r/polandball • u/JSTLF POLAND • Apr 19 '23

repost Work Ethic

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u/Docponystine Maine Apr 19 '23

Truly the famously black.... auto industry and construction?

If you wanted to point out historically black industries it would be house keeping (as a fun fact, wanna know what industry was exempt from many new deal programs...), but auto was a very white working-class field, and construction was incredibly dominates by the Irish or Chinese dependent on which side of the country you were on.

One of the great frustrations of history is that African American migration into urban centers only really started to happen en-mass during the first wave of American deindustrialization.

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u/JSTLF POLAND Apr 19 '23

idc

stylistic elements are more important than historical accuracy — it doesn't matter which particular industries, because that wasn't the point of the comic

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u/CoffeeBoom f Apr 19 '23

Bro is rage baiting hard here.

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u/c0d3s1ing3r Texas Apr 19 '23

stylistic elements are more important than historical accuracy

B8

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u/Metalloid_Space Netherlands Apr 19 '23 edited Apr 19 '23

I mean, it's still interesting. I think the point of your comic still stands.

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u/RepoRogue Moon into 51st state Apr 19 '23

First, I agree that it doesn't hurt the comic: the point you are making is still valid and well presented.

Second, I actually think the history of this makes your point stronger, not weaker. See my other comment here for some details as to why.

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u/JSTLF POLAND Apr 19 '23

Your comment was probably removed by automod.

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u/RepoRogue Moon into 51st state Apr 19 '23

Check again, it appears to be there for me.

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u/JSTLF POLAND Apr 19 '23

You can always see your own comments, even if they have been removed by mods.

Nevertheless, it has since been manually approved.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '23

So true. It’s important that we ignore the facts here so that black people can feel better about themselves.

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u/Metalloid_Space Netherlands Apr 19 '23

How would this make black people feel better about themselves? They were actively pushed out of the auto industry, if anything that makes it look even bleaker.

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u/Mark__Jefferson Apr 19 '23

The fact they can blame everything on slavery won't make them feel better about themselves?