It's not an unnatural progression. Years of grape boycotts and labor actions have linked Mexicans and grapes in a lockstep for many. And in California, a slightly gauche response, but not if it leads to a conversation about immigrant isues and labor laws... the assumption might be that your boyfriend was/is a memeber of an oppressed minority.
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Date: 2005-03-20 06:36 pm (UTC)It's not an unnatural progression. Years of grape boycotts and labor actions have linked Mexicans and grapes in a lockstep for many. And in California, a slightly gauche response, but not if it leads to a conversation about immigrant isues and labor laws... the assumption might be that your boyfriend was/is a memeber of an oppressed minority.