re: #391 Targetpractice

Shit, don’t forget all the racism in the North during the years before and immediately after the War, when white workers feared they’d be replaced with blacks who’d do the same job for less. Hell, that’s a fear that the rich have been using for generations to keep workers from demanding better pay and wages: “If you won’t work for what I’ll pay you, I’ll just fire the lot of you and hire some n*****s who will.”

The New York Draft Riots had strong economic underpinnings.