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As someone whose great uncles worked in the steel factories nearby, whose parents before that labored in the cotton fields, I can also testify the multi-century
by charlescearl 6y ago
As someone whose great uncles worked in the steel factories nearby, whose parents before that labored in the cotton fields, I can also testify the multi-century efforts of Black workers who fought the “hands that was fedding them”. America's Johannesburg [1] and Hammer and Hoe [2] for reference.
[1] https://ugapress.org/book/9780820356273/americas-johannesburg/ https://ugapress.org/book/9780820356273/americas-johannesbur...
[2] https://uncpress.org/book/9781469625485/hammer-and-hoe/ https://uncpress.org/book/9781469625485/hammer-and-hoe/
- lupire 6y agoThat gets harder as capital gets easier to move.