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In the research done by Mitchell Duneier, his main question was: What was life was like from the perspective of a street vendor who worked on the sidewalks of 6th ave? He questioned how different vendors made their living noting their different backgrounds and what brought them to the sidewalk in the first place. His research showed that race did play a big role in the amount of street vendors. The author quoted “when I stood at Hakim’s table, I felt that, as a white male, I stood out” (Duneier, 28). Hakim had described the books me sold as “black books” which apparently , according to Hakim, “teach you about yourself and how white people look at you. It teaches you stuff that white people don’t teach you” (Duneier, 31). Another social issue

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