Raising Rebels: Roberto And Me

One rebel, a migrant child, struggles to overcome the adverse effects of economic privation, discriminatory practices, and entrenched attitudes. The other, a lower-middle-class child whose family is active in the agricultural community, struggles to achieve both economic and social upward mobility. Ones destiny is increasing activism and militancythe other, a repetitive testing of the parameters of acceptable behavior. The intersection of their lives throughout childhood, adolescence, and as young adults profoundly alters how effectively each of them copes with the process of maturation. Their struggle provides essential insights for those formulating an opinion concerning the most prudent solution to the divisive issue of legal and illegal migrants role in contemporary American life.