As nearly half a million people went without power and experienced 100 mph winds and subsequent home damage in Louisiana after Francine, a majority of the areas that received the damage were rural counties, where a large share of the state's Black population lives. This highlights the disparity in how disaster responses prioritize urban over rural communities.
'I have a call to the Biden administration and the national media, because when people hear about Louisiana, they hear about New Orleans, but they don't hear all the little places, and that has to do with people not caring about our rural Black areas,' said Ashley Gaignard, the founder of Rural Roots Louisiana. This statement underscores the neglect faced by rural Black communities during disaster recovery processes.
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