After going to Home Depot recently I'm starting to think that we do in fact need a mass deportation.

[Voice of Reason]

That one Mexican doesn’t reprensent all Mexicans anymore than ignorant Blacks like Candice Owens, Sheriff David Clarke, or Clarence Thomas represent all of us as Blacks.

I can find examples of ignorance that cross into all racial lines.

I would crack that piece of shyt moist backs skull for trying to bully that elderly man.

 

[DEAD7]

SMH People don’t realize the reasons unions exist is because early on black folks were the skilled workers after slavery and workers unions were one of the things used to displace us

 

[Marc Spector]

damn its almost like capitalism encourages nations to divest from domestic workers by importing in cheaper laborers whether they legal or not

 

[Don Snow]

Where your people from, breh?

Lotta c00ns in here, giving away jobs that ain't even theirs. I'm actually disgusted. It's not just black women that look down on blue collar work.

I’m black


I’m not with the divisive tribalism talk, if you’re black you’re my people

I don’t even understand, what’s the second part of your statement is insinuating

Who looks down on blue collar jobs I for sure certainly do not and I know a lot of sisters that date blue collar guys

 

[Don Snow]

They be at war with the Hispanic immigrants for those under the table jobs

I hope the African Brehs get it instead of the the Hispanic guys


We need as many black people in the country working as possible , Mexicans lowkey hate us anyway so if I’m going to get work done off the books I’m definitely using the African brehs

 

[Don Snow]

Africans and ADOS are not the same people. They are the closest thing we have though.

We’re all black I don’t care about the your background if you’re black you’re black to me


I respect your opinion though

 

[OfTheCross]

The Black pipeline is not there and racism against Black folks is having an impact.


Plus lower costs.

The pipeline can only be built by ppl learning the skills.

Nothing is stopping a Black person from getting an apprentice job and learning the skills

 

[Silver Surfer]

Found the Mexican


No te enojes guey...solo estoy diciendo la verdad.

Mexicans ain't got a chokehold on nothing but their wives necks or a bottle of Corona/Modelo

I don't see any nikkas with white vans and pickups full of ladders and shyt at 7am

 

[cheek100]

I work shoulder to shoulder with the Spaniards if u good it don’t matter. In my experience young negroes don’t want to do this work. My nephews said they good at Walmart and Amazon. I know some good techs and the spaniards aren’t even a factor. There’s still not enough to keep up with the demand. If u have sons that are on the fence about where they want to go in life send them to trade school not college.
is what it is

 

[Black Mamba]

Whole lot of guala guala and tariq c00nsheed lingo in this thread

 

[Gloxina]

It’s better than china
In China cats are stealing jobs!!!

Uh, one of those cats was not wearing gloves

 

[TEH]

The boule crowd at nabj scoffed at the notion of a blue collar black job.

Let’s utilize these HBCU’s. Up from slavery and suffering.

 

[BrothaZay]

This is fukked up but true.....during civid wanted to put a wooden fence in my backyard.

Looked at several contractors...went with a brother older guy....and he went to FAMU just to add.

Gave him the job, to put the fence in....3-4 days later noticed a smell by the backyard...wasn't sure but got nervous...called the gas company...they came out and dug up the backyard and found the pinched line......

Thought you was finna say breh grew some weed plants in your backyard like Melvin in baby boy

Glad he didn’t embarrass us

 

[HipHopStan]

Yo the Coli up here telling illegal alien horror stories on some Truth Social type time.

Who stopping you from going out in the field and pulling up some cabbages homie?

Well, having to read your nonsense is stopping me, for starters. Would you like me to continue?

 

[BeeCityRoller]

Hispanics will still give out the lowest bid but they will usually end up cutting corners like someone else said. I no longer deal with handymen which is the category most of them fall under because you end up paying 2x-3x fixing their mistake(s). They are usually not as knowledgeable as skilled tradesman the next step up so you are better off watching Youtube to Do It Yourself. I've got almost 500sq ft of glued down Engineered Hardwood I'm going to tear up and replace when I have some downtime because the dummy who installed it didn't understand floor leveling basics.

I am only a DIY'er but I feel there is inherent prejudice against black men working on/in someones home particular which is why I think some will take a cheaper hispanic contractor or a white contractor (who hires out hispanics). My guess is younger black men are not getting into the trades because the learning curve of working under whites/hispanics who operate with a pack mentality is discouraging in the road to becoming a journeyman-master. There aren't enough Gen-X/Boomer Black men to bridge that gap. And you are not making 25+ an hour in most areas unless you are already working yourself to the bone with OT.

Alot of handymen/contractors are acting like barbers no matter the race these days though so y'all better get used to paying top dollar either way.