Exploitation, militarization in New Orleans and diaspora | World War 4 Report
Exploitation, militarization in New Orleans and diaspora | World War 4 Report: "by Jordan Flaherty
September 15, 2005
New Orleans was not devastated by a hurricane. From my travels around New Orleans and surrounding areas, it's clear that very little damage was done to my city by hurricane Katrina.
Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport and other Gulf cities have suffered extensive hurricane-related damage. However, the damage to New Orleans came from brutal negligence - a lack of planning and a stunningly slow response, created by a federal government that didn't care about the people of New Orleans, and still doesn't. Academic Cornel West has called it Hurricane Povertina. Poet Suheir Hammad has referred to the 'survivors of the rescue,' others have referred to the displaced as 'victims of hurricane FEMA,' or simply 'Michael Brown's victims.' The houses of New Orleans were not hit by 35 foot tall waves or 200 mile winds. On the day after the hurricane, most of the city was in good shape, and many of us still in the city felt that New Orleans had once again come through battered and bruised but all right. Then, over the next few days, the levee broke and water rushed into the city, and relief rescue and repair efforts were far too little, far too late."
September 15, 2005
New Orleans was not devastated by a hurricane. From my travels around New Orleans and surrounding areas, it's clear that very little damage was done to my city by hurricane Katrina.
Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport and other Gulf cities have suffered extensive hurricane-related damage. However, the damage to New Orleans came from brutal negligence - a lack of planning and a stunningly slow response, created by a federal government that didn't care about the people of New Orleans, and still doesn't. Academic Cornel West has called it Hurricane Povertina. Poet Suheir Hammad has referred to the 'survivors of the rescue,' others have referred to the displaced as 'victims of hurricane FEMA,' or simply 'Michael Brown's victims.' The houses of New Orleans were not hit by 35 foot tall waves or 200 mile winds. On the day after the hurricane, most of the city was in good shape, and many of us still in the city felt that New Orleans had once again come through battered and bruised but all right. Then, over the next few days, the levee broke and water rushed into the city, and relief rescue and repair efforts were far too little, far too late."
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