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Originally Posted by Rlyss
From what little I really know about New Orleans, I understand there is a very large black population, and that they perhaps make up the majority of the poor in the city. The poorer people most likely live in areas which have fewer safety precautions, they might have less access to transport than more wealthy or middle class people. People with not much money are people with not much money, I don't see how color is a factor here at all.
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As of 2000 census data, 27.4% of the population in New Orleans is below the poverty line--84% of those are black. It's also disproportionately murderous having the highest murder rates in the country for years. 35% of it's black population didn't have access to cars, compared to 15% of the white population. The white, middle class has steadily moved to higher ground (figuratively and literally) leaving the impoverished, minorities in the most dangerous segments of town (both criminally dangerous and most susceptable to natural disasters such as we're now witnessing).
The reason why color is a factor here at all is because the most people without much money in this town, historically, regretably, but in reality, are black.