I live in ag country. Nothing but crops and livestock as far as the eye can see. “In season” the help wanted signs are up continuously. The workers are Hispanic from field to barn. There is a plentiful supply of white people in need of work in the area, yet they do not apply for these jobs. They prefer assistance to field work. Several local churches offer free meals one night a week. I’ve volunteered at these and the diners are always predominantly white.
The “immigrant as freeloader” story is a myth. Bringing in the harvest is hard work. Our local orchard supplies apples across the northeast. Whatever produce or meat you’re buying, anywhere, was likely touched first by a brown hand.
Gratitude works for me. Do we have to go through a worker famine to get it, that even the poorest white people don’t want to pick?
The Quiet Fury 