Coming To America

The third in a series of four articles that tell the stories of how immigrants are changing the face of the Old South.

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December 16, 2002, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"When Adama came to Atlanta, part of the past decade's wave of immigration to the South, he was swept into a narrative he was unprepared for. He stepped off the Greyhound with just one suitcase but with two centuries of baggage.He didn't realize that his job emptying garbage cans was full of symbolism. It wouldn't occur to him to be angry. He has no antenna for racial slights."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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