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What Lies Beneath: Katrina, Race, and the State of the Nation
What Lies Beneath Katrina Race and the State of the Nation
Author: The South End Press Collective
In August 2005, thousands of New Orleans residents-overwhelmingly poor, largely people of color, the majority black-were left to face one of the worst "natural" disasters in US history on their own. They were left to die in prisons, in nursing homes, and on the street. Survivors were criminalized as "looters" for struggling to obtain food, water...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780896087675
ISBN-10: 0896087670
Publication Date: 1/3/2007
Pages: 180
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Publisher: South End Press
Book Type: Paperback
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