This book examines the state of race relations in America 10 years
after one of the worst natural disasters in American history,
Hurricane Katrina, and looks at the socioeconomic consequences of
decades of public and private practices brought to light by the
storm in cities throughout the Gulf Coast as well as in America
more broadly. More than a decade ago, Hurricane Katrina served to
expose a well-engineered system of oppression, one which continues
to privilege some groups and disadvantage others. In the wake of
the natural disaster that hit New Orleans, it became clear that
institutions such as residential segregation, mass incarceration
and unemployment, police brutality, political disenfranchisement,
racial profiling, gentrification, community occupation,
discrimination, and a prison-to-school pipeline are expressly
intended to work against people of color and individuals from
economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Unfortunately, very little
has improved in the lives of people living in majority-minority
communities since Katrina. After the Storm uses Hurricane Katrina
and the aftermath of the natural disaster as a point of departure
for understanding enduring racial divides in asset ownership,
academic achievement, educational attainment, and mass
incarceration in New Orleans and beyond. The book explores the many
specific aspects of the widespread problem and considers how to
move toward achieving a state where all can thrive. Readers will
better appreciate the key roles of race, inequality, education,
occupation, and militarization in understanding the failures in the
responses to this disaster and grasp how institutionalized inequity
continues to plague our nation. Provides a fascinating exploration
of how Hurricane Katrina revealed the continued role of race in
America and the inescapable social, economic, and political divide
within the United States Tackles the tough challenges facing the
nation, especially for people of color and individuals from
economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and identifies the changes
needed to allow members of these groups to thrive Presents
information relevant to readers interested in or studying African
American studies, community studies, criminal justice, demography,
disaster studies, education, ethnic studies, political science,
public management, sociology, or urban studies or planning
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