Again, you didn’t say what I said. I described a complex labor force with various roles and racial backgrounds. You gave a sarcastic oversimplification, and now you’re shifting to a narrower historical claim that contradicts your own original tone.
“Even getting white workers to couple cars didn’t happen until much later”
That’s an overstatement. While Black workers were indeed disproportionately given dangerous roles like coupling cars in the South, it wasn’t unheard of for white laborers - especially poor or immigrant - to do that work too
The labor structure wasn’t as racially absolute as you’re implying
“Even getting white workers to couple cars didn’t happen until much later”
That’s an overstatement. While Black workers were indeed disproportionately given dangerous roles like coupling cars in the South, it wasn’t unheard of for white laborers - especially poor or immigrant - to do that work too
The labor structure wasn’t as racially absolute as you’re implying