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minus-squareshoulderoforion@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up36·1 month agotwo things that strike me about this photo, the lack of any people of color, and the fact there were fleets of housewives home, just hanging out
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoAnd those surprisingly well dressed kids cleaning some of the steps. Must have been a hired service?
minus-squareshoulderoforion@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 month agoneighborhood kids, picking up a little extra cash, along with what they made from their newspaper routes, easily paid for 4 years of university education (with room and board and books)
minus-squarePregnenolone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoOf course there are no people of colour, it’s a black and white photo
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agothe lack of poc is by design. actually this photo could be right after a black person was seen walking down the street.
two things that strike me about this photo, the lack of any people of color, and the fact there were fleets of housewives home, just hanging out
And those surprisingly well dressed kids cleaning some of the steps. Must have been a hired service?
neighborhood kids, picking up a little extra cash, along with what they made from their newspaper routes, easily paid for 4 years of university education (with room and board and books)
Of course there are no people of colour, it’s a black and white photo
the lack of poc is by design. actually this photo could be right after a black person was seen walking down the street.