Samantha is a white administrative assistant at the Tanaka Brothers Farm who helps translate and interpret between English and Spanish. Even though she can communicate with them, she still thinks Mexican workers are “‘dirty’ and ‘simple,’” and she constantly ignores or distracts from their suffering. For instance, she forces Abelino to go back to work even though he’s in severe pain, and she complains about the cold weather freezing her horses’ water trough without realizing that the farm workers have to sleep in the same conditions without heating.