Hurricane Katrina's Devastating effect on African American Higher education

My chosen website focuses on the hurricane's effects on schooling for African Americans in New Orleans. http://www.jbhe.com/features/49_hurrican_katrina.html
It raises the issue of 'race relations' and the underlying tensions still remaining between the white community and the black. It is clear that the black community were initially worse off, in terms of their neighbourhood, once the hurricane robbed them of this neighbourhood, in contrast to the rich white community who could cope, many African Americans had 'no cars, no money and no friends out of town to whom they could turn'. It was adament the whites were refusing to help the blacks despite their desperate situation, old ideas of racism and discrimination were cropping up.

The website highlights the 'diaspora of African American college students' from New Orleans as a result of the hurricane, seeking education at various universities situated across different parts of the nation. The damage done by the hurricane to the colleges leaving many black students without schools to study in, the cost of the damage range being 'as high as $350 million'. After the hurricane, it is clear that New Orleans is becoming the 'city to avoid', due to the destoyed educational facilities and in particularly for blacks; the attitudes of 'white blue-collar community' intent on clearing the black population out of the city.