The most stunning indictment of the media’s portrayal of black America came when someone pointed out the bias in reporting during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Associated Press published two photos. One showed a group of white people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d taken from a store. The other photo showed a group of black people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d from a store. The white people were described as “finding food”. The
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chose to stay when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. During his canoe trip journey after Katrina‚ Zeitoun encountered many people who were trapped in their homes and in need of his help. Risking his life to save others‚ Zeitoun was falsely accused of stealing and dealing drugs because of his race. In Zeitoun‚ Dave Eggers portrays the view that America has towards Muslim people and how people are treated unjustly simply because of how they look. A few days after Katrina hit‚ the levees broke
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August 01‚ 2013 Victoria Stewart Reminders of Poverty‚ Soon Forgotten The story starts out about what happen with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans‚ how it showed that there was still so much poverty in Unites States. It discusses about how so many people had forgotten about this growing issue because so many people were turning a blind eye to the issue. The news footage really
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this paper we discuss how the government squanders too much money in military and foreign aid endeavors and doesn’t focus on its own problems here in the United States. We first look at how effective the government was to responding to Katrina. Then we compare Katrina to Haiti and the Iraq Reconstruction to show that our government needs to put its natural disaster needs first and not another countries. Next we discuss the military squandering’s in the wars with both Afghanistan and Iraq. I point out
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For some reason the government thinks that this is not a big problem and have tried to push it off in many occasions. I know from experience that we are not prepared for these disasters and the aftermath they create. In my case I’ve experienced a hurricane that consumed my life and it seems to me the government still has not got it together with the needs of the people and the response time needed to avoid the damage being done during and after the catastrophe. I want to share my experience to show
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http://business.time.com/2012/10/31/hurricane-sandy-estimated-to-cost-60-billion/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/science/earth/as-coasts-rebuild-and-us-pays-again-critics-stop-to-ask-why.html?smid=pl-share http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/11/02/the-economic-impact-of-hurricane-sandy Natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes damage or destroy productive physical assets like factories‚ stores‚ housing‚ and public infrastructure (the capital stock); they interrupt
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Is Walmart good for America? As the largest retailer in history‚ it’s no surprise that Walmart is the target of both vicious attacks and effusive praise. According to its own website‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. operates more than 8‚000 stores‚ employs more than 2.1 million people‚ and sells more than $400 billion worth of goods in every year. Though this bulk intimidates those who fear for the viability of “mom and pop” retailers‚ Walmart’s great strength is that it devotes its considerable power to
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Autonomous Spending Multiplier The destruction created by Katrina gave rise to a wave of spending to rebuild homes and businesses. In this presentation‚ you will learn that any wave of spending creates a "snow ball" effect via additional changes in consumption that are induced by increases in income. Assume that the economy starts at equilibrium‚ and consumers and firms spend an extra 100 in construction materials and equipment to rebuild after the hurricane. The manufacturers of construction materials and
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family with three kids‚ another on the way and their dog living with the clothes on their backs‚ nowhere to go‚ and no money for a new hotel‚ let alone a new house. This is similar to what happened to thousands of families in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina obliterated many neighborhoods‚ leaving families stranded on roofs and in the streets with no help from the government and their insurance companies. The article “Drop in the Bucket” was written by Karrie Jacobs for the public of America to
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This case summarizes events preceding the Hurricane Katrina‚ which was one of the worst natural catastrophes in the modern history of the USA. It raises questions about the lack of reasonable prevention and preparation actions due to flimsy structure and management of the responsible organizations and persons‚ invalidity and inconsistence of their actions and incapability of making the decisions in a timely manner. As a result of the unstructured and incoherent activities‚ we could observe several
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