GRITtv: Bhairavi Desai: Trickle Down Racism

Obama has passed ground breaking stimulus bills and health care reform in the past year and a half, but what is the perception of these compared to the reality? Executive Director of the Taxi Workers Alliance Bhairavi Desai joins us in studio to tell us how the economic atmosphere is for one of the most insecure fields in the private sector, the taxi business. Along with job insecurity, many taxi drivers are immigrants who face dangers ranging from their job duties to racism and hate crimes. In most instances, it is not wealth, but rather bigotry and ignorance that trickle from the top down. Distributed by Tubemogul.