I wonder how my view of the world is influenced by this place, the barrio along Zarzamora Creek.
The state and national newspapers were full of accounts of Donald Trump’s speech in Conroe.
But in this neighborhood, people are focused on other things. People mark Jan. 31 as the date of the start of the Pecan Shellers Strike in 1938. It was led by a 21-year-old woman named Emma Tenayuca.
Workers were paid a pittance for their labor. One day, 12,000 just stopped cooperating with a system that wasn’t fair.
The Trump speech was the usual "Make America Great Again." The observances in this neighborhood recalled how "great" America was in 1938: segregation, discriminatory voting laws, economic injustice.
People around here haven't forgotten any of that.
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