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LiberalElite

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Sun May 3, 2015, 11:39 AM May 2015

‘I, Too, Am America’ Shares Snapshots From Workers Living on the Edge

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/arts/design/i-too-am-america-shares-snapshots-from-workers-living-on-the-edge.html?ref=design&_r=0

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“You are not dressed if you don’t have your smile on” commands the sign in a Popeyes fried chicken restaurant in Kansas City, Mo. In front of it, a man in an apron, half-smiling, stands over the fryer with a basket of chicken in his tattooed hand.

A co-worker captured this everyday moment in a cellphone snapshot, documenting the daily life of low-wage workers. Now it’s framed and showcased in a gallery in Kansas City, for a politically and socially-charged photo exhibition.
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‘I, Too, Am America’ Shares Snapshots From Workers Living on the Edge (Original Post) LiberalElite May 2015 OP
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