Web Letters: New Orleans Redraws Its Color Line

By Lizzy Ratner

This article appeared in the September 15, 2008 edition of The Nation.

August 27, 2008

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  • It is incredibly stupid to rebuild any areas under sea level! Everyone should know better.

    John D. Froelich

    Upper Darby, PA

    09/01/2008 @ 2:22pm


  • Why are New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, an African-American, and other New Orleans African-American officials doing this to their fellow African-Americans in New Orleans? Why didn't Lizzy Ratner answer that question?

    Henry Richardson

    Honolulu, HI

    08/31/2008 @ 1:21pm


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