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By Prof. Jeremy I. Levitt JD PhD,Prof. Jeremy I. Levitt JD PhD,Matthew C. Whitaker

On August 29, 2005, typhoon Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The typhoon devastated the area and its electorate. yet its devastation didn't achieve throughout racial and sophistication traces both. In an unique mix of study and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster questions the efficacy of the nationwide and international responses to Katrina’s valuable sufferers, African Americans.

This choice of polemical essays explores the level to which African american citizens and others have been, and are, disproportionately stricken by the common and artifical forces that prompted storm Katrina. Such an engaged examine of this tragic occasion forces us to recognize that the ways that we view our heritage and existence have severe ramifications on sleek human kinfolk, public coverage, and caliber of life.

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