What Lies Beneath: Katrina, Race, and the State of the Nation

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In August 2005, thousands of New Orleans residents—overwhelmingly poor, in large part people of color, the majority black—were left to face one of the crucial worst “natural” disasters in US history on their very own. They were left to die in prisons, in nursing homes, and in the street. Survivors were criminalized as “looters” for struggling to obtain food, water, diapers, medicine, and other essentials of life that no person else could or would provide. As Katrina’s waters receded and the body count soared, an ugly truth (re)surfaced: The lives of those who find themselves poor, who’re vulnerable, and who don’t seem to be white don’t seem to be valued by america government.
 
While commentators around the political spectrum, celebrities, and other observers expressed outrage that america government would let this happen to Americans—even “those Americans”—millions outside of New Orleans live without adequate health insurance; clean air and water; decent education, housing, nutrition, health care, and work; and freedom from police brutality and state repression. And thousands are deported, displaced, and dying in prisons and illegal wars from coast to coast, gulf to gulf.
 
Short and accessible, this anthology, featuring such voices as Vandana Shiva, Glen Ford, Jordan Flaherty, and Robert Bullard, takes readers beyond the Superdome. It explores the complexity of this turning point in US history as representative of the nation’s direction and priorities.
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