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The welcome and non-welcome mat (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Noted: The large influx of Latinos to metro New Orleans after Katrina produced diverse reactions ranging from gratitude for their much-needed labor to resentment among workers who perceived the newcomers as opportunistic competition. University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Elizabeth Fusel, a former faculty member at Tulane University, has researched our region?s changing face and compiled her studies.