White Privilege and Unions
Someone showed me this quote today, and I had a chuckle.
It is a little inappropriate, but can be extended to a variety of peoples not taking responsibility for themselves or for their children, and wanting others to pay for the omission..
"The notion that a group of persons are responsible for the actions of their forefathers by a group that doesn't take responsibility for their children."
BTW, we had a minor unionizing attempt as one of our factories. Interestingly support was polarized around ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic workers overwhelmingly wanted the union. Vietnamese and other Asian peoples (much more recent immigrants) were dead set against it. White peoples were split.
It is interesting how significant cultural inertia is.
It is a little inappropriate, but can be extended to a variety of peoples not taking responsibility for themselves or for their children, and wanting others to pay for the omission..
"The notion that a group of persons are responsible for the actions of their forefathers by a group that doesn't take responsibility for their children."
BTW, we had a minor unionizing attempt as one of our factories. Interestingly support was polarized around ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic workers overwhelmingly wanted the union. Vietnamese and other Asian peoples (much more recent immigrants) were dead set against it. White peoples were split.
It is interesting how significant cultural inertia is.
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My experience with Asian Americans is they are very reluctant to pay union dues.
http://www.shmoop.com/history-labor-u...
Don't know what is missing from the quote. Makes sense to me.
Someone with actual facts can correct me, but my perception is:
Asian countries- Many have widespread mandatory union-like organizations.
Latin American countries - Unions less common
African Americans - Were historically not part of US unions.
European Americans - Historically controlled US unions, but unions have become less powerful so maybe half of them have experience with unions.
Under this hypothesis, the more you know about unions the less you like them.
BTW, I could not understand the quote. I think a word is missing. I don't understand it.