Raymond Shannon to United States | News & [email protected] • 17 days agoJasmine Crockett says US needs migrants because 'we're done picking cotton'thenationaldesk.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up127
arrow-up127external-linkJasmine Crockett says US needs migrants because 'we're done picking cotton'thenationaldesk.comRaymond Shannon to United States | News & [email protected] • 17 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-217 days agoPeople don’t pick cotton anymore in the first place. Machines do it now and have been for over 50 years.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink5•17 days agoKind of shows how out of touch she is. You’d think she’d bother to know even one thing about the point she’s trying to make.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•17 days agoI mean, her point was that black people aren’t going to go back to being slaves, so using cotton does make sense, but I would have been more direct instead of using an euphemism.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink7•17 days agoSure, and it also implies that immigrants are the replacement slaves. Which brings us back to my point, which is that immigrants shouldn’t be second class workers that we use as the new slaves.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•17 days agoHer point was it’s black people’s turn to be masters. There should be no masters, and no slaves, period.
People don’t pick cotton anymore in the first place. Machines do it now and have been for over 50 years.
Kind of shows how out of touch she is. You’d think she’d bother to know even one thing about the point she’s trying to make.
I mean, her point was that black people aren’t going to go back to being slaves, so using cotton does make sense, but I would have been more direct instead of using an euphemism.
Sure, and it also implies that immigrants are the replacement slaves.
Which brings us back to my point, which is that immigrants shouldn’t be second class workers that we use as the new slaves.
Her point was it’s black people’s turn to be masters. There should be no masters, and no slaves, period.
Superb projection there bud.