Download or read book A Different Shade of Gray written by Katherine S. Newman and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining details about specific people with analysis of the trends that have shaped their lives, this book exposes the aging urban underclass. It focuses on the lives of the elderly African Americans and Latinos in pockets of New York City, where wages are low, and crime is often high.