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IMMIGRANT BANDANA

THIS BANDANA DESIGN REFLECTS THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: THE CLOTHING LINE SYMBOLIZING THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS THEY COME FROM, WHILE THE BIRDS REPRESENT THEIR MIGRATION. ON EACH CORNER OF THE BANDANA A COMMON VOCATION OF IMMIGRANTS IS SHOWN; JANITORS, FIELD WORKERS, DISH WASHERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS... LOW WAGE JOBS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE NATION. THE BANDANA AS A WHOLE, HONORS IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO SACRIFICE THEIR DREAMS TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A BETTER LIFE. THE CENTER READS: I WAS MADE ON EARTH. UNDER THE SAME SUN. UNDER THE SAME MOON.

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all images © Paloma Nicole Diaz

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