New York Times: Lawns Are Symbols of Racism and Bad for Global Warming

[volsrock]

While most Americans are spending time this summer enjoying the sun in the comfort of their houses’ yards, the New York Times is out with a new exposé on how lawn care is problematic, once viewed through the lens of social justice. Lawns are contributing to pollution and climate change, asserts narrator David Botti, and their origins are far from woke, in a seven-minute video on the history of American lawns.

Botti says lawns are part of the “colonizing of America,” which transformed the landscape from “pristine wilderness” to “identical rows of manicured nature.”

“These lawns come on the backs of slaves,” he continues, zooming in on a painting of George Washington in a field to highlight men cutting the grass with scythes. “It’s grueling, endless work.”

“By the 1870s we also see American culture slowly start to embrace lawns for the privileged masses,” he states.

The video explains that the perfect lawn is associated with being a model citizen, how the first sprinkler was invented in 1871, and about the advent of “so-called trade cards” that “advertised the hell out of lawn and garden products.”

The Times also refers to the work of historian Ted Steinberg, who calls lawns the “outdoor expression of ’50s conformism.”

To drive home the point, he inserts vintage footage of two women being interviewed in their yards talking about how they moved to their communities to live exclusively near other white people. Neither of them says anything about desiring, having, or maintaining a lawn.


https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/...lobal-warming/

Only white people value neatness, cleanliness and order apparently.

Lawns...dental floss...you name it,it's racist.
And bad for the environment. These people are nuts

[volsrock]

Swimming pools are even more racist. They make dark people even darker

[anonymoose]

Only white people value neatness, cleanliness and order apparently.

And all blacks eat unhealthy diets according to the left, which is why me advocating a healthy diet is rayciss. Same logic.
To boot, they are completely unapologetic about it.

[Bobb]

Swimming pools are even more racist. They make dark people even darker

Isn't the real problem with swimming pools they make white people darker?

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While most Americans are spending time this summer enjoying the sun in the comfort of their houses’ yards, the New York Times is out with a new exposé on how lawn care is problematic, once viewed through the lens of social justice. Lawns are contributing to pollution and climate change, asserts narrator David Botti, and their origins are far from woke, in a seven-minute video on the history of American lawns.

Botti says lawns are part of the “colonizing of America,” which transformed the landscape from “pristine wilderness” to “identical rows of manicured nature.”

“These lawns come on the backs of slaves,” he continues, zooming in on a painting of George Washington in a field to highlight men cutting the grass with scythes. “It’s grueling, endless work.”

“By the 1870s we also see American culture slowly start to embrace lawns for the privileged masses,” he states.

The video explains that the perfect lawn is associated with being a model citizen, how the first sprinkler was invented in 1871, and about the advent of “so-called trade cards” that “advertised the hell out of lawn and garden products.”

The Times also refers to the work of historian Ted Steinberg, who calls lawns the “outdoor expression of ’50s conformism.”

To drive home the point, he inserts vintage footage of two women being interviewed in their yards talking about how they moved to their communities to live exclusively near other white people. Neither of them says anything about desiring, having, or maintaining a lawn.


https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/...lobal-warming/

Only white people value neatness, cleanliness and order apparently.

Lawns...dental floss...you name it,it's racist.
And bad for the environment. These people are nuts

hmmmmmm.....hypocrites................I'm sure Arthur Gregg Sulzberger has a lawn at his mansion.

[reagansghost]

STFU racist scumbag

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lawn racism