Gafford Farrah D
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans.
J Black Stud. 2010;41(2):385-404. doi: 10.1177/0021934709355117.
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina unveiled the legacy of racial and class stratification in New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Katrina-related research has focused primarily on how poor Black neighborhoods were disproportionately affected by the disaster. While this body of research makes valid claims, there has been very little research that examines how Black middle-class residents in New Orleans were impacted by Hurricane Katrina. This study examines how residents in Pontchartrain Park, a Black middle-class neighborhood, are responding to the disaster. The author uses in-depth interviews, ethnographic observations, and archival data to examine the barriers that residents are facing in the recovery process. She argues that the experiences of the Black middle class also have implications for the connectedness of race and class. The challenges discussed within the article are linked to a history of racial stratification.
卡特里娜飓风的破坏揭示了路易斯安那州新奥尔良市种族和阶层分层的遗留问题。与卡特里娜飓风相关的许多研究主要集中在贫困黑人社区如何受到这场灾难的不成比例的影响。虽然这一系列研究提出了合理的观点，但很少有研究探讨新奥尔良的黑人中产阶级居民是如何受到卡特里娜飓风影响的。本研究考察了黑人中产阶级社区庞恰特雷恩公园的居民如何应对这场灾难。作者运用深度访谈、人种志观察和档案数据来研究居民在恢复过程中面临的障碍。她认为，黑人中产阶级的经历也对种族和阶层的联系有影响。文章中讨论的挑战与种族分层的历史有关。
