Author Information
Arlie
Arlie and her coauthor
said that
the word in Israel
for a babysitter
is related to the
word for Filipino.
...
and that from there
and Mexico and Indonesia
women are forced to
abandon their own children
and parents to come to
the US, Israel and other
countries as nannies
and servants..
often held in slavery
.. passports stolen
.. threatened with the
INS police by their
employers
It reminded of Dick
Gregory, speaking
of his race being
called lazy while his
mother cleaned white
women's homes
and then came home
to clean his own
