Mexifornia: A State of Becoming

In most ways this is the author's most amusing and ironic work. Also, it is the most personal of his many fine efforts. He speaks as a classics professor, farmer, and resident of the Central Valley of California. He correctly laments the racial policies that are leading to the failure of the next generation of California residents.

https://www.city-journal.org/html/mexifornia-five-years-later-12987.html

http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc1401/article_1190.shtml

https://www.c-span.org/video/?177866-1/mexifornia-state-becoming&start=32

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDBjtFDcFQ

Those calling this book racist either haven't cracked the cover or aren't reasonable and disagreement with them is "racism".

The racist accusation should be assuaged with the introduction if one is a reasonable human being. This author deals with illegal immigration in the most sensitive manner I've ever seen, likely because he lives and works in the area and with many immigrants, legal and not.

I had to return this book to the library when we moved out of town, and I didn't have time to finish the last 1 1/2 chapters. VDH is a farmer/classics scholar/political commentator born, raised, and still living and farming in California's Central Valley. He has very definite opinions (and a lifetime of firsthand observations) about how elements on both sides of the illegal immigration debate have contributed to the present mess. Unfortunately, I had to stop reading just as I was getting to what he sees as plausible solutions. Still, very interesting.

Note to self: Look for 2nd edition next time.

NF