Class Reproduction By Martha Ambrocio Summary

In Martha Elena Garcia Ambrocio’s story, race, class, and gender play a large role in her life and the development of the issue in the world that she lives in. The people that work with Elena and live in these housing units are living in terrible living conditions. The area is inspected throughout the year and has minor renovations through multiple examinations that occur. These renovations do little for the lives of the many people living in these horrid conditions and continue to fail as more people enter the country and more people in power make it harder for them to live a ‘normal’ life.
We must ask ourselves from a sociological perspective, how does it come to this way of living? Most of the people living in these housing units are laborers and undocumented immigrants. Immigration policies in the United States are extremely selective and many people of Mexican race are not given equal rights or privileges because of their race and class. It is nearly impossible for them to receive citizenship and therefor they are forced to work abysmal jobs that pay less than minimum wage. Many don’t have access to education and therefor many don’t speak English, making it difficult for them to attain another job in the
Class reproduction occurs because of all of the circumstances and divides of race, gender and class that are happening in Ambrocio’s life. The class separation reproduces from a strong domination of the corporate elite and the people in power. This reproduction is maintained and only helps the rich get richer. This is a devastating realization and in order to change this system change needs to be made. This happens by placing people with democratic and liberal values in places of power. Protests and change can help affect this but it comes from the sources of power so having people fighting for the rights of migrant workers in places of power will help may a difference to this