Stereotypical Story
The Pioneer Press, once again, has published a stereotipical story of people of color as the bad guys. As far as journalistic writing goes the lead was very good: "As migrant laborers flee Colorado because of tough new immigration restrictions, worried farmers are looking to prisoners to fill their places in the fields." But as far as the content and what they were writing about, I was appalled. The only other article in the entire paper concerning Hispanics was the trial of Alfonso Rodriguez. Being considered an illegal alien is dehumanizing. Crossing the border without papers is far less of a crime than what these inmate farmers have done to earn them jail time. People are so worried about immigrants supposedly stealing their jobs but now how do they feel when criminals are doing that? The article should have delved deeper and addressed these issues and other issues.