International: Black families still counting the cost of Katrina

Sigh. From Ebony magazine;

Today, New Orleans is in a much ‘better’ place with its airport renovated, restaurants thriving, and new schools and medical facilities being built. However, many of the city’s low-income, Black families are still dealing with problems directly related to the storm. Professor Beverly Wright of Loyola University New Orleans explained that “pre-storm vulnerabilities continue to limit the participation of thousands of disadvantaged individuals and communities in the after-storm reconstruction, rebuilding, and recovery. In these communities, days of hurt and loss have become years of grief, dislocation, and displacement….”

Tracey Ross is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and completed her Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University. Her writing focuses on women, race, and urban policy.

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