"I'M VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT SANITATION WORKERS THAT SEEM TO PUT THEM ALL INTO A BOX WHERE ONE MAKES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE THEY ARE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THEM AS INDIVIDUALS. ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT SANITATION WORKERS: THEY KNOW THE CITY:    FOOT BY FOOT! INSIDE OUT!"

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

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