The New American Servitude BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists Erin Phelps

Erin Phelps

seeing things the way a child sees them: as they really are

and there is little hint that this good fortune might soon unravel

rapid urbanization

making it difficult for them to achieve social and economic mobility

The New American Servitude BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists Erin PhelpsFinalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist Anthropology Examines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States Care for Americas growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants, and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow. Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry, new African immigrants have adopted elder care as a niche