[HKMk23]

During summer, when the harvest of fruits and vegetables is in full swing in California's Central Valley, temperatures hover in the triple digits. Heat exhaustion is one of the reasons farm labor consistently makes the Bureau of Labor Statistics' top ten list of the nation's most dangerous jobs.

Second, expect long days. Growers have a small window to pick fruit before it is overripe; work starts before dawn and goes on for 12 or more hours.

Replace all of those farm workers with unemployed black people and count the microseconds until the words "SLAVERY" and "EXPLOITATION" hit the headlines.

I guess it's not bad if you don't do it to the wrong group of people.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

It's anecdotal but I recall driving out of a little farm community where I lived for a couple of years near Woodland, California. The last business was a Mom-and-Pop store next to housing which was decidedly Hispanic. Men hanging around, some drinking.

As I drove past miles and milies of farmland on the way to Woodland I saw numerous farm workers, mostly women.

I'll take one of those beer-tasting jobs. :)