifuentes55]

The US still owes these men and their family money. I wish Mexicans would take a stand as heavy as the Black culture does. I hate to say it but if I’m being completely honest, a lot of Mexicans just stay quiet! because of fear.. and continue to keep working hard without much saying or none at all.. These men don’t show much emotion because it may be represented as a decrease of their machó-ness. No man should have felt stripped away from not feeling like a man or even a human being in general. Their treatment was inhuman and animal like. Even to this day fear is continuously existent. My dad works for himself in landscaping/gardening and still tells me stories of embarrassing like feelings or fearful feelings when policemen are nearby and or give him a hard time by questioning him or just observing him. I wish my people weren’t so afraid.. but the reality is their fear is completely understandable from past traumas the US has created. Prayers to ALL bracero workers. You did not deserve this. Espero que llegue el día de la justicia para estos hombres.

[@amyhornbyuribe9096]

It's actually the Mexican government that owes then money (not that the American government treated them well). 10% of their wages were garnished by the Mexican government so the Braceros would have savings when they arrived home. Most never got this money.

[@luisjorgeJr]

There needs to be something done. Things just haven't changed. Tenemos tanto orgullo y para que?

[@vibc-png]

@@luisjorgeJr pride is all we have, what we lack is bravery.

[@jessicaDd9692]

Estoy de acuerdo contigo!

[@pricklypear6384]

@@amyhornbyuribe9096 The U.S. government owes the Mexican community for illegal deportations of U.S. born citizens. More than 60% of Mexicans were citizens and yes the Mexican government owes them also.

[@Jewels-Xo]

This makes me so sad. I appreciate the field workers so much. They work so hard and deserve so much more.

[@jooools5094]

My great grandfather and any men from my pueblo were Braceros, and this video has truly shown me what my people lived through. Thank you so much for uploading this. Que Dios bendiga a todas las familias que tuvieron que lidiar con este programa injusto y cruel.

[@El_Jefe916]

Dont ever forget this video, dont ever forget what our people have been throught for us to be where we are now. Lets do better, lets break barriers, be succesful. Lets create a foundation for future generations to be succesful

[@mexicanmexican8682]

My grandpa tells me stories about all this that happened to them and to his fellow friends they used to discriminate against my Mexican indigenous people a lot and they’re still doing it to this very day nothings has changed from the past to now it’s still all the same

[@devina8812]

My great grandfather was a Bracero. They never told me or my father.

[@fastm3980]

​@@devina8812... I just found out my Abuelito was a Bracero 😢 ... Today never knew this .. 😭🫣

[@davidschlessinger9945]

very important movie- every american should be required to watch

[@spectralspiders]

rest in peace to all those who died under the bracero program and all of the exploitative labor practices that preyed on our people. Your sacrifice will never be taken for granted. You can rest now you're in heaven with God. God bless them and all their families. Liberation for all the people and all the workers!

[@joshuaortiz1069]

here for watching this for my chicano class

[@ashleyduenas7154]

Same here

[@jeg3670]

Don’t ever forget what OUR people went through in order for us to have a better way upbringing. Let’s make them proud, let’s do better, let’s not kill ourselves, let’s be successful.

[@ceciliabarnard12]

Please add a closed caption option to make this more accessible to a wider audience.

[@Cristinavpsss]

or maybe open it up so viewers can add captions? I know some youtubers let their viewers add captions and I'm sure I and other people would love to work on them :>

[@alondramarroquin4805]

Heartbreaking and infuriating what Braceros had to go through.

[@jacquelinezuniga3539]

this is so sad omg... I'm watching this for my Chicano class. Very informative!

[@krrrvva]

let me guess, your professor assigned this

[@ElFedeDelBarrio]

amazing work! greetings from torreon coahuila

[@MTNguyen1999]

I'm watching this for my Enth101 class

[@wack295]

SAME

[@GACOMO7660007]

Still going on today...Think about it next time you visit the supermarket to pick your food, or call the landscape contractor to mow your lawn. Anyone who is somehow related to such treatment and abuse should pause and consider the horrible treatment of Animals at the hands of Humans...I do! "Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people." - Cesar Chavez

[@JackMiddleton-g1x]

To Hell with the people, who are noting but Demons in human flesh, who put them through this cruel hardship and suffering.

[@Yourismouter]

stunning documentary, very sad the injustice continues its that Frank Zappa song "the torture never stops"

[@aaron4wilkins]

Thank you for the post

[@dianaserrano1969]

The ending killed me....

[@alexissilva1588]

I'm watching this for my SOC 4 class lol (but it's actually pretty interesting though)

[@unsocialowl08]

What is this documentary rated? I'm trying to see if I can play it around my kids.. thanks

[@deathgun1232]

Hey! I’m a high school student who just finished watching this documentary. Not sure what the context is, whether you’re a teacher or a parent, but I can say that it does involve some graphic descriptions of the treatment of braceros, such as dismemberment and deaths. There’s no visuals, but I’d say that this documentary would probably be rated PG-13 due to the descriptions of conditions.

[@suzivs1]

Que viva Cesar Chavez todos los braceros y braceras

[@Grandpa08339]

It seems mexico was mentioned a little bit as a invisible guiding hand to some of the negatives that were attached to the Bracero Program even though it wasn't elaborated to much. This all goes back to the founding of Mexico as a country and how it failed to properly unify itself successfully as a nationality. Likewise, the failings to produce a great economy by it's leaders and elected officials is a reason as well for the past and current state of Mexico when it should have one but doesn't for various reasons.

[@Grandpa08339]

Just my two cents. Open for discussion.

[@fastm3980]

When you take over a land full of Native Americans and they dont understand monetary value in the way of land value, property, taxes this takes years upon years for large swath of people to learn and agree upon on how to run. Most country's who only had indigenous people not run by Caucasian or they have been invaded by Caucasians really didnt help much and the effects of that are still lingering to this day and will continue until you get new generation in office. Man i hope i made sense 🤔🫣.

[@irenesanchez7287]

😢😢😢

[@globalexplorer5872]

You want cheap food don’t you?

[@Revoluxhumanista19]

Shut the fuck Up

[@tommyoneill5862]

We no longer can Afford to break out the violin for every sad story we have our own people to feed

[@deddddy]

you're absolutely right... that's why were now coming in by the thousands everyday... we're coming to retake what's rightfully ours and nothing is gonna stop us.. not trump, not the border patrol, not a wall, not the law.... nothing. I know you're gonna remember me when it happens.

[@abrahamdiaguero7657]

Unfortunately, you would not the feeling they went through. You would not be able to withstand those conditions for even an hour. And if you are saying we have to feed your people then go out there on the fields and feed them.

[@pricklypear6384]

Then go feed them. No one is topping you foreigner.