The Global Black History Podcast

A comprehensive podcast on black history and black issues around the world. You’ll hear about subjects in black history that you won’t find in your average history curriculum. Each story is told in an entertaining narrative fashion that’s easy to listen to. I used to get bored in history class too. But black history is far from boring. The rich tapestry of experience that makes up the diaspora deserves its attention and that’s the mission of this podcast: bringing black history from around the world to average people.

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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, 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)