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seraphicx Donating Member (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:18 PM
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Florida's 'Modern Day Slavery'
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 02:19 PM by seraphicx
 
Run time: 04:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgpP4o30X2k
 
Posted on YouTube: April 04, 2010
By YouTube Member: seraphicx
Views on YouTube: 5875
 
Posted on DU: April 07, 2010
By DU Member: seraphicx
Views on DU: 510
 
This is an intensely cinematic piece about the plight of the minority Haitian community living in South Florida. Employers discriminate based on someone's arbitrary "legal" status and then pay them dirt wages. Step into the life of a quiet agricultural community just south of the city of Miami.

Vote for this piece for the Pulitzer Center's Project:Report contest by visiting:

http://www.youtube.com/projectreport?x=1
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:32 PM
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1. K&R.
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seraphicx Donating Member (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 05:00 PM
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2. this is a big problem in miami-dade
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