Post-Katrina rebuilding prioritized wealthier whiter neighborhoods over poor black areas

Evidence

And then there is the uncomfortable fact that after the storm, people from historically black neighborhoods were indeed displaced. Post-Katrina New Orleans was rebuilt with a focus on the wealthier, whiter areas. An Army Corps of Engineers map showed that only twelve out of twenty-eight flood-prone (mostly black, mostly poor) neighborhoods were less likely to flood than they had been before the storm. Public housing, which served a lower-income, predominantly black population, was, in several neighborhoods, not reopened even after being declared safe. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 141

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to vault materials on racialized state displacement, paralleling violence against out-groups shaped by state action. — connects to: Post-Katrina SBA lending rebuilt whiter neighborhoods while black wards stayed ruined. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 438; Katrina’s evacuation capacity tracked class and race, stranding the immobile poor — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 431; Post-Katrina builders bypassed local Black laborers for more easily controlled imported workers — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 896 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Post-Katrina SBA lending rebuilt whiter neighborhoods while black wards stayed ruined. #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 438
• Katrina’s evacuation capacity tracked class and race, stranding the immobile poor #corroborates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 431
• Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath exposed the racialized stripping of the welfare state. #expands (0.75)
• Post-Katrina builders bypassed local Black laborers for more easily controlled imported workers #expands (0.70) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 896