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> the teachers are not responsible for Dr. Seuss being a huge racist who incorporated disgustingly racist imagery in children's books Lol, like the "Eskimo fis

• gamblor956 6y ago
  You're clearly arguing from outrage and memes Have you actually read any of Dr. Seuss' works? Literally every non-white human character is depicted in a subservient role. Asians are depicted with buckteeth and slanted closed eyes. In several works, Asians are literally depicted as half-human, half monster. In every instance, Black people are depicted as sambo dolls with monkey faces. The Cat in the Hat is based on a blackface minstrel show. No, they pay better, have better (ie, existant) perks and benefits, etc. There's pretty much no metric on which there is a legal minimum, that Amazon only just hits. It's actually wildly competitive. Amazon pays the minimum wage of the location the warehouse is located in, except in Alabama where they just raised the wages to fight off the unionization efforts. Many Amazon warehouse employees don't qualify for benefits because most of them are deliberately scheduled below the 30-hour minimum to qualify for benefits, which is illegal in some states (like CA) but not in states like Alabama. Amazon has been disciplined by CA's labor department many times for violating the state labor code with respect to its mistreatment of its warehouse workers. Do you 'tip' Amazon when you order an item? Why would I tip Amazon? Amazon is a multi-billion dollar company that earns billions of dollars in profit every quarter. I do tip the delivery driver that delivers food from a restaurant when I order delivery. If you were really serious you wouldn't peddle this fake Amazon warehouses are bad narrative, you'd work for everyone else who isn't at a job that good. Instead of destroying something good, work to bring it to others. Amazon warehouses are bad. By choice. They could be good jobs if Amazon didn't deliberately mistreat its warehouse employees. They have the profits from Amazon.com (i.e., the store) to pay for relatively simple things, like an additional restroom so employees don't have to piss themselves on the line, or for A/C or heater units so employees don't freeze in the winter or pass out from the heat in the summer. But Amazon chooses not to do that. If Amazon would be destroyed by spending .000001% of their profits on not mistreating their employees, then they deserve to be destroyed. Because their competitors are more than capable of surviving despite not treating their employees like shit.
  • Rule35 6y ago
    > The Cat in the Hat is based on a blackface minstrel show. So the cat is black people? What do the eggs represent? Honestly, making non-racist media out of old racist stuff seems like a good thing. If you could take some WW2 German folk dance and rip out the part about Hitler, you should do so. To the degree that anyone remembers it used to be about him, it literally craps on his memory. > Asians are depicted with buckteeth and slanted closed eyes. "Man from the pre-information age uses old-timey stereotypical imagery!" Shocker. > In several works, Asians are literally depicted as half-human, half monster. You're confusing depictions of individuals - Hirohito (and Hitler) - populist and brutal leaders of countries who we were at war with, and broad statements about everyone with a certain biology. When an "ordinary" asian was depicted you get minor stereotypes like conical farmer's hats and chopsticks, but that's the point of trying to illustrate other cultures and normalize their day-to-day lives. > Literally every non-white human character is depicted in a subservient role. Most Seuss books don't have a hierarchy, like who is in charge, the cat? The sneeches who have stars, or those without? (Real answer: the guy with the machine.) This is just silly race-baiting. It mocks anyone who has had actual encounters with actual racists. Seuss is pretty much the least racist person you'll find, judged by his body of work which contains literal messages of love thy neighbor despite their appearance. Also on this topic, orcs - literal metaphors for black people because Tolkien/WotC is a monster, or just a fantasy race? > Why would I tip Amazon? You expect them to pay more than they need to but don't want to yourself - their employees took that job knowing the wage. Perhaps your extra payment is the marginal dollar that Bezos doesn't need to reinvest to make AWS a success, and he (recognizing your good example) would give it to his employees. > I do tip the delivery driver But not the warehouse worker or anyone else. It's performative, and rude to expect a worker with a good job to grovel with their hand out for your scraps. > like an additional restroom so employees don't have to piss themselves on the line Yeah, that's not real. I mean, I don't doubt that some warehouse, somewhere, didn't have all the bathrooms operational one day. But you are specifically not allowed to be punished for going to the bathroom and employers have to have enough for all employees. You can call in inspectors, or simply take pictures, and sue pretty easily. > or for A/C or heater units so employees don't freeze in the winter or pass out from the heat in the summer. Again, if the boss did something that was likely to cause harm or death there'd be actual complaints, with legal weight. The unionists are no more credible than the anti-Seussians.