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This is a strange theory. Since when did sub-minimum wage jobs become "their jobs?" And since when did poor whites get to create policy?
by pessimizer 2y ago
This is a strange theory. Since when did sub-minimum wage jobs become "their jobs?" And since when did poor whites get to create policy?
- ty6853 2y agoWell back in the early 20th century I'm afraid that was mostly what was available to discriminated minorities. It's not just theory, it goes back to railroadmen being pissed blacks were undercutting them. They could not just outright outlaw blacks so they just got the minimums set to the prevailing white wage.
- pessimizer 2y agoSince when did the lowest wage whites get to set minimum wage?
- ty6853 2y agoSuffrage in the early 20th century applied more to whites than blacks. And having low wage labor be black market without protections can in some cases benefit the upper classes.