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Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (part 3) | Slum Clearance Poses As Disaster Relief, Media Racism, Kanye Being Kanye

March 05, 2021
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (part 3) | Slum Clearance Poses As Disaster Relief, Media Racism, Kanye Being Kanye
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Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (part 3) | Slum Clearance Poses As Disaster Relief, Media Racism, Kanye Being Kanye
Mar 05, 2021

Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (part 3) | Slum Clearance Poses As Disaster Relief, Kanye Being Kanye & Media Racism

My third, final, and longest episode on Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. I'll detail more about the National Guard, Michael Brown from FEMA, Michael Chertoff, head of Homeland Security and the five days at the Superdome.

Toward the end of this episode, expect an intellectually rigorous (not basic) discussion on the role the media played in New Orleans.

All the hot topics get their time of day in this episode: FEMA incompetence, shredding in the Superdome roof, Barbara Bush's comments, Kanye West's infamous interview, looting, and a topic that's not so hot (but ought to be hotter): white vigilantism and racist violence in the storm's aftermath.

**This episode contains a correction based on an error I presented in Episode #2. The comments about people better off at the Astrodome were made by Barbara Bush not Laura Bush and will be further contextualized here.**

Books

Come Hell or High Water by Michael Eric Dyson

The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
How to Kill A City by Peter Moscowitz

Articles 

New Orleans Police Chief Resigns (Sept 27, 2005)

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9503273

Symptoms of Trauma

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/coping-with-emotional-and-psychological-trauma.htm

Troops told shoot to kill in New Orleans (Sept 2, 2005) 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-09-02/troops-told-shoot-to-kill-in-new-orleans/2094678

False reports of lawlessness made Katrina situation worse (Aug 15, 2015) 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/16/hurricane-katrina-new-orleans-looting-violence-misleading-reports

White Vigilantes During Katrina (Jan 5, 2009) 

https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity

Interview with Arkansas National Guard

https://www.wwno.org/post/katrina-files-arkansas-army-national-guard-and-shoot-kill-order

Archived CNN Report | Kathleen Blanco Shoot To Kill Remarks (Sept 2, 2005) 

https://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/02/katrina.impact/

How Hurricane Katrina Deaths Were Determined (Academic Source)

https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-PHCH/Center-CH/stepi/specialstudies/2014PopwellRatard_KatrinaDeath_PostedOnline.pdf

When Louisiana Lost It’s Foster Children

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/katrina-foster-kids

Show Notes

Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (part 3) | Slum Clearance Poses As Disaster Relief, Kanye Being Kanye & Media Racism

My third, final, and longest episode on Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. I'll detail more about the National Guard, Michael Brown from FEMA, Michael Chertoff, head of Homeland Security and the five days at the Superdome.

Toward the end of this episode, expect an intellectually rigorous (not basic) discussion on the role the media played in New Orleans.

All the hot topics get their time of day in this episode: FEMA incompetence, shredding in the Superdome roof, Barbara Bush's comments, Kanye West's infamous interview, looting, and a topic that's not so hot (but ought to be hotter): white vigilantism and racist violence in the storm's aftermath.

**This episode contains a correction based on an error I presented in Episode #2. The comments about people better off at the Astrodome were made by Barbara Bush not Laura Bush and will be further contextualized here.**

Books

Come Hell or High Water by Michael Eric Dyson

The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
How to Kill A City by Peter Moscowitz

Articles 

New Orleans Police Chief Resigns (Sept 27, 2005)

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9503273

Symptoms of Trauma

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/coping-with-emotional-and-psychological-trauma.htm

Troops told shoot to kill in New Orleans (Sept 2, 2005) 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-09-02/troops-told-shoot-to-kill-in-new-orleans/2094678

False reports of lawlessness made Katrina situation worse (Aug 15, 2015) 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/16/hurricane-katrina-new-orleans-looting-violence-misleading-reports

White Vigilantes During Katrina (Jan 5, 2009) 

https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity

Interview with Arkansas National Guard

https://www.wwno.org/post/katrina-files-arkansas-army-national-guard-and-shoot-kill-order

Archived CNN Report | Kathleen Blanco Shoot To Kill Remarks (Sept 2, 2005) 

https://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/02/katrina.impact/

How Hurricane Katrina Deaths Were Determined (Academic Source)

https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-PHCH/Center-CH/stepi/specialstudies/2014PopwellRatard_KatrinaDeath_PostedOnline.pdf

When Louisiana Lost It’s Foster Children

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/katrina-foster-kids