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Seven Thoughts About
New Orleans
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1RaceRaceRaceRaceRaceRaceRaceRaceRace
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African American Population in New Orleans
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2Everyone Left
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80,000 left behind
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25% of New Orleans Do Not Own Car
100,000 people - 27% of NOLA lived below poverty line
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8300 Prisoners Left in Cells
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The Result
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3Everyone
Suffered Damage
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Many Never Made It Out 1,700 direct deaths
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Danziger Bridge2 killed4 shot
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Seven Police Officers Charged with Murder
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Impact on Children?
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African American Neighborhoods
Were Most Flooded
Feet of Water
Black – over 10
Dark red – 8 to 10 f
Red – 6 to 8
Yellow – 4 to 6
Blue - 2 to 4
Green 0-2
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Scope of DamageMississippiLouisianaAlabamaFlorida
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Katrina Damaged
90,000 Square Miles
Area from Boston to Baltimore
Inland hundreds of miles
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4Our NeighborsDid Not Want
Us
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Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing their weapons over our heads.”
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St. Bernard Parish:
September 2005
Rent Only to Blood Relatives
Ordinance
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Jefferson Parish Council Passes Resolution Opposing
Tax Credits for Housing. Member
Chris Roberts: "With the number of jobs out there,
nobody should be
on public housing unless you're ignorant or lazy." October 2005
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We do not want “thugs” and “trash” from New Orleans
public housing projects.
Everyone with dreadlocks or che-wee
hairstyles will be stopped by law enforcement.”
Sheriff Jack StrainSt. Tammany Parish
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Noose Around New Orleans for African-American and Moderate Income Renters
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“We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.”
Richard Baker, U.S. Congressman (R-La) Days after Katrina
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6Privatization of New Orleans
• Public Schools to Charter Schools
• Public Housing to Private Developers
• Public Healthcare to Private Providers
• Public Oversight to• Private Oversight
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September 15, 2005School Board Converts
First Schools to Charters –Meeting in Baton Rouge
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Largest Union in LouisianaUnited Teachers of New Orleans
DECERTIFIEDafter 35 years
7500
people
lose
jobs
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Refusal to Reopen Public Hospital –that saw 350,000 a year
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Demolished 4000 public apartments
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7The Money
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Who Got the Disaster Contracts?
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2% Rule of Gulf Coast
• 98% of the money distributed in a disaster ends up enriching corporations
• 2% gets to the people.
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Example #1 – Blue Tarps on Roof
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Example - Blue Tarps – 2%
• SHAW GROUP 1st got $175 a square to put on the tarps.
• Shaw subcontracted the work out to A1 CONSTRUCTION for $75 a square.
• A1 subcontracted the work out to a WESCON corporation for $30 a square.
• Who in turn subcontracted it out again to guys who did the work for $2 a square.
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Shaw Group got contract for$175 a square (100 sq ft)
-subcontracts for $75/square earns $100 each square-
average roof is 1500 square feet – 15 squares
X 15
Per roof!
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A1 Construction gets $75/square subcontracts out for $30/square
X 15
Per roof!
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Roofers get $2 per square (of original $175)
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Example #2: Ashbritt Inc of Florida• Received no-bid contract
for $579 million to pick up trash in Mississippi
• Miami Herald reports company does not own a single dump truck!
• MH also reported the company gave $40,000 in previous 12 months to GOP lobbying firm
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Example # 3: Circle B Enterprises - Georgia
• Awarded $287 million no-bid contract to build FEMA trailers
• Company filed for bankruptcy year before• Company does not have a website• Company had no license to manufacture
trailers in GA.
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Example # 4 – Disaster Capitalism
• $200 million in CDBG $ to bail out a private utility corporation, Entergy New Orleans.
• Parent Entergy Inc. reported a net cash flow of $777 million dollars for the third quarter of 2006.
• Louisiana is saying this $200 million in CDBG funds counts as low and moderate income people of New Orleans – most not even back.
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Lagniappe
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Analysis&
Lessons Learned
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Self-Reliance
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Value every single life equally
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Don’t Wait for a Leader-Become One
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Lesson: Prepare for Love-Hate Relationship
with Government
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Disaster can be a lens to reveal structural injustices in our community
race gender class
Educational opportunity for us to learn about ourselves, our institutions,
and our communities
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Justice-based Reconstructionwill NOT be funded
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We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values
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Our Hearts Must BeTotally Open
to Injustice and Painand
Totally Opento Hope and Love
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Wherever you find tragedy and injustice
You will also find
resistance and
inspiration
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Don’t Want CharityDo Want Justice
Do Want Solidarity
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If you have come to help meyou are wasting your time.
But if you have comebecause your liberationis bound up with mine,
then let us struggle together.
Solidarity
Lila Watson – Aboriginal Activist Collective
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Justice Challenge? Solidarity and Never Again!
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