Raymond Shannon@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoJasmine Crockett says US needs migrants because 'we're done picking cotton'thenationaldesk.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkJasmine Crockett says US needs migrants because 'we're done picking cotton'thenationaldesk.comRaymond Shannon@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 month 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/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month 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-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month agoHer point was it’s black people’s turn to be masters. There should be no masters, and no slaves, period.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoSuperb projection there bud.
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.