And it’s admitting to the very social economic racism designed for poverty still adamant in our culture today to refer to a group of people as ‘food workers’
I mean, this is simply stating a fact, that about 20% of food labor are undocumented immigrants. It doesn’t mean that’s all they do or that only undocumented workers are food workers.
I think their argument just needs to be rephrased a bit. An English teacher would put an “awk” on that one.
“By referring to a population as food workers, we’re reinforcing a culture of class warfare still prevalent today. Illegal immigrants will never break free of poverty in this system designed to keep them economically oppressed, but incentivized enough to keep performing the job our society needs.”
By referring to a population as food workers, we’re reinforcing a culture of class warfare still prevalent today.
Indeed! We shall hence forth refer to them as sustenance craftspeople. Perhaps even alimentation artisan. That will make everything better!
IOW, I got that I just think that the wording betrayed the ridiculousness of the argument. Not to mention an acceptance of the systemic bias against people who do this work. Fuck that. Food is good! Workers are good!
Referring to people who work with food as food workers is not racist. They did not “call” illegal immigrants food workers, they said of the food workers, about 20% happen to be illegal immigrants.
Further, it made no statement suggesting that’s all that illegal immigrants do.
There’s no ethnic/racist meaning in saying that the food industry is in no small part upheld by illegal immigrants.
Now you could say it’s screwed up that we’ve baked into things the assumption of a sub-legal labor class for the purpose of affordability, implicitly to skirt labor laws. However calling people who work to facilitate food “food workers” is so far away from the problem, particularly when it makes no assertion that there’s only one race doing the job nor an assertion that’s all that ethnicity does…
Now take this little bedtime story to help you get to sleep at night and stick it in a bag, fart in it, take a deep whiff. Cuz I ain’t going to ever delude myself as hard as you do on how to get away with your shitty behaviour.
And it’s admitting to the very social economic racism designed for poverty still adamant in our culture today to refer to a group of people as ‘food workers’
I took it to mean people working in farming, food-processing factories, restaurants, and the like. I’m not sure how that is racist?
to not get a point and even repeat all the evidence to support the point…
On the off chance you’re not just a troll, this book might be for you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Want_to_Talk_About_Race
I mean, this is simply stating a fact, that about 20% of food labor are undocumented immigrants. It doesn’t mean that’s all they do or that only undocumented workers are food workers.
Any chance you could reformulate that as a coherent sentence?
They’re trying to sound way smarter than they are. All that work with a thesaurus and yet they started their sentence with a fucking conjunction.
I think their argument just needs to be rephrased a bit. An English teacher would put an “awk” on that one.
“By referring to a population as food workers, we’re reinforcing a culture of class warfare still prevalent today. Illegal immigrants will never break free of poverty in this system designed to keep them economically oppressed, but incentivized enough to keep performing the job our society needs.”
Indeed! We shall hence forth refer to them as sustenance craftspeople. Perhaps even alimentation artisan. That will make everything better!
IOW, I got that I just think that the wording betrayed the ridiculousness of the argument. Not to mention an acceptance of the systemic bias against people who do this work. Fuck that. Food is good! Workers are good!
Signed,
A Food Worker
As opposed to auto workers, tech workers, healthcare workers, etc?
Do you assign race to that particular job and then talk about how they’ll get deported as a threat? Cuz if you do you’d be a racist.
No? Why would you when apparently only 20% of farm workers are illegal immigrants from Latin America?
You’ve lost the plot. Or a troll.
Referring to people who work with food as food workers is not racist. They did not “call” illegal immigrants food workers, they said of the food workers, about 20% happen to be illegal immigrants.
Further, it made no statement suggesting that’s all that illegal immigrants do.
There’s no ethnic/racist meaning in saying that the food industry is in no small part upheld by illegal immigrants.
Now you could say it’s screwed up that we’ve baked into things the assumption of a sub-legal labor class for the purpose of affordability, implicitly to skirt labor laws. However calling people who work to facilitate food “food workers” is so far away from the problem, particularly when it makes no assertion that there’s only one race doing the job nor an assertion that’s all that ethnicity does…
This is racism you trump guzzling racist.
Now take this little bedtime story to help you get to sleep at night and stick it in a bag, fart in it, take a deep whiff. Cuz I ain’t going to ever delude myself as hard as you do on how to get away with your shitty behaviour.