How May I Help You?: An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage - Softcover

Singh, Deepak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520293312 ISBN 13: 9780520293311

Verlag: University of California Press, 2017

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"An interesting look at a puzzling society-ours-from the point of view of a sympathetic but not uncritical outsider." Kirkus Reviews "With careful candor and clarity, [Deepak Singh] shows the challenges facing new immigrants and the effort it takes to surmount them." Booklist "With careful candor and clarity, [Deepak Singh] shows the challenges facing new immigrants and the effort it takes to surmount them." Booklist

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In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA from India, Singh can get only a minimum-wage job in an electronics store. Every day he confronts unfamiliar American mores, from strange idioms to deeply entrenched racism. Telling stories through the unique lens of an initially credulous outsider who is "fresh off the plane," Singh learns about the struggles of his colleagues: Ron, a middle-aged African-American man trying to keep his life intact despite health concerns; Jackie, a young African-American woman diligently attending school after work; and Cindy, whose matter-of-fact attitude helps Deepak adapt to his job and his new life. How May I Help You? is an incisive take on life in the United States and a reminder that the stories of low-wage employees can bring candor and humanity to debates about work, race, and immigration.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0520293312
• ISBN 13: 9780520293311
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 282