Its also about attitude.
Back in my day,there were plenty of white middle class students working at resorts and casinos doing manual labor.Landscaping was a plum job back in those days.
Yet sometime ago it seemed that Megan,Shane and Josh weren’t applying for those jobs anymore.They were too busy trying to hook up law firm internships or “summering”in Europe or backpacking across Asia.It was almost as if they were saying,”We are WHITE.WE don’t do THOSE dirty jobs.Let the Mexicans and Negroes do them”
Well,the “Negroes”said they did those jobs for free for 300 years so that left the Mexicans.
And thats where we are right now.
Sure. Times are different now--boomers didn't have enough kids so our cheap labor is imported rather than home-grown.
Furthermore, because the richest generation had less kids, they could spend on their education and send them to Europe while divorced boomer mommy and daddy enjoyed cheap landscaping and other services....