Speech #1040042224

That sense of family is there because we the people of the AfricanAmericans communities. the victims of slavery. held on to it. made it happen. and kept it happening. But for 200 years there was an attempt made to make us forget all about family ties. forget all about our humanity in every respect. religion. family. art. culture. everything. If the sophomores are still listening. just try to imagine what it is like for a Mexican person who is very poor. owns very little. who comes across the border from Mexico to California as an immigrant. imagine an immigrant in a whole new world. does not speak the language. is poor. and was poor back home. and try to imagine what I am saying when I say that that immigrant. that poor immigrant coming across the border from Mexico to California. is a millionaire compared to a slave being dumped on a wharf somewhere in America and taken to the auction block. Because that poor Mexican has a village. a family. a culture. associates. people to go back to or to remember. reminisce about. to communicate with even after he arrives here. That poor Mexican probably has some friends or some associates or a community of people who might not know him individually but will receive him in California if he comes across the border.