Did Civil Rights lead to America's industrial decline?
I've been speculating for a while that the decline of American industrial manufacturing in the 1970s (or the offshoring of most of it) had less to do with some of the economic factors often cited and more to do with the Civil Rights Act. This act saw to it that more colored folk found their way onto the factory floors and my speculation is that they as workers were unable to keep up with production targets, therefore most industries moved their factories overseas or were put out of business by overseas competition whose workers could outperform theirs.
This is all speculation and I have no evidence, but if these were facts that played a role, they would have likely have only been discussed behind closed doors, never documented or made public as to not harm the sensibilities of that public in the 1970s and beyond.
Enter this article- Hyundai opens a large factory smack dab in the middle of Black Belt America just to shill its "Made in America" cars. We'd expect that the majority of their workforce would be black workers from around that area, but they weren't. They were illegal migrants from Mexico. 475 of them rounded up in one raid indicating that there are likely many more making up the total workforce who weren't on shift at the time.
Why would Hyundai hire the Mexicans over the local blacks? Is it a wage issue or is more related to the cultural difference- Blacks don't have the same work ethic as the Mexicans and therefore can't meet production targets. I see this in my own town where illegals are working construction while the local blacks sit in their dilapidating 'hoods waiting for the EBT card to receive funds.
Is there any other evidence supporting this theory?
This is all speculation and I have no evidence, but if these were facts that played a role, they would have likely have only been discussed behind closed doors, never documented or made public as to not harm the sensibilities of that public in the 1970s and beyond.
Enter this article- Hyundai opens a large factory smack dab in the middle of Black Belt America just to shill its "Made in America" cars. We'd expect that the majority of their workforce would be black workers from around that area, but they weren't. They were illegal migrants from Mexico. 475 of them rounded up in one raid indicating that there are likely many more making up the total workforce who weren't on shift at the time.
Why would Hyundai hire the Mexicans over the local blacks? Is it a wage issue or is more related to the cultural difference- Blacks don't have the same work ethic as the Mexicans and therefore can't meet production targets. I see this in my own town where illegals are working construction while the local blacks sit in their dilapidating 'hoods waiting for the EBT card to receive funds.
Is there any other evidence supporting this theory?
