back in the 70’s, I mowed lawns, babysat, cleaned homes and worked in the office on campus to pay my way through school. ALL these jobs except office staff at the school are taken by illegal aliens and recent immigrants.
My dad was roofer. I did my first roof at the age of 10. I also painted houses and washed dishes. Cut lawns, worked at a drill press in a machine shop, warehouse, you name it. I did all those jobs “Americans” won’t do. I am 42. This was normal amongst me and all my friends. What happened?
I was a furniture mover on the South Side of Chicago, located in Roseland, back in the late 1970s. Back then, we (white people) could go into bars and restaurants all over Roseland; now it’s a de facto no-go war zone for my race. We did jobs all over the city, in rough neighborhoods, and in the best neighborhoods. Being a south suburbanite from a wealth community, with a physician father and upper middle class upbringing, it opened my eyes. I worked with rough guys, many of whom were Chicago Public School teachers working to make ends meet. I would not trade that experience for anything, and it’s a shame today’s teens and 20-somethings don’t do this type of work.