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Katrina's 'secrets': they're not what liberals think.(THE NATION)
KATRINA, we are told, is all about "secrets." Legions of thinkers have discovered in last year's hurricane an invaluable opportunity to preach a precious hidden wisdom on black urban history--a subject they eternally rue Joe Barstool's ignorance of. It's what I call their "Sociology 101": the lesson that the reason so many black people are poor is a tragic cocktail of economic factors and white neglect that hit roughly between Eisenhower and Ford.
So: The poor black New Orleanians huddled last summer in the Superdome were done in when low-skill jobs left the city. The departure of middle-class blacks from the Lower Ninth Ward left poor blacks without role models. ...
- Jazz currents swirl through the music of New Orleans and Havana.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) December 13, 2005 700+ words
...sophistication, was particularly saddened that so many black people in New Orleans were among those most affected. "In New Orleans, there are black people," Cortes said. "In Cuba there are black people...
- The smaller footprint: in New Orleans, higher rents destroyed public...
- Magazine article from: Colorlines Magazine Flaherty, Jordan January 1, 2007 700+ words
NEW ORLEANS' BROAD STREET used to be a major...casualty of the dispossession of Black people from New Orleans, a city that was once 500,000...storm, the Housing Authority of New Orleans, under the direction of the Federal...
- A Katrina Brownout; Local pols think the White House blew off rebuilding New...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Thomas, Evan Bailey, Holly February 20, 2006 700+ words
...white business interests in New Orleans--declined to put those areas...mayor's commission on rebuilding New Orleans. "We're trying not to say to black people that they can't come back to New Orleans because they got hurt the worst...
- NOVEL'S NEW ORLEANS A CITY DIVIDED BY RACE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 15, 1994 700+ words
...are as much a part of New Orleans as beignets and chicory...and race. Thea leaves New Orleans as soon as she can...white policeman in a New Orleans neighborhood, and the...aftermath that left three black people shot to death within...
- USA. Louisiane. La Nouvelle Orléans. Fanfare affiliée à une loge maçonnique...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Dennis Stock January 1, 1958 700+ words
...pierre d'une glise. New Orleans, Members of a band...Trade & services Black people (all) Race (people...American Orchestra New Orleans Nationality Music Musician...pierre d'une glise. New Orleans, Members of a band...
- USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1988. Mardi Gras. (NYC35297)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Gilles Peress January 1, 1988 700+ words
...01-01-1988 USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1988...population race people black people all black person race...of america louisiana new orleans usa continent us american...bodies human south usa. new orleans, louisiana. 1988...
- USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1988. Mardi Gras. (NYC35298)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Gilles Peress January 1, 1988 700+ words
...01-01-1988 USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1988...population race people black people all black person race...of america louisiana new orleans usa continent us american...silver colour south usa. new orleans, louisiana. 1988...
- Letter: New Orleans mayor must face blame.(Letters)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) September 8, 2005 700+ words
...that if the people in New Orleans had been white, then...claims that because poor black people were the victims, George...This makes me sick New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin is...s true mediocrity. New Orleans had several days warning...
