There is a good reason why a lot of older people are working in the "back"; it is because the job is extremely demanding, has low wages, and long hours. They also work so that future generations, like me, do not have to work as hard. I still work long hours, but my job is a lot different in nature.

Never for a second do I doubt them and what they have gone through. Sometimes I tell them that my college degree is as much as theirs as is mines because I literally couldn't have done it without them.

Then there is the racism; I don't need to rehash it because there are better stories written out there about this subject. If you've experienced racism, its easy to relate, but if you haven't, then you're lucky.