I feel like I always knew some of the fundamental systems the world was built on were messed up, but this reading really put that into focus. Sandy Brown and Christy Getz do a very good job, in my opinion, with presenting the facts versus opinions of the under-observed issue of farmworker food insecurity. They are so clear about the components of complexity, and they lay out the uncertainties in detail. Pointing out the irony of the situation is very effective in explaining the paradox of this food justice issue. At this moment in time, the role of immigrant workers within the United States seems more important to highlight than ever. This reading was published in 2011, and it shows the injustices and inequities faced by marginalized minority groups, emphasizing this trend within the history of the United States. This supports the argument that the fundamental sociopolitical context preserves the inequality and exploitation of immigrant workers and farmworkers.
I honestly feel pretty mortified thinking about how the reading states that food insecurity is produced by the global economic system. Thinking about how greed and capitalistic ideals are what cause the hunger found within marginalized communities infuriates me, and the fact that these broken systems seem to be so implemented into society breaks my heart and brain. How do you rework such a system?
The irony is further seen in certain views of immigrants within the United States, where they are seen as “stealing” jobs. In reality, they are “sharing” jobs- as farmworkers- and struggle with food insecurity and hunger due to this instability of work. Other societal views also have elements of irony; for example, views that look down upon immigrants or shame them in society. The irony in this is that a main propulsion of global immigration is the international trade regimes that have privileged interests of widespread, international/transnational corporations over those of smallholder agriculture (Brown and Getz).
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