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Monday, May 01, 2006

Drifting in on Katrina's wind, laborers alter the streetscape

Drifting in on Katrina's wind, laborers alter the streetscape
Source: LA Times
In other cities, day-labor corners are exclusively Latino. But Lee Circle is an uneasy mix of brown, black and white — like the city itself these days. Before Katrina, "everything was just right," said Israel Douglas, a black day-worker standing at an Exxon station on the circle. "Now the situation is chaotic."

 



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