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What those of you in your haste to decry Jesse Jackson is the inference of the statement. He did not say poor whites, rednecks, Vietnamese Boat people, West Indians, Puero Ricans, or anyone else or the lower economic rung of American society. He chose black as the measuring stick for low wage, unskilled jobs. As if we are only a step up from non-english speaking, illiterate, desperate people who will work for virtual pennies. Is that how we see ourselves. If you see yourself reflected in that statement, you are part of the problem. Black folks work in construction, fast food, maid service, and the hotel industry in great numbers. It is just that they choose to be paid fair wages and are often unionized, whereas most Mexicans work under the table for cash or off the books.
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