For Mother’s Day, homesick immigrants flood Western Unions to send money to their moms
For Mother’s Day, homesick immigrants flood Western Unions to send money to their moms
- May 10, 2019
- Belinda Campos, Chicano/Latino stuides, via The Washington Post, SF Gate, May 10, 2019
In Aztec culture, mothers preparing for childbirth were considered as courageous and
formidable as warriors going into battle, said Belinda Campos, an associate professor
in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
… “There’s a saying, ‘madre solo hay una,” or “mother, there is only one,” Campos
said. “It’s sort of a way of emphasizing this is who gave you life...You can never
pay them back. They gave you life.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/for-mothers-day-homesick-immigrants-flood-western-unions-to-send-money-to-their-moms/2019/05/10/066ee266-71ef-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.46fab001ef3a.
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