'Katrina' and America's Race Problems

The horror in New Orleans has exposed the United State's dirty secrets of race and poverty. Coverage of the disaster, argues American journalist Joan Walsh, at times portrays New Orleans' African-Americans as victims and at others as barbarians. Americans are ready to help their poorer neighbors, she says, but is the country ready to take up a national debate about racial inequity and poverty?

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