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californianative
at Wed Aug 11 23:50:15 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by californianative ]
Now this discussion is getting interesting, lol.
Right or wrong, the reality is that the foundation of many profitable industries, esp. agriculture are built on cheap, or in the case of antibellum slavery, free labor. In california, the work was once done by very poor whites fleeing the dustbowl in the midwest. People called them oakies and hated them almost as much as illegals are hated today. Well, the "oakies" are history and and everyone knows who fills that void today.
Most established Americans do not raise their kids to aim for careers in dishwashing or grape picking.My point is, in our system, there always seems to be a need for some huge, unfortunate group to meet our labor needs.
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