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The moral dangers of dirty work

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Is There a Race in Class Debate?

Poultry industry used to be pretty much all white, the workers for very raciest reasons. After civil rights movement, some of those plants started becoming integrated. But then in the eighties, nineties and on into the 20 first century, you had huge influx of immigrant workers,. And why? Why do these workers start to become so pervasive in this industry? Well, they're easily controlled. They're easily manipulated, they's easily replaced. The mostly mexican female workers of the plant are so afraid to complain that they are denied bathroom breaks. Some adjust to this by going to work with an extra pair of pants because, you know, thone lunch break they get they can

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