Hi
I am now reading Static by Amy Goodman. You might think that because it was
written in 2006, it might be out of date. This really isn’t the case. There
were several things that I didn’t remember or had forgotten. It starts out by
talking about Katrina. There were two things that really stood out in the
book. I didn’t know that, even though the government knew Katrina was going to
hit New Orleans, every top government official was off on vacation. The second
thing was how racially charged the relief was carried out. If a white person
was looting, they were just trying to get by. If a black person was looting,
they were looters. There is so much information in the book that I can only
read a few pages before I get bogged down. This book is a very good read. I
would highly recommend it. I found it on Bookshare.
Marsha
