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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly…

— Jonathan Kozol

Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how…

— Michael Eric Dyson

There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

— Charley Pride

At screenings for 'Black in America,' I've heard people say, 'Well you know, I never thought you were black until you did Katrina, and…

— Soledad O'Brien

New Orleans was a thrilling place of all kinds of races, it was a dangerous place. It was really and truly the only international…

— John Guare

Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would…

— Scott McClellan

There's a great deal of disturbance in this country and how black feel about what happened in Katrina, and, you know, many of the…

— Michael Richards

Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a…

— Michaela Coel

To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.

— Lena Waithe

When I started, black people were either victims or they were the perpetrators; they were the boogie men who jumped out of the bushes…

— Joe Morton

I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim.

— Carlos Mencia

Black people are experiencing a systemic disadvantage, and it goes back to slavery, which was not that long ago.

— Justin Simien