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Found in the Flood
Altman, Eric | September 26, 2005 issue

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Offers a discussion about images of the New Orleans flood in Louisiana shown on newspapers and television screens across the United States. Images of poor people that were neither condescending nor condemnatory; Article by Jason DeParle in the "New York Times"; Prevalence of poverty among African Americans in New Orleans; Issues of race and class as dimensions of the disaster and emergency management efforts; Reference to an interview with House majority leader Tom DeLay regarding the poor blacks who were not evacuated from the city before the hurricane struck; Criticism of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly for ignoring the class implications of the pre-hurricane evacuation.

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HURRICANE Katrina, 2005; HURRICANES -- Social aspects; NATURAL disasters; EMERGENCY management; POOR blacks; DISASTER relief; EVACUATION of civilians; NEW Orleans (La.)
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