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"There are at least 150,000 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state."

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"There are at least 150,000 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state."

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"One has only to go to the squatters' camp where the families live on the ground and have no homes, no beds and no equipment; and one has only to look at the strong purposeful faces, often filed with pain and more often, when they see the corporation-help idle lands, filled with anger" 

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"One has only to go to the squatters' camp where the families live on the ground and have no homes, no beds and no equipment; and one has only to look at the strong purposeful faces, often filed with pain and more often, when they see the corporation-help idle lands, filled with anger" 

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Why are migrants workers mistreated?

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“The unique nature of California requires that these migrants exist, and requires that they move about. Peaches and grapes, hops and cotton cannot be harvested by a resident population of laborers.”

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Why do they treat migrant workers so terribly?

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What are some similarities and differences between how foreign migrants and Midwestern migrants were treated?

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What are some similarities and differences between how foreign migrants and Midwestern migrants were treated?

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Why are people of higher status allowed to take advantage of migrant workers (pay them less than they earned, treat them poorly, etc)?

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“The migrants are hated for the following reasons, that they are ignorant and dirty people that they are carriers of disease, that they increase the necessity for police and the tax bill for schooling in a community, and if they are allowed to organize they can, simply by refusing to work, wipe out the seasons crops." (4) Why did Steinbeck feel the need to write this? I know he said it was an opinion that people had, but why did he state it like a fact?

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Why does Steinbeck seem to think highly of the "new" group of people (that are from inside the US) and think not well of the "old" group of people (from outside the US)?

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Why does Steinbeck seem to think highly of the "new" group of people (that are from inside the US) and think not well of the "old" group of people (from outside the US)?

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Why are the immigrants being treated so unfairly?

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Why are the immigrants being treated so unfairly?

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"There are at least 150,000 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state." "The migrants are hated for the following reasons,  that they are ignorant and dirty people, and that they are carriers of disease."

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"There are at least 150,000 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state." "The migrants are hated for the following reasons,  that they are ignorant and dirty people, and that they are carriers of disease."

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How much do they get paid for their work?

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"They arrive bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi-starvation, with only one necessity to face immediately, and thats is to find work at any wage in order that the family may eat."

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"They arrive bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi-starvation, with only one necessity to face immediately, and thats is to find work at any wage in order that the family may eat."

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why are the migrants hated when they are necessary?

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why are the migrants hated when they are necessary?

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" They are descendants of men who crossed into the middle west, who won their lands by righting, who cultivated the prairies and stayed with them until they went back to the desert" 

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" They are descendants of men who crossed into the middle west, who won their lands by righting, who cultivated the prairies and stayed with them until they went back to the desert" 

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"Thousands of them are crossing the borders in ancient rattling automobiles, destitute and hungry and homeless, ready to accept any pay so that they may eat and feed their children."

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"Thousands of them are crossing the borders in ancient rattling automobiles, destitute and hungry and homeless, ready to accept any pay so that they may eat and feed their children."

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"...a large peach orchard which requires the work of 20 men the year round will need as many as 2,000 for the brief time of picking and packing. And if the migration of the 2,000 should not occur, if it should be delayed even a week, the crop will rot and be lost."

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why do people treat migrant workers so poorly?

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"It should be understood that with this new race the old methods of repression, of starvation wages, of jailing, beating and intimidation are not going to work; these are American people."

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"It should be understood that with this new race the old methods of repression, of starvation wages, of jailing, beating and intimidation are not going to work; these are American people."

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they are descendants of men who crossed into the middle west

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they are descendants of men who crossed into the middle west

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Why are migrants hated during these times?

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Why are migrants hated during these times?

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If Steinbeck advocates for these people, what is he doing to help them get these accomodations?

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If Steinbeck advocates for these people, what is he doing to help them get these accomodations?

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For example, a large peach orchard which requires the work of 20 men the year round will need as many as 2,000 for the bred time and packing. 

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For example, a large peach orchard which requires the work of 20 men the year round will need as many as 2,000 for the bred time and packing. 

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"...if the migrant is a little late the places may all be filled and he will have taken his trip for nothing."

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"...if the migrant is a little late the places may all be filled and he will have taken his trip for nothing."

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Why are migrant worker mistreated?

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"And because of their tradition and their training, they are not migrants by nature. They are gypsies by force of circumstances"

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" They arrived bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi starvation"

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" They arrived bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi starvation"

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"They are resourceful and intelligent Americans." "And they have made their crossing and have often seen the death of their children on the way."

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"They are resourceful and intelligent Americans." "And they have made their crossing and have often seen the death of their children on the way."

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Is he implying that the Americans have struggled more and that they are more noble?

