Is New Orleans Going to Lose 80% of its Black Population
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A study coming out of Brown University states that New Orleans will most likely lose 80 percent of its black population due to the damage created by the levee’s breaking after Hurricane Katrina.
The population has spread out all over the country and region, and the odds of them coming back are becoming slimmer every day. This may have been the motivation that caused Mayor Ray Nagin to say in his Martin Luther King speech that God wants New Orleans to be a chocolate city.
The population of the storm-damaged areas is nearly half black (45.8 percent, versus 26.4 percent of the undamaged areas), and disproportionate segments of those affected live in rental housing (45.7 percent compared to 30.9 percent), fall below the poverty line (20.9 percent versus 15.3 percent) and are unemployed (7.6 percent compared to 6 percent).
According to the study of the area’s 13 planning districts and 72 neighborhoods, a lower economic status forced poor people to live in low-lying areas. These areas, and thus the people who would have the most difficulty recovering, were hit the hardest when Katrina struck.
Most striking about the data, however, is the realization that if New Orleans’ citizens are prevented from returning to flood-ravaged areas, the city could lose more than 80 percent of its black population. via Brown University Campus News.
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