So I have taken on the responsibility of caring for my 88 year old uncle who lives alone. His home is paid for, but in need of 30 years of repair. He gets a pension and SS so he has money coming in, but the problem has been actually finding black men to do the work! Now I was raised by a strong man who owned several homes and "worked with his hands", back in the day when you had to! He taught all of his children some skills in that area. For example, He made me learn how to change all four tires on my car before I drove off to college and we all had to help him at his rental properties! This makes it difficult for me to understand the lack of skilled black laborers today. Everyone seems to be able to work in a factory and put a leg on a table, but can't MAKE the leg or build the top if their life depended on it! I actually had to convince a brother who worked for a yt contractor to go and get his license and I would have plenty of work for him. Well he did, hired a Mexican crew to put the roof on and I haven't heard from him since! smh Heard he got locked up on an outstanding warrant...
Anyway....long story short, I asked my daughters boyfriend, who works in the warehouse industry, if he knew any one who did "man's work" and he looked at me crazy! LOL, after I explained, you know work with their hands, build, fix, create THINGS that require analytical and physical prowess, he knew NOONE, However, if I ever need a telemarketer, lawn care worker, or rapper, he got me....OMG! Is this what it has come to? Reminds me of something I heard recently where some celebrity twitted how he was tired of seeing all of these soft *** men posing all over social media and suggested they " GO BUILD A HOUSE!"