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- Title
Right of Return Means Access to the Ballot, Access to Neighborhoods, and Access to Economic Opportunity.
- Authors
Campbell, Melanie L.
- Abstract
Over one million people were displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; they are residents of three of the poorest states in the nation? Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. New Orleans represents a microcosm of right-of-return issues for all Gulf Coast residents who were displaced by these storms. This article explores the race, economic, and class divides that appear to be key factors in determining which Gulf Coast residents truly have access to the right of return including: who will have access to a barrier-free ballot to vote in the 2006 New Orleans mayor's race, who will have access to actively participate and benefit in rebuilding their communities, who will have access to temporary housing to reunite families, and who will have access to the economic opportunities to rebuild their lives.
- Subjects
GULF Coast (U.S.); UNITED States; POLITICAL participation; ENVIRONMENTAL refugees; DISASTER victims; HURRICANE Katrina, 2005; HURRICANE Rita, 2005; COMMUNITY support
- Publication
Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, 2006, Vol 12, p29
- ISSN
1081-0463
- Publication type
Article