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bgwitt311.bsky.social @bgwitt311.bsky.social

I worked in an industry that white folks never wanted to look at, tanning. The work was too hot, too strenuous, too heavy, too filthy, and just too low class. The work force was eastern European (post WW2), Black and Hispanic. Some industries, such as meatpacking, will never be white again. 1/

aug 4, 2025, 3:20 pm • 4 0

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bgwitt311.bsky.social @bgwitt311.bsky.social

I toured slaughterhouses, going back 45 years ago. Even in the most rural towns, meat packing had large Hispanic work forces. Trying to get white folks into those jobs is like trying to find white people to do large scale farm work, from milking to crops. It is never going to happen.

aug 4, 2025, 3:26 pm • 10 1 • view
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Observer @amyastro.bsky.social

That's why they want to fill prisons and "detention centers." For slave labor. RFK jr said anyone taking anti-depressent meds should be sent to work on a farm, with no phone, no contact with the outside world.

aug 4, 2025, 4:18 pm • 5 0 • view
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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social

They still want brown and Black people to be slaves.

aug 4, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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bgwitt311.bsky.social @bgwitt311.bsky.social

3/ Even in urban areas, meatpackers started hiring more Black and Hispanic workers, starting in the 1950's.

aug 4, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view