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THE LAST LAST WAVE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

John Lie
John Lie
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University of California at Berkeley
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Abstract

Hurricane Katrina was a horrible tragedy. Rather than reprising the obvious pitfalls of governmental response or the dire consequences of social inequalities, however, I pose a series of questions. In particular, I seek to highlight the blind spots and silences that the media frenzy generated. These range from the fate of the Native Americans and the complexity of New Orleans' racial history to the explanatory adequacy of the dominant narrative and the unreflective premise of the reconstruction effort. The precarious state of nature and civilization demands a way to think and act beyond short-term palliatives.

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Hurricane KatrinaNew OrleansDisasterIndigenous PeopleNative AmericansMixed RaceAsian TsunamiInjustice

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STATE OF THE DISCOURSE
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Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 233 - 238
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© 2006 W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research

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