In Spanish Harlem or "el barrio" Bourgois studies the environment and the way Puerto Rican get involved in drug dealing. According to Bourgois all residents living in "el barrio" don't have a proficient education; therefore, they get low paying jobs where they are discriminated for being illiterate. For example "primo" a resident for Harlem had a legal job; however, his boss kept on calling him illiterate and he had no clue what the word meant, so when he finally learned the definition of the word he left the job and started dealing with drugs. Primo tells Bourgois that the person he sells drugs for cant make fun of him because he is illiterate too, so he feels comfortable around his kind.
I am happy the state of NYC is coming up with better laws to protect employers, imagine how many people would stop getting general harassed and his law could even prevent people to sell drugs
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