TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bullard,Robert D.
AU  - Wright,Beverly
TI  - The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities 
SN  - 9780814799932
AV  - HV555.U6 B846 2016
U1  - 363.34808996073 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Racism in public welfare
KW  - Racism in social services
KW  - Racism
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Black communities
KW  - Katrina
KW  - climate change
KW  - disaster response
KW  - environmental justice
KW  - father of environmental justice
KW  - flooding
KW  - government assistance
KW  - government response to disaster
KW  - racial injustice
KW  - toxic waste
N1  - restricted access
N2  - When the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it came to government assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for Protection, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright place the government response to natural and human-induced disasters in historical context over the past eight decades. They compare and contrast how the government responded to emergencies, including environmental and public health emergencies, toxic contamination, industrial accidents, bioterrorism threats and show that African Americans are disproportionately affected. Bullard and Wright argue that uncovering and eliminating disparate disaster response can mean the difference between life and death for those most vulnerable in disastrous times
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814763841
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814763841/original
ER  -