Watching those people, men and women, doing that backbreaking work with only a lunch break (where sea gulls dive bombed them for the food, Ventura County) I knew
Well African American kids are getting text messages that they will be picked up to go pick cotton. Says the their name in the text messages. What do you think about that?
Ok. We don't pick potatoes. We use a spud harvester, pulled by a big tractor, to dig them up. Once they are dug up, they go across a conveyer of digger chains. On that harvester, you will have 4 to 8 people, picking out rocks and plant matter, quickly.
Then, the spuds go up, and out of a "boom," into a large truck, to be hauled to processing.
All those people, from the planters to the drivers, get shitty pay, for exhausting work.
From personal experience, the only white folks you'll see working there, are the farmer's kids.
I met some people who said they "followed the harvest". Starting in Florida, they would work their way up the East Coast to Maine. I'm sure the farmers will miss them.
Just makes me sad about how we treat the people who come here to join our society. It's inhumane for anyone, not just Americans. I don't like this "who is gonna pick your veggies when they're gone" argument for not deporting the undocumented.
If you go to the farms you won't see black/white people harvesting the fields and why not ? BecauseTrump is going to MAGA with this people now jajajaja of course the people that vote him
Remember when during COVID the produce rotted in the fields because there were no migrant workers to do the labor? Yeah, like that. But much much worse. And with 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico, Americans better learn how to tighten a belt
We are already dystopian enough that we may see the for-profit prisons selling incarcerated persons’ labor to bring in crops. When I was a child, chain gangs still existed.
Enter prison (slave) labor. With the disproportionate number of black and brown folks locked up, many on the right see this as a return to the “natural” order.
I have been SCREAMING this from the rooftops for anyone who will listen. They are about to make a lot of minor things that they believe disproportionately represent minorities, illegal. They will have a shit ton of deportation centers ready to fill up with new laborers. Mawa
Did you know that potato digging machines have been in use for more than 40 years? They leave some behind which is why elderly people in Minnesota would glean the field after the digger was done.
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Must be willing to work 24/7/365 with zero benefits."
Mark my words… if they are successful with deportations, they will look to replace labor with prisoners. Ps… they will likely have MANY deportation centers open and ready to fill with new laborers. I wonder who they will consider making “illegal” for labor influx… yeah…
I can’t not see this coming
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Watching those people, men and women, doing that backbreaking work with only a lunch break (where sea gulls dive bombed them for the food, Ventura County) I knew
They're better than I could ever be
Tougher, patient and hard working
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All those people, from the planters to the drivers, get shitty pay, for exhausting work.
From personal experience, the only white folks you'll see working there, are the farmer's kids.
We are already dystopian enough that we may see the for-profit prisons selling incarcerated persons’ labor to bring in crops. When I was a child, chain gangs still existed.
Travel✔️
Nature✔️
Working with your hands✔️
Must be willing to work 24/7/365 with zero benefits."
I can’t not see this coming