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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2020 15:52:52 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   http://status.hackerposse.com/url/21329 "... It's not my holiday, I know that. It's not for me, nor should it be, and I don't want to pretend that it is."http://status.hackerposse.com/url/21330 "Which isn't to say that Juneteenth isn't an important holiday, or even that it shouldn't be a national holiday, as many people are proposing. Just that my personal connection to it, at…
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2020 17:12:48 EDT Douglas A. Whitfield

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     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     "Remember that slavery wasn't just forcing Black people to work for free, the same way we forced horses and mules and oxen to do the hardest part of our labor. It also meant that lower-skill / lower-income Whites faced unbeatable competition"
     
     I'm not really sure why this matters at all, but...yes, horses, mules, and oxen definitely put people out of work.