J.R. is an old white man in California’s Central Valley who voices numerous racist beliefs about Latinx people. For instance, he says that Mexican migrant workers are “filthy” but thinks farm owners shouldn’t provide them with running water, and he fondly remembers beating up Mexican men for no reason except hatred. He thinks of all Latinx people—even California-born U.S. citizens—as foreigners who refuse to follow his superior, “American” way of life. Ironically enough, J.R. moved to California as a migrant farm laborer when he was young. J.R.’s beliefs provide a clear illustration of how symbolic violence works: by sharply dividing “us” from “them” (“Americans” from “Mexicans”), he avoids recognizing structural violence or doing anything about migrant workers’ suffering.