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In reply to the discussion: All hands on deck. A call for national service. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to ELEVATE and EQUALIZE. Very easily and should be.
Although conservative opposition was ferocious, many New Deal jobs were filled with POC and other minorities who were trained with skills for jobs they'd never been allowed to hold before and some of whom were even put in positions of authority over whites for the first time ever.
Which way it would go really depends entirely on which party administered it: the Democratic Party, with our commitment to equality of all men, or the Republican Party, which in this era has become a white nationalist party committed to erasing equality.
I'm not supporting any idea of national service in this era. It's too likely the fascistic-trending Republican Party could continue control of government and turn these corps into brown shirts. But generally speaking, I think refusing to include hammers and screw drivers in a tool box because they could be used to hurt someone is not a winning move.