The son of immigrant farm workers from Mexico, Dr. Sifuentez grew up in rural Oregon, and earned both a BA and MA from UO. One of the first graduates with an Ethnic Studies major at the UO, he was also a longtime student activist. This lecture, based on Sifuentez’s new book of the same title, shows how ethnic Mexican worker responded to white communities that only welcomed them when they were economically useful, then quickly shunned them.