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Collected Item: “The Essential Worker”

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The Essential Worker

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Meme

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Essential workers were publically praised but still got the short end of the stick.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

essential workers, pandemic, grocery store worker, cashier, delivery drivers, safety, raise, money, higher pay, unemployment, stimulus

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

social media

Give this story a date.

2020
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