A Brief Note On Hurricane Katrina And Its Misfortune For...

Hurricane Katrina and its Misfortune for the Unfortunate Ibrahim Farag University of Louisville Research Question: Inequality has been a topic of discussion in the United States—as well as the vast majority of the world—for a significant period of time now. While there is no denying that inequality exists, I believe that it has become assumed to be the underlying problem in a lot of cases where it doesn’t necessarily apply. There are a number of problems in society that can’t be fixed because the solution is designed around the idea that inequality is the issue, and if people were to identify the true underlying problem in a lot of cases—social class—then we can create a solution to address the problem. A particular event†¦show more content†¦Reed clearly emphasizes that in New Orleans, there is clearly â€Å"no lack of racial inequality, or frankly racist ideology† (Reed 2006). However, the reason racism was so dramatically deemed the factor responsible for the inequality and injustice, is because â€Å"in the contempo rary United States race is the most familiar language of inequality and injustice† (Reed 2006). Meaning race was the easy choice to explain what happened is because in modern U.S. we are used to race being the predominant source of inequality and injustice. In regards to who could return to the city, Reed examines the city’s proposal of allowing only homeowners to be given leverage and opinions in the rebuilding process. Particularly when examining New Orleans’ population the overwhelming majority of homeowners are not lower class; There is no way of hiding that New Orleans is considerably poor, the poor consists of overwhelmingly black population, and a majority of the black population is amongst the poor. However the author’s argument is that regardless of race, the reason a majority of the black community was left behind wasn’t simply because they were black, but rather because they were poor—similar to the St. Bernard Parish disaster (Ree d 2006). Hypothesis 2: Racial differences were a bigger factor than class differences on who evacuated before