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“If the migration of the 2000 [gypsies] should not occur, if it should be delayed even a week, the crop will rot and be lost” (Steinbeck 4).
“They are small farmers who have lost their farms, or farm hands who have lived with the family.” (Steinbeck 5).

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"when they need us they call us migrants, and when we've picked their crop, we're bums and we got to get out."

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"when they need us they call us migrants, and when we've picked their crop, we're bums and we got to get out."

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What laws (if any) did the U.S. have to protect migrant workers at this time?

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What laws (if any) did the U.S. have to protect migrant workers at this time?

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The migrants are needed, and they are hated. Arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to foreigners, the outlander”

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“The migrants are needed, and they are hated.”                                        “They are never received into a community nor into the life of a community. Wanderers in fact, thay are never allowed to feel at home in the communities that demand their services.”  

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“The migrants are needed, and they are hated.”                                        “They are never received into a community nor into the life of a community. Wanderers in fact, thay are never allowed to feel at home in the communities that demand their services.”  

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"There are at least 150,000 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state. and that is an army large enough to make it important to every person in the state."

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"The migrants are hated for the following reasons, that they are ignorant and dirty people, that they are carriers of disease, that they increase the necessity for police and the tax bill for schooling in a community, and that is they are allowed to organize they can, simply by refusing to work, wipe out the season's crops." (Steinbeck 2)

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"The migrants are hated for the following reasons, that they are ignorant and dirty people, that they are carriers of disease, that they increase the necessity for police and the tax bill for schooling in a community, and that is they are allowed to organize they can, simply by refusing to work, wipe out the season's crops." (Steinbeck 2)

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"But it is California which has and needs the majority of these new gypsies."

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"But it is California which has and needs the majority of these new gypsies."

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“They arrive bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi-starvation, with only one necessity to face immediately, and that is to find work at any wage in order that the family may eat (Steinbeck, Article 1, page 3).”

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There are at least 150,00 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state, that is an army large enough to make it important to every person in the state. 

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There are at least 150,00 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state, that is an army large enough to make it important to every person in the state. 

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"they arrive bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi starvation"

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"they arrive bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi starvation"

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" The migrants are needed, and they are hated." 

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" The migrants are needed, and they are hated." 

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“The migrants are needed, and they are hated. Arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to the foreigner, the outlander. This hatred of the stranger occurs in the whole range of human history, from the most primitive village form to our own highly organized industrial farming”.

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“The migrants are needed, and they are hated. Arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to the foreigner, the outlander. This hatred of the stranger occurs in the whole range of human history, from the most primitive village form to our own highly organized industrial farming”.

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“These were foreigners, and as such they were ostracized and segregated and herded about.”

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“These were foreigners, and as such they were ostracized and segregated and herded about.”

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“They arrive bewildered and beaten and usually in a state of semi-starvation, with only one necessity face immediately, and that is to find work at any wage in order that the family may eat."

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"There are at least 150,000 homeless migrants wandering up and down the state"

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"Wanderers in fact, they are never allowed to feel at home in the communities that demand their services."

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"Wanderers in fact, they are never allowed to feel at home in the communities that demand their services."

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They are resourceful and intelligent Americans, who have gone through the hell of the drought...; and this, to a man who has owned his land, is a curious and terrible pain” (3).

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They are resourceful and intelligent Americans, who have gone through the hell of the drought...; and this, to a man who has owned his land, is a curious and terrible pain” (3).

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“The migrants are hated for the following reasons, that they are ignorant and dirty people, that they are carriers of disease, that they increase the necessity for police and the tax bill for schooling in a community, and that if they are allowed to organize they can, simply by refusing to work, wipe out the seasons crops (Steinbeck, Article 1, page 2).”

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"when they need us they call us migrants, and when we've picked their crop, we're bums and we got to get out"

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"when they need us they call us migrants, and when we've picked their crop, we're bums and we got to get out"

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“As one little boy in a squatters’ camp said,  ‘When they need us they call us migrants, and when we’ve picked their crop, we’re bums and we got to get out” (4). 

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“As one little boy in a squatters’ camp said,  ‘When they need us they call us migrants, and when we’ve picked their crop, we’re bums and we got to get out” (4). 

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“‘When they need us they call us migrants, and when we’ve picked their crop, we’re bums and we got to get out.’” 

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“‘When they need us they call us migrants, and when we’ve picked their crop, we’re bums and we got to get out.’” 

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“All resources having been used to get to the field, the migrants could not move on; they stayed and starved until government aid tardily was found for them.”

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“All resources having been used to get to the field, the migrants could not move on; they stayed and starved until government aid tardily was found for them.”