Louisville resident Patrick Litanga was a case manager for Kentucky Refugee Ministries in 2015, and he was tasked with helping his clients resettle in the United States and find employment.
“I had the gentleman sitting in front of me…maybe in his mid-40s,” Litanga said. “One of my first questions for them was, ‘OK, tell me about your work history,’ because we’re trying to figure out how they can work. And then the gentleman tells me, ‘I am a gold digger.’”
The man had worked in gold mines since he was 12 years old, Litanga said. He said the story reminded him of the gold mines in Kilo-Moto, a northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Litanga is from…