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- Title
HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE RACE FLOOD: INTERACTIVE LESSONS FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ON RACE.
- Authors
Stewart, Quincy Thomas; Ray, Rashawn
- Abstract
The catastrophe that affected the gulf coast region is the most significant domestic natural disaster in recent history. Although the initial response to this event was unsatisfactory to many, policymakers and relief organizations subsequently picked-up their efforts to alleviate the larger social and economic effects of Hurricane Katrina. For many scholars, the hurricane and the ensuing flood of New Orleans presents a unique environmental phenomenon that will structure the lives of gulf coast residents and other Americans for several decades. The Katrina phenomenon, however, mirrors a social catastrophe that has structured the lives of Americans for over three centuries—race. Just as the hurricane and ensuing flood penetrated the lives of New Orleans residents, the concept of race has permeated American social institutions such that racial classification shapes the breadth of individuals' social interactions and life chances. Accordingly, the recent natural flood can be viewed as a physical microcosm of a larger social flood of how race structures the lives of all Americans. This article analyzes the parallels of these two floods to shed light on the processes that maintain and recreate social inequality, and to guide future research on racial outcome disparities among Gulf Coast residents and evacuees in particular, and U.S. residents in general.
- Subjects
NEW Orleans (La.); GULF Coast (U.S.); LOUISIANA; UNITED States; HURRICANE Katrina, 2005; HURRICANES; NATURAL disasters; DISASTERS; CYCLONES; RACE; RACE discrimination; EQUALITY
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 1/2, p38
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article