Society & Culture
In the 1960s through 1980s, millions of Latinos started traveling through the South as migrant farmworkers. Daisy has some personal experience with this since she grew up in a rural area and worked in the packing sheds before she became a college student. But the crazy thing is that unlike when we were kids, the South was really not that anti-immigrant back then. The white folks were both conservative and pro-immigrant (we found it hard to picture, too). In today’s episode, we meet Israel Cortez, who came to Georgia as a migrant worker during that time and worked hard to “fit in.” We totally get it. Do you?To learn more, check out:https://corazondedixie.org/chapter-4/Subscribe to this channel for new podcast episodesiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuestro-south-podcast/id1461953381Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1JYcA8LGDcpnO04HHRkxfEFollow us:Instagram: http://instagram.com/nuestrosouthTwitter: https://twitter.com/nuestrosouthFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouth/