Katrina Hit Blacks Harder Than Whites, Study Finds
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a study that pretty much confirms the obvious:
The catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina has cost countless people here their homes, their jobs or their health. But according to a survey being released Thursday regarding daily life in the flood-ravaged city, the burden has fallen far heavier on blacks than on whites.
The proportion of black respondents who described their lives as "disrupted" more than a year after the storm (59 percent) was about double that of whites who said the same (29 percent).
A narrow majority of those in Katrina-devastated areas think rebuilding New Orleans is not a priority for Congress and the president. And while more than half feel "very prepared" for another storm, few say the same about government officials.
About the only good news is the study found nearly 70 percent reported feeling "optimistic" about the future of New Orleans and 63 percent said the recovery was running in the right direction even if the process was much slower then expected.
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