Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath exposed the racialized stripping of the welfare state.

Evidence

But it was a devastating natural and racial disaster that summer that forced a tense debate about institutional and individual racism. During the final days of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina took more than 1,800 lives, forced millions to migrate, flooded the beautiful Gulf Coast, and caused billions in property damage. Hurricane Katrina blew the color-blind roof off America and allowed all to see—if they dared to look—the dreadful progression of racism. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1198 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-Katrina SBA lending rebuilt whiter neighborhoods while black wards stayed ruined. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 438; Post-Katrina rebuilding prioritized wealthier whiter neighborhoods over poor black areas — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 141; The Lower Ninth Ward’s destruction by Katrina resulted from redlining and neoliberal privatization (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Katrina exposed institutional racism hidden by color-blind discourse #expands (0.92) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1198