Table of Contents
Index:
SOME HISTORY OF RACISM AND RESISTANCE IN NEW ORLEANS BEFORE KATRINA
"THEY LEFT US HERE TO DIE"
- Voices of Survival and Solidarity During the Great Flood
- Katrina in New Orleans: A Disaster Industrial Complex
- Institutions: Where There is Oppression, There is Resistance
- Economy:
- Education:
- Elections
- Environment:
- Foundations
- Health:
- Housing:
- Media, Polls, Ideology, Culture:
- Prison Industrial Complex:
- Religion:
- One Year After the Great Flood
SOME EXAMPLES OF GRASSROOTS RACIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZING IN NEW ORLEANS AFTER KATRINA
ANTI-RACIST SOLIDARITY: SOME PERSPECTIVES AND TOOLS
- Perspectives and Tools (primarily for white activists)
- Solidarity Stories: mostly from the San Francisco Bayview (in progress)
SOME RESOURCES AND LINKS
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO BROWSE THE READER:
Books
1. Michael Eric Dyson, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER: HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE COLOR OF DISASTER. NY: Perseus Books, 2006.
2. Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires, eds., THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A NATURAL DISASTER: RACE, CLASS, AND HURRICANE KATRINA. NY: Routledge, 2006.
3. Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, eds., COLOR OF VIOLENCE: THE INCITE! ANTHOLOGY. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2006.
(Although this anthology is not specific to Katrina survivors, it is vital reading for an understanding of the special impact of Katrina’s violence against women of color, and their strategies to challenge that violence.)
4. Spike Lee, WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE. (4 hour DVD, shown on HBO Fall 2006. Teaching Guide will be available in summer of 2007.)
5. Eric Mann, KATRINA’S LEGACY: WHITE RACISM AND BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE GULF COAST.
CA: Frontlines Press, 2006. (www.frontlinespress.com)
6. South End Press Collective, eds., WHAT LIES BENEATH: KATRINA, RACE, AND THE STATE OF THE NATION. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2007. (www.southendpress.org)
7. David Dante Troutt, AFTER THE STORM: BLACK INTELLECTUALS EXPLORE THE MEANING OF HURRICANE KATRINA. NY: The New Press, 2006
2. Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires, eds., THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A NATURAL DISASTER: RACE, CLASS, AND HURRICANE KATRINA. NY: Routledge, 2006.
3. Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, eds., COLOR OF VIOLENCE: THE INCITE! ANTHOLOGY. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2006.
(Although this anthology is not specific to Katrina survivors, it is vital reading for an understanding of the special impact of Katrina’s violence against women of color, and their strategies to challenge that violence.)
4. Spike Lee, WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE. (4 hour DVD, shown on HBO Fall 2006. Teaching Guide will be available in summer of 2007.)
5. Eric Mann, KATRINA’S LEGACY: WHITE RACISM AND BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE GULF COAST.
CA: Frontlines Press, 2006. (www.frontlinespress.com)
6. South End Press Collective, eds., WHAT LIES BENEATH: KATRINA, RACE, AND THE STATE OF THE NATION. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2007. (www.southendpress.org)
7. David Dante Troutt, AFTER THE STORM: BLACK INTELLECTUALS EXPLORE THE MEANING OF HURRICANE KATRINA. NY: The New Press, 2006