The unspoken context behind the "Battle of Montgomery" video:
* When media mentions "blue collar" jobs, they usually picture rural white folk. But... most employed Black and Latinx people work blue collar jobs, and most people live in cities. In the US, blue collar employees are Black and brown.🤷🏿♂️
* Blue collar employees are often asked to enforce rules, (like mask mandates).
* When racist white people get drunk, they often use slurs against, spit at, or physically strike these Black workers.
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