Comment on Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.

Felis_Rex@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• criscodisco@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or why they have decimated public education in black communities.

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  • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And just in general. Black communities were definitely hit hardest and first, but the damage isn’t solely contained there.

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The Right essentially decided to destroy public education in response to desegregation.

      The district I worked for was excellent in the 50’s and 60’s. Now, the only high school that isn’t a failure is the application school all the white kids get into.

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• Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But those are my Mexicans

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