Latino/Latina Vignette #4

Two white women, Barbara and Anna, live in a semi-rural area in California. They are discussing the dense growth of poison oak around their houses after a winter of heavy rain.

Barbara: “I’m going to hire some Mexicans to cut down ours.”

Anna: “Isn’t that dangerous? Won’t they catch it?”

Barbara: “Oh, I don’t think they’re bothered by poison oak.”

Question for the reader: If you were Anna, how would you
have responded to Barbara?


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