The Wrong Complexion for Protection : : How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities /

The Wrong Complexion for Protection : : How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities / / Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright.

When the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it came to government assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for Protection, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Bullard, Robert D.,
Wright, Beverly,
MitwirkendeR:
Bullard, Robert D.,
Wright, Beverly,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Introduction. Anatomy of Vulnerability
  • 1. Race, Place, and the Environment in a Small Southern Town
  • 2. Growing Up in a City That Care Forgot, New Orleans
  • 3. The Legacy of Bias
  • 4. Recovery and Reconstruction in Post-Katrina New Orleans
  • 5. The Wrong Complexion for Protection
  • 6. Nightmare on Eno Road
  • 7. Living and Dying on the Fenceline
  • 8. Separate and Unequal Treatment
  • 9. Critical Conditions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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