How Do Hurricane Katrinas Winds Blow: Racism in 21st-Century New Orleans (Racism in American Institutions)

The disproportionate effect of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans was an outcome created by law and societal construct, not chance. This book takes a hard look at racial stratification in American today and debunks the myth that segregation is a thing of the past.· Documents how the Katrina disaster uncovered the pathology of dehumanization and draws connections between the rampant problems in government and society to the root cause of dehumanization· Reveals how Louisiana's laws, customs, and society structure have sought to maintain separation between the races and subjugated African Americans and non-whites, from the establishment of the state to today· Suggests a number of remedies based on the basic principles of good government and the elimination of dehumanization that can move our society away from present-day segregation―a condition that is fatal to democracy