The Struggle in the Fields”

Episode 2 of Chicano History: History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movements In March 2020, the federal government designated farmworkers as essential workers. However, being classified as essential workers, it did not protect them from climate change crisis, such as the burning fires in CA and exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Are issues of social marginalization associated with racism, extreme income inequality, and additional structural disparities responsible for farmworkers not getting the needed workplace protections? In California, there are about 90 percent of farmworkers born outside the United States, mostly in Mexico and Central America. It is estimated that more than half of those workers are undocumented and lack adequate access to health care. Please read the below source to further contextualize your response to the above question: MLA format, 1 page response to video and article.