Harvest of Shame 1960

President #LyndonBJohnson launched his #waronpoverty 🤦🏾‍♂️ But just a few years before that, #CBS gave millions of (foreign-descended) 🇺🇸Americans (😒 #patriots) a “closer L👀K” at #poverty (thank goodness for that..🙄)
In the world of #journalism, CBS' #PeabodyAward-winning documentary #HarvestOfShame 🤔 is considered a milestone 🤔 for its unflinching 🤔 examination of the “plight of migrant #farm(ers)workers” (who had their #AncestralHomelands and heritage destroyed) in the #UnitedStates 🧐 The producers made no secret of their goal:
They wanted to shock Americans into action 👻 To maximize its impact 🙊 CBS aired the documentary about the people who pick #fruits and #vegetables 🙈 the day after #Thanksgiving 👀Murrow, perhaps the most recognized journalist of the day, delivered their message with a sense of urgency 🤯
“We present this report on Thanksgiving because, were it not for the #labor 🤔 of the people you are going to meet, you might not starve, but your table would not be laden with the luxuries that we have all come to regard as essentials," (oh no he did N🤬T) he said in his narration 🤯🪓🤬 #HistoREAL 🙅🏾‍♂️⚔️ #InREALTime #MissMeWitDaPapalBull🐃💩 #WECOMINGFOROURCHECK (re)IMAGINE: saying…#westindianlivesmatter or do ya like #blacklivesmatter 🌚 #fairuse

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This was filmed the year of my birth and things have changed since then.
They've gotten worse.