From a press release we got from the Virginia Farm Bureau today:
VT course educates ag students about Latino workforce
BLACKSBURG-During his first two internships in the landscaping industry, Virginia Tech senior Justin Jenkins didn't understand why his Latino co-workers insisted on working in groups, made limited eye contact with their supervisor and gave everyone nicknames.
But after taking Barbara Kraft's "Spanish in the Green Industry" course, Jenkins has a better understanding of his new Latino friends.
"She explained everything I had heard and noticed in the field," Jenkins said. "I just finished my third internship, and I could understand them more and had better communication with them.
"Justin Jenkins didn't understand why his new Latino friends were always leaving their cars on their lawns, and why they liked their food so spicy. But thanks to the Farm Bureau's course, he now can appreciate this exotic, fun new culture!"
I guess it's not so much that the idea is so bad--more like the tone in which they presented it was so....earnest? Like "Ask a Mexican," only completely sincere....Kinda like how my Catholic School took us to go visit "The Jews," Seth! I mean, Sleth...
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You mean, Jewman! C'mon, these pen names don't use themselves!
And yes: hooray for thinly veiled racism: "Hey, why do my workers not look me in the eye? Oh, yeah, they're Mexican! Of course."
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