500 words ( MLY style )- response in 20 hrs

WGS 3123

Social Justice and Social Change

Reading Response 9

Read Mary Bauer’s “Migrant Tomato Workers Face Chronic Abuse.”

1. What is the Southern Poverty Law Center and what types of clients do they represent? (max. 200 words)

2. Why is agriculture rated as one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States? (max. 200 words)

3. What legal protections are denied to migrant farmworkers? (max. 200 words)

4. What dramatic barriers do migrant farmworkers face to obtaining legal redress when their rights are violated? (max. 200 words)

5. In your opinion, should stricter health and safety standards be implemented to better protect migrant farmworkers? (max. 200 words)

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Formatting

 12 point Times New Roman black font (no color!)  1 inch margins (or 2.54 cm)  double spacing  page numbers  proper tabs (0.5 inch or 1.27 cm)  no pictures, graphics, or tables are allowed  no “tracked changes” should be visible

Style

 present ideas in complete sentences and use proper paragraph form (i.e. no point form!)  use subheadings to differentiate each question/answer  answer questions in the order that they are listed  do not exceed the maximum word length for each section  no more than 10% of the assignment can be made up of direct quotes  if you include direct quotes, cite the material with the page number in brackets

Submission

 submit the document to Canvas under the dropbox option  the deadline is listed on the course syllabus  paper submissions will not be accepted  no extensions will be granted for this assignment