Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wis…

Michael Eric Dyson
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Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this. ✨ Come Hell or High Water. Book by Michael Eric Dyson, www.today.com. 2006.
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