Yeah let’s start an affirmative action program for construction engineers, plumbers, carpenters, brick layers, framers and HVAC guys.
Oh, and building inspectors. Good idea. If you want every building to look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
If you want every building to act like the ones in Turkey..................
Last weeks train derailment and last years bridge collapse brought to you by Crack Head Construction Company. Their motto. “We get ‘er done cheaper”
My dad and uncles were in construction most of their lives. I worked construction during college summers we were laborers. Mostly Italian and some blacks. We were the ginnies. The carpenters were Irish, the Micks. The pavers were Portugese or Brazilian. They were porkchops. The dockbuilders and wire lathers were Scandinavian. They were the squareheads. No fights of the names. Plenty of arguments overcards at lunch, over who got OT.
Or that leaning skyscraper in San Francisco.
And if the desired minority are not predisposed to such work, will they use force?
I’d bet it isn’t that far off from being exactly representative of their percentage of population at 13%.
Pete’s never even been to a place where actual labor was going on.