‘Everyone knows everyone:’ My new orleans story [Op-Ed]

I grew up in New Orleans East, where roads were full of whales. And cracknotes will dance for money on the corners of Morrison and the disease. Since moisturists urge everyone and the sea-seating levels, it was a place to be.

When I was young, I never thought the city was a dangerous place. I went to Lake Forest Charter School, where I wore a white and a blue uniform day. We will learn about the history of the city.

We learned about Louisiana’s purchase, the origin of Mardi Gras, and everything in the middle.

After school, I would be taken by my grandmother and she would bring our siblings to Rodney’s Snowball Stand. Over the whole person I see about “how to do it”, “because it was a way everyone behaved.

Freedom of ability to grow in New Orleans; However, the elderly, when I first understand that doesn’t always go on the best. I will agree when I became young, and it was not a matter of interest in the news. But when you grow, you start to see things. For example, the rate of crime was bad at one time known as “the capital of the murder.” When I started high school, my parents were strong when I was hanging in the city because they knew something was going out.

Even if the Covid hit, the city felt like a giant city. And I was tired of being in the house. But the people were out of the exception doing mad things.

New Orleans is a good place, unless Bourbon and don’t like the aroma of alcohol (comedy). My real feeling that grows in New Orleans can only be described with one phrase: “Everyone knows everyone.”

That statement treats an important objective for the New Orleans. Some may think that it is because the city is small; While that is true, there is more to it. Because, despite the wars caused by natural disasters, the New Orleans continued to stand together.

Hurricane Katrina was Aug. 29, 2005. I was born in 2006, any technology was not doing National Thani, but new orleans do not really do it until 2010 – 2011. When the Levites failed and filled with 80% of the city, we lost weight. Especially in New Orleans East, low ninth ward, and genilly.

My mother and grandmothers, who grew up in New Orleans, would tell news that my mother’s house stayed with the uncle or uncle. And stop how New Orleans East was a safe place before the storm beats, compared to the way I was growing up – a nightmare. Even one of my teachers, McClendon Emcdonogon 35, would also tell me a classmate and the tuperdome floor, where people had to live. They spoke of bad things like suicide, fight, murder, and even rape.

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When I heard this news, I was surprised and was shocked. Before Katrina hit her, the city was safe than I thought she was. However, everything changed completely afterwards.

I was shocked to learn that people in my town needed help, and that the government did not give them the right. For example, Mrs. McClendon described how citizens were trying to reach the help, creating videos, and sending messages to escape the impact of Trina Hurrican’s impact.

He meant, often in the vision of his abrasion, that George Bush was not interested in black people to provide needed help. Even a young person, I saw the seriousness after his words.

The country had to do better to provide new orleans. Looking back and watching videos and distributing people’s distressing people in depression was very disappointing.

The great thing that converted my opinion was a racial number.

In my mind, I understood that ethnicity was always there – I am a black woman in the 21st century. However, I never thought about how dangerous it was back then, even in 2005.

I heard a black man named John Keller, who saved 244 people, whites and black, received the attention of a helicopter to fly. Later, I learned that the same helicopters passed away to him, even placed all the elderly white people on the roof – where they finally risen.

It spent me asking why? How can these people be viewed?

I find you advertising that all this happened in the last 20 years. The town and its people faced many problems and lost many battles, but eventually, we persisted and converted. Today, the city continues to respect its history and challenges for the previous news of the verbal word. It is always possible to ensure that you do not even forget.

The Scriptures play a great role that young people learn about Hurricane Katrina, has given true understanding of the events of the historical art.

Source: Brandon Bell / Greety

I had a unique opportunity to work as a production assistant in a special newspaper set 20 years later: Hurricane Katrina. Employees include me, Lu Burke, a manufacturer, and Dan Kain, Director of Photography / cinematographographer. My experience was unforgettable, as it was the first time I worked on a set.

Be able to see my city from behind the camera and work on the project offered by its possession of something I will never forget. Although I was born before the storm, this drew me to the news told by my mother and grandmother. My city is strong, and that means the world to me.

This is a blondell large film for 2028, to Howard University.

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