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In August 2005, thousands of New Orleans residents-overwhelmingly poor, largely people of color, the majority black-were left to face one of the worst natural disasters in US history on their own. They were left to die in prisons, in nursing homes, and on the street. Survivors were criminalized as looters for struggling to obtain food, water, diapers, medicine, and other essentials of life that no one else could or would provide. As Katrina's waters receded and the body count soared, an ugly truth (re)surfaced: The lives of those who are poor, who are vulnerable, and who are not white are not valued by the US government. While commentators across the political spectrum, celebrities, and other observers expressed outrage that the US government would let this happen to Americans-even those Americans-millions outside of New Orleans live without adequate health insurance; clean air and water; decent education, housing, nutrition, health care, and work; and freedom from police brutality and state repression. And thousands are deported, displaced, and dying in prisons and illegal wars from coast to coast, gulf to gulf. Short and accessible, this anthology, featuring such voices as Vandana Shiva, Glen Ford, Jordan Flaherty, and Robert Bullard, takes readers beyond the Superdome. It explores the complexity of this turning point in US history as representative of the nation's direction and priorities.… (meer)
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A lot of captivating essays about the hurricane and its aftermath. It still amazes me how terribly the crisis was handled by the government, and at least there are wonderful citizen activists such as the ones in this book who care enough to agitate for change. ( )
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In August 2005, thousands of New Orleans and other US Gulf region residents -- overwhelmingly poor, overwhelmingly people of color, the majority black -- were left on their own to face one of the worst "natural" disasters in US history.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
In August 2005, thousands of New Orleans residents-overwhelmingly poor, largely people of color, the majority black-were left to face one of the worst natural disasters in US history on their own. They were left to die in prisons, in nursing homes, and on the street. Survivors were criminalized as looters for struggling to obtain food, water, diapers, medicine, and other essentials of life that no one else could or would provide. As Katrina's waters receded and the body count soared, an ugly truth (re)surfaced: The lives of those who are poor, who are vulnerable, and who are not white are not valued by the US government. While commentators across the political spectrum, celebrities, and other observers expressed outrage that the US government would let this happen to Americans-even those Americans-millions outside of New Orleans live without adequate health insurance; clean air and water; decent education, housing, nutrition, health care, and work; and freedom from police brutality and state repression. And thousands are deported, displaced, and dying in prisons and illegal wars from coast to coast, gulf to gulf. Short and accessible, this anthology, featuring such voices as Vandana Shiva, Glen Ford, Jordan Flaherty, and Robert Bullard, takes readers beyond the Superdome. It explores the complexity of this turning point in US history as representative of the nation's direction and priorities.
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