Why stop at African-Americans? Arguably, it's happening to all of us, regardless of colour. Look at the tax systems, worldwide, in priniciple we are forced to work to pay for - you name it, reprehensible foreign policy, whatever. Consider also what happens when we run out of oil. If we ever do. No oil, no machines, no generators. Maybe eventually some solar. Most agricultural functions are automated. Without that we go back to human labour.