This is 99% Invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

Greeley, Colorado is a mid-sized city out in the eastern plains of the state.

The landscape is simple and flat.

Cow pastures stretch as far as the eye can see, and most days, the breeze smells of manure. Grilly is a meat packing town.

The world's largest meat processor, JBS, has its U.S. headquarters there. And many people in the town

work for the company. When most Americans imagine a place like Greeley, they think of cowboys,

farmers, political conservatives, and mostly white people.

That's reporter Esther Honig.

That was my assumption about Greeley, at least until I worked there as an agricultural reporter.

That's when I realized the city is actually incredibly diverse.

Test, test.

There we go.

A few years ago, I went to interview a man we'll call Muhammad.

Hello.

He lived in a small, single-story house in a quiet neighborhood on the northeast side of town.

How old are you?

That is cheers.

Okay.

Muhammad spoke Rohingya in only a little English,

so we used a translator to communicate.

At an old for Mikea dinner table,

Muhammad served me coffee.

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