Random Thoughts XII - This Thread Delivers
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CycloneErik
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"The white man came, then they brought us along because white people find working hard. That was a bad day for us."
The crazy thing is; at this point I'd be willing to consider it.
I think son will hopefully be done in December, so started looking. Not sure I would send him one for a job there but he does have friends who used to live there. Probably better for dudes. At least son in science field can just post doc in current lab until he finds something, I don’t think he wants to teach but hoping I might steer him that way with right job.
Someone tweeted a picture of jerseys they weren't supposed to. It has since been deleted but too late. The bloodbath was in full force by then.
Same to you. I knew it was someone else's birthday too. Couldn't remember who it was though.
So was this because plague, or because slavery, or both? (Or none of the above?) I have to admit, I skipped over a bit of Caribbean history. I know Columbus in 1492, and I know Bermuda Triangle. Everything else is kind of, well, blank, for me.
PhD in Physics, so he has a lot of corporate options probably making weapons of mass destruction, hopefully jimlad?
Admittedly I've learned all my historical knowledge from Animaniacs, so maybe erik can field this. I was presuming slavery.
CycloneErik
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Slavery for Caribs and (then) Africans alike.
Euros discovered that they could grow sugar and liked it, but the work was hard, so that's bad.
They enslaved natives, but ran into sustainability concerns as the natives would die quickly from the abuse. Then they brainstormed and said, "Africans are hearty subhuman creatures who can handle the physical toll" and started shipping over slaves from Africa.
And really because sugar tastes good.
A good book that goes into it is Sydney Mintz's "Sweetness and Power." Good, short summary that's really readable.
Saw an adjunct in religious studies with the Jesuits, not sure if that works?
I'll have to read this. Admittedly most of my interest in history is around military history, but this is good stuff. Especially with my newfound hatred of sugar in general (damn, but it is hard to lose weight when you're hooked on it!!), some disgust from reading about how we setup the sugar-industrial complex might give me some more ammunition in my fight against consuming sugar.
Caribbean history...I think I would need to do a lot of on sight research with that.
CycloneErik
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I'm gonna try for the religious studies lecturer thing at ISU.
I'm actively not looking ad adjunct things where I would have to travel. We'd have to give up benefits for revkah and Z, make almost nothing, and we'd probably still have an apartment lease here.
So I avoid the adjunct listings. Especially with our latest developments, I can't really take a spot without benefits. I have too many lingering health concerns now to do that (even though that's the deal in 3 weeks, anyway).
CycloneErik
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The lifespan for a "lucky" slave on a sugar plantation peaked out at 2-3 years, and that was far from common.
If you read some about the processes involved, and things like the treadmills, the brutality just never ended.
CycloneErik
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Just saw an opening in British Columbia. Thought "OH YEAH!!"
Canadian Environmental History. I can do one of the three words, two if Wolverine counts.
Canadian Environmental History. I can do one of the three words, two if Wolverine counts.
On another twist in this line of thought it really floored me to see the sugar cane industry dying in Hawai'i. You'd think that an island archipelago that has to pay $4+ for a gallon of imported gas could think of an expanded use for an established crop like that.
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