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Bhairavi Desai and yellow-cab drivers, 1998

Bhairavi Desa wearing a sari poses in front of a group of taxi drivers parked on a city street.

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Co-founders of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, with Indian American Bhairavi Desai (center) and Pakistani American Javaid Tariq (third from left), in a photo from The New Yorker, captured in 1998.

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03.04.05

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Camarillo, Martha

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Bhairavi Desai and yellow-cab drivers, 1998

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1998

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New York City, New York, United States

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https://iehs.org/khan-south-asian-cab-drivers/

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Creator

Martha Camarillo

Publisher

The New Yorker

Date

1998

Location

New York City, New York, United States

Module

We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration, Module 4

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Image

Format

Photograph

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jpg

URL

https://iehs.org/khan-south-asian-cab-drivers/

Source

The New Yorker

Licensor

Martha Camarillo

MUMI Number

03.04.IMG.042

Creator

Martha Camarillo

Publisher

The New Yorker

Date

1998

Location

New York City, New York, United States

Module

We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration, Module 4

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

URL

https://iehs.org/khan-south-asian-cab-drivers/

Source

The New Yorker

Licensor

Martha Camarillo

MUMI Number

03.04.IMG.042

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