Fran soon found that her new employer was not going to allow her to attend school, and that she was expected to work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. The "senora" was physically and verbally abusive and mistreated not only Fran but her other employees, young indigenous men who served in her bakery.
In addition, she had no time to come for English lessons, and because she worked every day, I rarely saw her. It became apparent to me that if she stayed with the senora, her dreams would be dead. Unfortunately, many Mexicans abuse the indigenous people who work for them. They do not treat them as if they were people with aspirations and plans of their own, but as mindless workers willing to endure conditions that are basically indentured slavery. The poverty among indigenous people in Mexico is ugly and real, and in their desperation they will put up with maltreatment just to survive.
I wanted Fran to somehow escape this kind of powerless servitude. I hope you will help me to help her. Thank you for reading this.
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