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“Greetings, You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 12PM SHARP with your belongings,” reads one text message received by a resident in Washington, D.C ...
Picking cotton was often a subject which was mentioned in songs by African-American blues and jazz musicians in the 1920s–1940s, reflecting their grievances. In 1940, jazz pianist Duke Ellington composed "Cotton Tail" and blues musician Lead Belly wrote "Cotton Fields". In 1951, Big Mama Thornton wrote "Cotton Picking Blues."
Racist origin. A reasonable guess is that it originally referred to slaves... 惑乱 分からん 12:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC) There were also poor white tenant farmers and sharecroppers who picked cotton. Also, I am most familiar with the expression "cotton-picking hands". As in "Keep your cotton-picking hands away from me!"
The origin of the texts is unknown, with some of them apparently being routed through Poland using anonymizing software. [8] By November 15, twenty-six states and Washington D.C reporting the messages including Alabama, California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
Michael and Tanya, 46, who perform as country duo The War and Treaty, did not reveal who left the cotton plant — a symbol of slavery since many Black people were forced to work in cotton fields ...
The cotton industry played a significant role in the development of the American economy, with the production of cotton being the major source of income for slave owners in the southern United States prior to the Civil War, while the transport of said cotton to English and French mills and beyond became a mainstay of Northern shipping.
GM cotton acreage in India grew at a rapid rate, increasing from 50,000 hectares in 2002 to 10.6 million hectares in 2011. The total cotton area in India was 12.1 million hectares in 2011, so GM cotton was grown on 88% of the cotton area. This made India the country with the largest area of GM cotton in the world. [75]
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