Hurricane Katrina - Proble people, problem places

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Mind Map on Hurricane Katrina - Proble people, problem places, created by henfriend on 10/09/2014.
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Hurricane Katrina - Proble people, problem places
  1. Wider social relations of inequality
    1. Impoverished and 'disorderly' people
      1. Disadvantaged or excluded groups
        1. Poverty often viewed as a deficiency
          1. Impoverished population
    2. New Orleans Hurricane Katrina
      1. Primarily in areas home to predominantly black, working class people, elderly, children
        1. 80% New O inundated in toxic floodwater
          1. 1000 dead
            1. Billions dollard damage
          2. Most televised natural disaster ever
            1. Some said social disaster
            2. August 2005
            3. Shaming of America
              1. Govt failure to act
                1. Political Indifference
                2. Touched a nerve social inequalities between rich and poor
                  1. Bush Administration
                    1. Failed to address the sense of vulnerability & injustice felt by poor in urban America
                  2. Media - most televised natural disaster continental USA
                    1. Reports - looting, rape, murder, street violence
                      1. Social organisation broke down into anarchy!!!
                        1. Floods did give rise to looting and other criminal behaviours but reporting was sensationalised
                      2. Escape
                        1. Eye witness testimony contradicted the claims of social disorder and anarchy
                          1. Callous and hostile law enforcement - lying about escape routes, barring the wa, firing weapons
                            1. Verablly berated and humiliated
                            2. Inustice
                              1. Some attempts to find food etc resulted in looting
                                1. People couldnt wait for govt - taking too long
                                  1. Contrary to representations of poor people being passive and idlle those affected were not prepared/unable to wait to sit out disaster until govt chose to repond - they mobilised themselves to find safety and to protest to the injustices they suffered
                            3. Bridge connecting black new orleans to white suburbs
                            4. Cochrane and Talbot 2008
                              1. Smith,2006
                                1. Davis 2006
                                  1. Graham, 2006
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