Radio Rookies: What About Me, Uncle Sam?

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Radio Rookies: What About Me, Uncle Sam?
by Christian


NEW YORK, NY July 10, 2007 —15-year-old Christian is undocumented. He worked in a clothing factory last summer, and ever since then he’s been searching for a way to get legal papers and a future with more options. For awhile, he thought joining the military might be the key to citizenship.

CHRISTIAN (on street): All right, this is my neighborhood, Port Richmond in Staten Island, NY.

CHRISTIAN: Every morning when I take the bus to school, I see men lining up on Port Richmond Avenue. They’re waiting for jobs in construction, roofing, or it’s whatever available.

CHRISTIAN (on street): Right now there’re about 20 guys out here, they don’t look so happy and their clothes doesn’t look so clean at all.

CHRISTIAN: Sometimes my step dad is one of them. I worked with my step dad on a few jobs and I know I don’t want to spend my whole life breaking concrete for $100/day. But when I look at the men on Port Richmond Avenue, I see myself in the future, standing there, waiting. And it makes me feel depressed.

~snip~

NEWS SPECIAL: Military recruiters automatically assume that just because a student is Latino they will not be able to get into college without assistance. Kill!

CHRISTIAN: And a lot of them are dying.


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uhc note: this is a good read