Do you know why they are called wetbacks? Most people believe it was from crossing the Rio Grande. It's not, the term wetback came from when migrant workers picking fruit would get sprayed with pesticides from an airplane right on them in the field. The farmers who hired them termed the name wetbacks.
Do you know why they are called wetbacks? Most people believe it was from crossing the Rio Grande. It's not, the term wetback came from when migrant workers picking fruit would get sprayed with pesticides from an airplane right on them in the field. The farmers who hired them termed the name wetbacks.
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Oh interesting.
Prove it.
Why should I? Don't believe it, but it is accurate.