這張照片來自 msn.com 的新舊社會對比回憶的圖片展。描述了三十年代米帝南方阿拉巴馬州貧下中農的艱難困苦及嚴峻的貧富差距。後來眾所周知的羅師傅新政,為縮小米帝社會的貧富差距,鋪平了道路指明了方向。
而今,貧富差距再度在米帝迅疾加劇。
曆史的教訓,我們誰都不能忘記啊。。。(南征北戰之中的蔣匪李軍長名言)。
所附文字大意為:自廢除蓄奴製之後,土地擁有者(地主)就將土地租賃給那些沒有土地和農具的貧困農民(佃農)使用,種植農作物並規定將收成的大部分,交給地主。後來,就有了佃農協會(農會),將貧困的農民組織了起來。
This farm employed a system of agriculture called sharecropping where tenants were allowed to use land to grow crops if they relinquish a large portion of their yield to the landowners. Sharecropping was largely a reaction to the end of slavery and mostly used by poorer farmers who did not own their own farming equipment. In the early 1930s — not long before the above photo was taken — the first sharecropper’s labor union was formed in Alabama.
沒有土地的黑人佃農的居住地:
1938 年,紐約 東 12 大街沒有工作的工人們在街上預祝聖誕: