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Destroyed or heavily damaged public housing wasn't rebuilt. Thousands of poor neighborhood homes were demolished to prevent residents from returning.
Half the city's public schools were replaced by charter ones. About 75% were for-profit. Whites were favored. Blacks were shut out.
Unionized school employees were fired. Selective rehiring offered less pay and few or no benefits.
Displaced Blacks were entirely disenfranchised. Four of the 13 city Planning Districts remained as vulnerable to floods as pre-Katrina.
About 25% of hospitals were lost. Around 38% fewer beds were available. Thousands still lived in temporary trailers. Many were displaced to other areas and not allowed back.
The city's Black population was halved. Thousands of Black kids never returned to school.
Quigley's Katrina Pain Index 2010 said:
"(T)ens of thousands of (New Orleans) homes....remain vacant or blighted. Tens of thousands of African American children who were in the public schools (aren't) back, nor have their parents been able to return."
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