{"id":22820,"date":"2025-10-01T00:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=22820"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:01:41","slug":"weve-got-your-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/weve-got-your-back\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve Got Your Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>BY MARC LONGLEY<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Voice Counts<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes, you think the silliest things at weird times. Right?<br \/>\nYesterday, while having breakfast, I wondered if the cereal and milk that I was eating came from Idaho farms or dairies. Statistics show that an estimated 43% of workers in the agricultural industry in Idaho are undocumented. So, does that mean I\u2019m eating partially \u201cundocumented\u201d cereal? Nearly 90% of our dairy workers are \u201cundocumented.\u201d Am I also eating partially undocumented milk?<br \/>\nUndocumented doesn\u2019t mean invisible! For years, most of our Idaho politicians have ignored the contributions that our Latino and Hispanic workers have made to the economy of Idaho. But, now a new government is telling Idahoans we can do without the same migrants that we hired just 30 years ago. Really?<br \/>\nToday, many of our neighbors, whether legal or not, are living in fear of being stopped, jailed and sent to another country. Parents are reluctant to send their kids off to school thinking they may never see them again.<br \/>\nWe can resist this with action. Attend biracial, tricolor cultural events. Voice outrage when we witness racially profiled arrests. Verbally (calmly, without anger) push back on racist speech on the internet.<br \/>\nBut, these actions mean nothing without the correct volition. It must come from compassion to protect the Hispanic and Latino community from danger. Some of their fears can be reduced by treating them as part of the Wood River Valley community. Which they are. Part of our community is not healthy until ALL of our community is healthy.<br \/>\nI\u2019m going to resist a local or federal government telling me how to label another human being. Help those that feel invisible, to be visible.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve got your back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuestra Voz CuentA<\/strong><br \/>\nA veces, uno piensa las cosas m\u00e1s tontas en momentos extra\u00f1os. \u00bfVerdad?<br \/>\nAyer, mientras desayunaba, me preguntaba si el cereal y la leche que estaba comiendo proven\u00edan de granjas o lecher\u00edas de Idaho. Las estad\u00edsticas muestran que aproximadamente el 43% de los trabajadores de la industria agr\u00edcola en Idaho son indocumentados. Entonces, \u00bfeso significa que estoy comiendo cereal parcialmente \u201cindocumentado\u201d? Casi el 90% de nuestros trabajadores l\u00e1cteos son \u201cindocumentados\u201d. \u00bfTambi\u00e9n estoy comiendo leche parcialmente indocumentada?<br \/>\n\u00a1Indocumentado no significa invisible! Durante a\u00f1os, la mayor\u00eda de los pol\u00edticos de Idaho han ignorado las contribuciones que nuestros trabajadores latinos e hispanos han hecho a la econom\u00eda del estado. Pero ahora, un nuevo gobierno les dice a los idahoenses que podemos prescindir de los mismos migrantes que contratamos hace apenas 30 a\u00f1os. \u00bfEn serio?<br \/>\nHoy, muchos de nuestros vecinos, legales o no, viven con el temor de ser detenidos, encarcelados y enviados a otro pa\u00eds. Los padres se resisten a enviar a sus hijos a la escuela pensando que tal vez nunca los volver\u00e1n a ver. Podemos resistir esto con acciones. Asistamos a eventos culturales birraciales y tricolores. Expresemos nuestra indignaci\u00f3n cuando presenciamos arrestos racialmente discriminatorios. Rechacemos verbalmente (con calma, sin ira) el discurso racista en internet.<br \/>\nPero estas acciones no significan nada sin la voluntad correcta. Debe provenir de la compasi\u00f3n para proteger a la comunidad hispana y latina del peligro. Algunos de sus miedos pueden reducirse trat\u00e1ndolos como parte de la comunidad de Wood River Valley. Y lo son. Una parte de nuestra comunidad no estar\u00e1 sana hasta que TODA est\u00e9 sana.<br \/>\nVoy a resistirme a que un gobierno local o federal me diga c\u00f3mo etiquetar a otro ser humano. Ayudemos a quienes se sienten invisibles a ser visibles.<br \/>\nLos respaldamos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MARC LONGLEY Our Voice Counts Sometimes, you think the silliest things at weird times. Right? Yesterday, while having breakfast, I wondered if the cereal and milk that I was eating came from Idaho farms or dairies. 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