Katrina, Race, and High School
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Responds to Hurricane Katrina
Length: 04:15
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The mishandled evacuation following Hurricane Katrina brought up a national dialogue on social inequalities like race and class. Some people have criticized the government's slow disaster response as a form of racism against Southern Black communities. The controversy led Blunt Youth Radio Project producer, Bly Lauritano-Werner to take a second look at the roles race and class play in her high school.
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Piece Description
The mishandled evacuation following Hurricane Katrina brought up a national dialogue on social inequalities like race and class. Some people have criticized the government's slow disaster response as a form of racism against Southern Black communities. The controversy led Blunt Youth Radio Project producer, Bly Lauritano-Werner to take a second look at the roles race and class play in her high school.
Broadcast History
This piece was produced for the PRI special, Youth Response to Hurricane Katrina
Transcript
Katrina, Race, and High School
Bly Lauritano-Werner
Blunt Youth Radio
Portland, ME
PRI: Hurricane Katrina
Intro:
The devastation left by Hurricane Katrina has brought up a national dialogue on social Inequalities like race and class. Some people have criticized the government's slow disaster response as a form of racism against southern black communities. The controversy has made Blunt Radio's Bly Lauritano-Werner take a second look at the role race plays In her high school.
Script:
BLY: LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, HURRICANE KATRINA IS MAKING ME THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT MY OWN COUNTRY--AND MY OWN SCHOOL.
I GO TO PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN MAINE, WHERE AROUND ONE THIRD OF THE KIDS ARE CONSIDERED LANGUAGE MINORITY STUDENTS AND OVER THIRTY LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN. ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. THAT?S A BIG DEAL IN MAINE. IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE THE SCHOOL...
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Posted on September 13, 2006 at 03:25 PM | Permalink
Review of Katrina, Race, and High School
Impressive work from Blunt Youth Radio producer.
Lauritano-Werner begins a dialogue at her high school that I felt could have gone deeper and longer. That's good -- I wanted more.
Good use of sound -- sound bites were decent quality. Her writing and delivery was crisp and accessible.
I did want to hear more from her friends whom she referenced instead of just one voice. And I would have wanted to know what motivated producer to do this piece. Was it an assignment or purely out of interest?
This producer will go far if given the opportunity.