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The Coronavirus Economy Hurts LA Latinos The Most


“In Washington, the idea is you’re poor because you don’t work. That’s not the issue with Latinos,” David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, said. “Latinos work. But they’re poor. The problem is, we don’t pay them,” he said.

“In Washington, the idea is you’re poor because you don’t work. That’s not the issue with Latinos,” David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, said. “Latinos work. But they’re poor. The problem is, we don’t pay them,” he said.