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A Day Without Immigrants
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02-16-2017, 05:47 PM
I can see this first hand, the roofing crew that replaces the roof in my Home Owners Association is missing in action today. Usually they work 8 AM to 6 PM, only stop when it is raining. Today is the best weather we had in months, and they are nowhere to be seen.
I heard March 8 is "A Day without Women".
02-16-2017, 05:55 PM
New Yorkers ask, "Does that mean more seats on the subway?"
In truth, if all those immigrants who live in NYC stayed home, the streets would be empty, all the businesses closed and take-out food orders would hit an all-time high (because Chinese immigrants would never consider not working).
02-16-2017, 08:34 PM
Well technically most of us should be staying home then.
02-16-2017, 08:46 PM
I have a problem with the Native American analogy. Given that "we" pretty well decimated their population and stole all their land, it is more of an example of why NOT to let foreigners in.
02-16-2017, 11:13 PM
space-time wrote: ^this. Without Latinos, no house in my part of the country (next to Canada!) would have a roof.
02-16-2017, 11:28 PM
EVERYBODY came from somewhere else.
"...following immigration from Siberia over the Bering land bridge..." I recommend 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
02-17-2017, 01:40 AM
Bunch of restaurants closed around here either because they couldn't find workers or in solidarity with the protest.
...Hard to tell which was which.
02-17-2017, 06:34 PM
DeusxMac wrote: It was a different experience without the genocide and slavery.
02-17-2017, 07:55 PM
rjmacs wrote: It was a different experience without the genocide and slavery. You really should read 1491. Pre-Columbia was definitely NOT "without genocide and slavery". |
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