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Skunk @skunkityskunk.bsky.social

How is that racist?

aug 28, 2025, 9:01 pm • 1 0

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Human V6.2.0169v5 @x-interupt.bsky.social

implying that the all lawn care professionals are non-white and immigrants.

aug 28, 2025, 9:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pauli Rocquettes @paulierockets.bsky.social

Not always, of course, but mowing lawns and trimming are not dependent on having to speak English. The equipment for a start-up business is not impossibly high. Lawn mower, truck, shovels, rakes, blowers. And it’s scalable. Another truck, mower, blower tools. Perfect for new residents.

aug 28, 2025, 11:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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Human V6.2.0169v5 @x-interupt.bsky.social

the reason i said it could be racist is due to the stereotyping, and i know it's not true.

aug 28, 2025, 11:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pauli Rocquettes @paulierockets.bsky.social

So while not every yard crew is Hispanic or immigrants, it is common enough to acknowledge. Where I grew up the yard crews were often Filipino, Chinese, or Japanese, and the tree trimmers were often Samoans or Tongans. Sometimes a crew would offer to trim our palms out front just for the coconuts.

aug 28, 2025, 11:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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Pauli Rocquettes @paulierockets.bsky.social

Yes, I got that. I just think that there are so many yard crews and I was wondering why. It’s like Vietnamese ladies who do nails. One of the few programs that helped Vietnamese refugee women get job skills was that.

aug 28, 2025, 11:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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Human V6.2.0169v5 @x-interupt.bsky.social

sadly though it still falls into the "harmful stereotype" sorta casual racism that we all sorta accept, similar to the Calgon commercial about detergent "ancient chinese secret" thing that implied about chinese run laundries, and that was another service that was similar to the vietnamese nail techs

aug 29, 2025, 12:53 am • 0 0 • view