From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.
i’m sorry but calling 2021 “the year of radical self-care” when millions have been forced to (over)work-to-survive in the middle of a goddamn global pandemic, is actually batshit insane i feel like i’m losing my mind 😵💫