Tressie McMillan Cottom reports from Louisville, KY on the challenges of residents organizing a tenants union across racial & political divides. “I have to keep white liberals from disorganizing us.”
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"Poor white people are hard to organize; I think they’re the most psychologically screwed-up people in the history of the world"
Boy hidee did he hit the nail on the head there.
"The history of labor unions in the South is steeped in racism and sexism. Pitting Black, white and immigrant workers against one another helps to lower labor costs. Those racial divisions make it harder to build labor unions in the areas where workers would benefit the most." How can we make this a meme??
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