Southerners don't see the slavery implication, since cotton lifted white as well as black sharecroppers out of the depression. In the South cotton is usually seen as a sign of prosperity & industry. Northern sensibilities seem to see slavery in any agricultural reference.
I'd like to ask each of them if they had any reservations at all about posing in a cotton field for the Department of Corrections.https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/948067339781771264 …
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Making more of it than it is?
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Whenever I see cotton plants, it's such an emotional response. My mom and her sibs had to pick hundreds of lbs a day as kids to survive.
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Although having said that, I do also agree it's a weird choice. ...
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This is your second post in as many days that show that your fame is going to your head. Take a deep breath and get back to doing what you do best.
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Are we sure the cotton field isn’t right outside their offices? There’s almost certainly an innocent explanation for this one.
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