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Minorities more likely to be in poverty
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Pilgrim’s employees cross Industrial Boulevard during afternoon shift change at the Gainesville chicken processing plant. - photo by Scott Rogers
During a late afternoon shift change at Pilgrim’s Pride in Gainesville, scores of poultry processing plant workers pass each other like commuters during rush hour at New York’s Grand Central Station. The workers are white, black, Latino and Asian. Some are newcomers to this country from Latin America, Asia and even Africa. It is clear by just exchanging words with them that some speak little or no English at all.