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Apparently some people go into abandoned US mines to find and sell old jeans. I get that jeans are hardy workwear but WHY? Why did miners take off their pants INSIDE the mine? Did they leave the mines in their underwear?

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During Segregation, black people faced punishment for trying to use whites only spaces, but could a white person get in trouble for using a blacks only space?

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Apparently some people go into abandoned US mines to find and sell old jeans. I get that jeans are hardy workwear but WHY? Why did miners take off their pants INSIDE the mine? Did they leave the mines in their underwear?	2248
During Segregation, black people faced punishment for trying to use whites only spaces, but could a white person get in trouble for using a blacks only space?	101