Another Migrant Crisis
I've lived and worked in Honduras for 10 years both as a missionary, serving the very poorest of society and now as teacher, where I give philosophy and history classes to the children of the very wealthiest. I don't pretend to be an expert on Honduran society and I certainly cannot claim to have many answers with respect to issues of immigration. The whole topic strikes me as far more complex and nuanced than what many voices on either the Right or the Left make it out to be. Nevertheless, I know the milieu in which I live, I know why many poor Hondurans choose to emigrate illegally, I know why many wealthy Hondurans fly to Miami or Atlanta to give birth to their children and I know that all else remaining constant, this current caravan is only the beginning. A poor Honduran lives his life with little to no hope of ever achieving anything approaching financial stability. The people I know make their livings off of garbage collecting, selling unripened bananas and day-laborin
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The group shot at the top makes me laugh. They look very "tough" like each is saying " Don't mess with me."
It's funny cuz I have the same experience trying to get a "nice" group shot. As soon as I bring out the camera a certain few put on their "mean face". Right before, they laugh and joke, but as soon as I take the picture ... "ready..1-2-3..." they make a mean face, no smile... culture. The US is big on smiling especially for the camera. But almost everyone's driver's licnse pic here is a mug shot..no smiles. Interesting, huh?
Your tough kids make me laugh ...smile.