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New York Times: Lawns Are Symbols of Racism and Bad for Global Warming
Breitbart ^ | 13 Aug 2019 | Penny Starr

Posted on 08/13/2019 6:50:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

While most Americans are spending time this summer enjoying the sun in the comfort of their houses’ yards, the New York Times is out with a new exposé on how lawn care is problematic, once viewed through the lens of social justice. Lawns are contributing to pollution and climate change, asserts narrator David Botti, and their origins are far from woke, in a seven-minute video on the history of American lawns.

Botti says lawns are part of the “colonizing of America,” which transformed the landscape from “pristine wilderness” to “identical rows of manicured nature.”

“These lawns come on the backs of slaves,” he continues, zooming in on a painting of George Washington in a field to highlight men cutting the grass with scythes. “It’s grueling, endless work.”

“By the 1870s we also see American culture slowly start to embrace lawns for the privileged masses,” he states.

The video explains that the perfect lawn is associated with being a model citizen, how the first sprinkler was invented in 1871, and about the advent of “so-called trade cards” that “advertised the hell out of lawn and garden products.”

The Times also refers to the work of historian Ted Steinberg, who calls lawns the “outdoor expression of ’50s conformism.”

To drive home the point, he inserts vintage footage of two women being interviewed in their yards talking about how they moved to their communities to live exclusively near other white people. Neither of them says anything about desiring, having, or maintaining a lawn.

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To: smvoice
The Lawn Jockeys were the first clue that this day would eventually come.

Lawn jockeys replaced the hitching post.

I guess that means that either owning a horse was a sign of racist privilege, or having friends who owned horses and needing a place to tie them up when visiting was a sign of racist privilege.

-PJ

81 posted on 08/14/2019 6:17:59 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: windsorknot
The NYT is infested with rodents posing as journalists.

The NYT is infested with rodents vermin posing as journalists.

There. Fixed. :)

82 posted on 08/14/2019 6:33:24 AM PDT by Boomer (Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
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To: Political Junkie Too
It's ALL so confusing! *😳* I say if EVERYTHING is racist, then NOTHING is racist! (is that a racist thing to say????)
83 posted on 08/14/2019 7:07:25 AM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'm. AN ANTI DEMITE)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lawns were created by the British in the 17th century to stop Irish serfs from jumping out of the tall weeds and robbing noblemen.

The elitist nobles at the NYT should be careful about abolishing lawns.


84 posted on 08/14/2019 8:04:15 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: sergeantdave

I think Versailles set the standard for lawns and the wealthy in France and England wanted to mimic on their estate.


85 posted on 08/14/2019 8:08:36 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: morphing libertarian

or are they all called gardens.


86 posted on 08/14/2019 8:09:04 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Democrat/Left's "Utopia":

No green lawns
No air conditioning
No SUVs
No self-defense
No freedom of religion
No liberty without government permission

87 posted on 08/14/2019 8:13:59 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Botti says lawns are part of the “colonizing of America,” which transformed the landscape from “pristine wilderness” to “identical rows of manicured nature.”

This is old style 'commie talk'... the basis for "Little Boxes" by Pete Seeger ... 60's glorification of communism.

88 posted on 08/14/2019 8:19:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (While the Medical Examiner was on lunch break, Epstein cremated himself. Freeper reddawg)
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To: Boomer

The black ink they use at the NYT is racess.

89 posted on 08/14/2019 8:24:54 AM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: smvoice
But of course... If you say that nothing is racist, that proves you're a racist. If you say that everything is racist, you're a woke liberal who exemplifies social justice.

-PJ

90 posted on 08/14/2019 8:46:16 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
****😳****!!! I think you just blew my mind
91 posted on 08/14/2019 8:59:36 AM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'm. AN ANTI DEMITE)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Clunkers on blocks in the front yard be woke I guess then.


92 posted on 08/14/2019 9:03:12 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: lonevoice

Thhis is so funny! I wonder what the Times would say about our green yards that are filled with native plants and trees, wildlife and bird song? I mean, we have a fairly naturalscape that looks kind of random and unkept. We are also a dsignated backyard wildlife sanctuary.


93 posted on 08/15/2019 7:30:30 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: Pride in the USA

Got rid of front and back yard lawns, (small suburban plot). Put in flower beds. Much nicer and I don’t have to mow in the summer, yay !


94 posted on 08/15/2019 7:37:03 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Pride in the USA

I’m sure the Times would say you’re obviously a racist if you have a backyard. The oppressed people can’t afford to have a backyard, and you should give them yours.


95 posted on 08/15/2019 1:35:47 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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