Hurricane was as politically polarizing
as it was humanly devastating.
There will always be lingering,
haunting questions:
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Why was government so ill prepared?
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Why did government fail to respond
quickly?
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Were lives lost because of divides
between haves/have nots, black/white?
·
How corruption was the rebuilding
process?
·
Why did decades of people in power ignoring
long-needed levy upgrades?
·
Was New Orleans left to drown and
suffer because it’s a place so different from the rest of America?
·
Was the TV show Treme uplifting, or
some kind of cheap voyeurism benefiting from 6 o’clock news images of so many
African American neighborhoods reduced to foundations and rubble?
With so many open wounds, no matter
how an exhibit on Katrina is presented, someone is going to say it pulled too
many punches, or was biased against some group, etc.
In spite of all those challenges, Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,
is a triumph.
TOMORROW -- PART 3
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