The Wrong Complexion for Protection : How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities / Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright.
Bullard, Robert D., author.; Bullard, Robert D., contributor.; Wright, Beverly, author.; Wright, Beverly, contributor.
2012
HV555.U6 B846 2016
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Title
The Wrong Complexion for Protection : How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities / Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright.
Author
Bullard, Robert D., author.
ISBN
9780814763841
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814799932.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814799932.001.0001 doi
Call Number
HV555.U6 B846 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.34808996073
Summary
When the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it came to government assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for Protection, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright place the government response to natural and human-induced disasters in historical context over the past eight decades. They compare and contrast how the government responded to emergencies, including environmental and public health emergencies, toxic contamination, industrial accidents, bioterrorism threats and show that African Americans are disproportionately affected. Bullard and Wright argue that uncovering and eliminating disparate disaster response can mean the difference between life and death for those most vulnerable in disastrous times.
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Bullard, Robert D., contributor.
Wright, Beverly, author.
Wright, Beverly, contributor.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction. Anatomy of Vulnerability
1. Race, Place, and the Environment in a Small Southern Town
2. Growing Up in a City That Care Forgot, New Orleans
3. The Legacy of Bias
4. Recovery and Reconstruction in Post-Katrina New Orleans
5. The Wrong Complexion for Protection
6. Nightmare on Eno Road
7. Living and Dying on the Fenceline
8. Separate and Unequal Treatment
9. Critical Conditions
Notes
References
Index
About the Authors

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