At the bottom of the dishwasher’s deficient paycheck is the signature of a born-rich white man.

THE OTHER CONNECTICUT BY EZRA KAPROV 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 85

What comes to mind when you think of Connecticut? The highest per-capita income in the United States?

Or do you think of a 35-year-old Ghanaian dietary aide on a work visa. At her nursing home job in Stamford she picks up as much overtime as she can, an impossible amount. She saves all ye…