Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane KatrinaHillary Potter On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society. Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Scholars from a variety of disciplines take on the task of analyzing the social phenomena and racial implications surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Book jacket. |
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Contents
Making Sense of a Hurricane Social Identity and Attribution Explanations of RaceRelated Differences in Katrina | 3 |
The Colors of Crisis How Race Rumor and Collective Memory Shape the Legacy of Katrina | 33 |
Refraining Crime in a Disaster Perception Reality and Criminalization of Survival Tactics among African Americans in the Aftermath of Katrina | 51 |
Cultural Differences in Perceptions of the Government and the Legal System Hurricane Katrina Highlights What Has Been There All Along | 67 |
CULTURE AND COMMUNITY | 93 |
From Gateway to the Americas to the Chocolate City The Racialization of Latinos in New Orleans | 95 |
Saxophones Trumpets and Hurricanes The Cultural Restructuring of New Orleans | 115 |
Prayer and Social Welfare in the Wake of Katrina Race and Volunteerism in Disaster Response | 135 |
Blown Away US Militarism and Hurricane Katrina | 197 |
Spectacular Privatizations Perceptions and Lessons from Privatization of Warfare and the Privatization of Disaster | 225 |
Running Faster Next Time Blacks and Homeland Security | 247 |
Conclusion | 261 |
Appendix 11 | 267 |
Appendix 12 | 275 |
Bibliography | 279 |
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CITIZENSHIP POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES | 155 |
Stipulations A Typology of Citizenship in the United States After Katrina | 157 |
Protect or Neglect? Social Structure Decision Making and the Risk of Living in African American Places in New Orleans | 171 |
Contributors | 309 |
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