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Hurricane Katrina

In this episode, Clint Smith details his experience as a teenager in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005. The widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a result of faulty levees and a fumbled response by FEMA, and it hit Black residents the hardest. Today, we'll take a closer look at the structural racism that made this disaster so catastrophic.

English
  • Originally Aired October 19, 2022
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code VmqZvlj07-w
  • Network United States YouTube
  • Created September 9, 2022 by
    bigdork
  • Modified December 4, 2022 by
    shriek