Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin‚ 2008) Did Hurricane Katrina Expose Racism in America? Adolph Reed is a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and Stephen Steinberg is a professor of sociology at Queens College in New York City. Both Reed and Steinberg challenge the tendency of policy makers and other commentators to focus on African-Americans as the source of the problems faced by New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and emphasize the need to address race and
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Hurricane Katrina Have you hear about the Hurricane in New Orleans that changed a lot of people’s lives? A hurricane is a natural disaster. Hurricane is a tropical phenomenon caused by the weather changes. For example‚ Hurricane Katrina was a powerful hurricane that caused several damages in New Orleans. The effects of Hurricane Katrina were property damages‚ displaced people‚ and lost of people’s lives. One of the Hurricane Katrina effects was property damages. Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike the United States. It took place on August 23‚ 2005-August 31‚ 2005. It hit a couple of cities‚ but it hit the city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana the hardest. New Orleans was very popular for tourists before Katrina hit‚ and still is (Jervis‚ 2015). After it hit New Orleans‚ it left many people devastated; killing an estimated amount of 1‚833 people. Many of people were left homeless. There are still places in New Orleans that hasn’t
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Hurricane Katrina Response Unit 4 Assignment January 7th‚ 2013 The emergency responders that responded to Hurricane Katrina saved thousands of lives and hundreds of thousands of dollars in property. These men and women brought hope to a region devastated by one of the worst disasters in the history of the United States. However‚ the response to Hurricane Katrina was unsatisfactory by most people’s standards. This meager response greatly overshadowed the high-quality work that the emergency responders
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Why Was Hurricane Katrina So Destructive? Introduction The geographical theme I have cosen to write about is Hurricanes as this is a topic we have been studying in class and has intrested me to learn more about this natural hazard. The geographical location I will be studying is New Orleans and Florida where hurricane Katrina was most destructive. Katrina struck the state of Louisianna at 10am on the 29th of August 2005. What I have learned in Class In class I have learned how the National
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failure. To a lot of people‚ it was amazing that despite all the efforts supposedly occurring in the aftermath of September 11th‚ that a response to Hurricane Katrina was even fathomable. People were still fearful that another terrorist attack could be forthcoming any day and how the local and federal governments would respond. Hurricane Katrina made people question just how adequate their government was in responding to disasters‚ whether caused by terrorist or manmade. Americans were brought
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How I Remember Hurricane Katrina By: William Ford Thesis: How Hurricane Katrina changed my life. On Saturday August 27th 2005‚ my wife and I had a lot of things on our minds. I was home from an eight hour overtime outcall‚ at my new job with Cable One in Long Beach‚ MS. Having only been there five days and also in the middle of packing to move from Bay St. Louis‚ MS over to Long Beach‚ only a little over six miles away‚ the stress level
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Hurricane Katrina On August 29‚ 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and Morgan City‚ Louisiana‚ Biloxi‚ Mississippi‚ and Mobile‚ Alabama. At landfall it was a category 3‚ and it increased to a category 5. This was one of the strongest and most destructive storms to ever hit the US. It left thousands dead‚ homes and buildings destroyed‚ and the cities underwater leaving a negative impact on America socially‚ economically and politically. Socially‚ America was impacted because of how much damage
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(Institutional Affiliation) Criticism to the Hurricane Katrina Response Framework Following the Hurricane Katrina landfall of August 2005; the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States that claimed and destroyed myriads of lives there is a debate for criticism of roles of different stakeholders’ response. Federal Government Response President Bush allocated 10.5 billion US dollars of relief kitty four days within the hurricane‚ and assigned 7000 active troops to help with
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Did Hurricane Katrina Expose Racism in America? (A Case Study) Before beginning this case study‚ Hurricane Katrina was a force of nature that ravaged the city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana in 2005 leaving thousands of African Americans homeless and impoverished. Assuming the affirmative position of the debate in question is Adolph Reed and Stephen Steinberg. They argue that Hurricane Katrina did‚ in fact expose racism in America. They want to emphasize the need to address race and poverty concerns
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