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When the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black
people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became
apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it
came to government assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for
Protection, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright place the
government response to natural and human-induced disasters in
historical context over the past eight decades. They compare and
contrast how the government responded to emergencies, including
environmental and public health emergencies, toxic contamination,
industrial accidents, bioterrorism threats and show that African
Americans are disproportionately affected. Bullard and Wright argue
that uncovering and eliminating disparate disaster response can
mean the difference between life and death for those most
vulnerable in disastrous times.
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hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole
country that race did indeed matter when it came to government
assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for Protection, Robert D.
Bullard and Beverly Wright place the government response to natural
and human-induced disasters in historical context over the past
eight decades. They compare and contrast how the government
responded to emergencies, including environmental and public health
emergencies, toxic contamination, industrial accidents,
bioterrorism threats and show that African Americans are
disproportionately affected. Bullard and Wright argue that
uncovering and eliminating disparate disaster response can mean the
difference between life and death for those most vulnerable in
disastrous times.
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