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The must-read summary of Michael Eric Dyson's book: “Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster”.
This complete summary of "Come Hell or High Water" by Michael Eric Dyson, an American academic and specialist on social issues, examines his account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on the community. He argues that their plight was largely ignored due to their poverty and the fact that the community was predominantly black, provoking an examination of American racial relations and the legacy of black suffering ever since slavery.
Added-value of this summary:
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• Understand Hurricane Katrina and its impact on the community
• Expand your knowledge of American politics, society and culture
To learn more, read "Come Hell or High Water" and discover how a natural disaster wrought havoc on a community and highlighted issues of social and racial injustice in American culture.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
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Book Presentation: Come Hell or High Water by Michael Eric Dyson
Book Abstract
In Come Hell or High Water, Dyson goes beyond asking if George W. Bush cares about black people and wonders if anyone does. By analyzing the role of government policy and American culture in a historical context, Dyson shows the inevitability of an event like Hurricane Katrina and explains what it has shown the world about America.
The book is written as an analysis of the true meaning of Hurricane Katrina and the conditions that set the stage for the tragedy. While acknowledging the role of bad engineering and inadequate government response, Dyson believes the true cause of the devastation following Katrina lies with our culture, our media, our leaders, our religious beliefs and ourselves. He warns that the future of democracy depends on our ability to face our responsibility and do something about it.
About the Author
Michael Eric Dyson is currently the Avalon Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a bestselling author of many books including Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King.
Summary of Come Hell or High Water
Unnatural Disasters
Our nation’s collective sense of reality was tested by images of men and women wading chest-deep in water, floating or drowning in a toxic whirlpool on the streets of New Orleans. It was heart-wrenching to see scores of people silently dying from hunger and thirst, writhing in pain, huddling in groups and crying in wild-eyed desperation for help from anyone. Many colors took part in the suffering, but the dominant color was black, resembling something in a third world.
