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3 pages in length. Along with the tragedy inherent to Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, an entirely unique – and distressing – reality has emerged from the ruins: Racial divide. Clearly evident with every newscast or article photo of both the pre- and post-hurricane evacuation efforts was the fact that virtually every person caught within the storm's fury was of African-American descent, a fact that has been thrown back into President Bush's face by homeless Louisianans and powerful national figures alike as being the obvious reason for such a tremendous breakdown in rescue efforts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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article photo of both the pre- and post-hurricane evacuation efforts was the fact that virtually every person caught within the storms fury was of African-American descent, a fact that has
been thrown back into President Bushs face by homeless Louisianans and powerful national figures alike as being the obvious reason for such a tremendous breakdown in rescue efforts. Because Katrinas
victims are "overwhelmingly poor and black" (Lowry, 2005), it was not long before this reality began to "elicit charges of a kind of racism" (Lowry, 2005). What resides at
the crux of this harsh reality, however, is not so much an instance of racism as it is a picture of economic inequity. Lowry (2005) points out how the
vast majority of New Orleans residents have long been black and poor, not because of any blatant attempt to ostracize them from mainstream society but because of their own undoing.
"The root of it, more than anything else, is the breakdown of the family. Roughly 60 percent of births in New Orleans are out of wedlock. If
people are stripped of the most basic social support - the two-parent family - they will be more vulnerable in countless ways, especially, one assumes, in moments of crisis like
that that has befallen New Orleans" (Lowry, 2005). Jason DeParle sees things quite another way, choosing instead to argue how race played a factor in the governments response -
or lack thereof - to the tragedy. DeParles (2005) article in the New York Times illustrated the fury festering inside many critics of President Bushs lackadaisical emergency response -
both prior to and in the aftermath of Katrina. Citing how "it was mostly black people who were left behind...poor black people, growing more hungry, sick and frightened by
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