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Who’s your Uber driver on the phone to? Welcome to the long, long diaspora phone call

For those employed in arduous solitary work such as cab driving, a marathon phone call is the perfect place to navigate the dislocations of immigrant life Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox?

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