Link reblogged from come on up to the house with 40 notes
“debt peonage”—is what is most closely related to what is going on the US right now: being required to spend yourself into debt (debt that is usually owned by the corporation that hires you, although not always the case) in order to get/keep your job. Mexicans and…
Source: marshmallowmegamama
I know it’s tacky and distasteful to use the word “slave” or “slavery” in conjunction with one’s work situation. But...
My stepdad and his family, coal miners, lived that. He…didn’t like it.
Did you just suggest white progressives learn some actual history instead of appropriating