Upgrade U (2011)
“Here’s what I wanted to see: Zaire’s grandmother standing on her gallery and smiling at us.
Here’s what I never expected to see: how devastated the Lower Ninth Ward still was—years later after Katrina.
Half of the block Zaire’s grandmother lived on reminded me of what I’d seen on TV five years ago—when my mother and Cousin Shake scrambled for the phone to make donations to the Red Cross. We watched people cry, scream, look for relatives, and hold on to dead bodies as if they were crown jewels. But when the cameras left town and the news stopped showing the clips, I thought that maybe … somehow it had all been put back together again. Especially since in the French Quarter, where campus was, it was pristine.
But ummm … this place was like a ghost town … well, not quite … because somehow in the air there was life. Like the people who hung on their porches and waved at Zaire as we passed by, seemed happy. There was also a lingering of blues music, and the sound of saxophones danced in th...e breeze, children ran around, and neighbors chatted their hearts out.MoreLess
Here’s what I never expected to see: how devastated the Lower Ninth Ward still was—years later after Katrina.
Half of the block Zaire’s grandmother lived on reminded me of what I’d seen on TV five years ago—when my mother and Cousin Shake scrambled for the phone to make donations to the Red Cross. We watched people cry, scream, look for relatives, and hold on to dead bodies as if they were crown jewels. But when the cameras left town and the news stopped showing the clips, I thought that maybe … somehow it had all been put back together again. Especially since in the French Quarter, where campus was, it was pristine.
But ummm … this place was like a ghost town … well, not quite … because somehow in the air there was life. Like the people who hung on their porches and waved at Zaire as we passed by, seemed happy. There was also a lingering of blues music, and the sound of saxophones danced in th...e breeze, children ran around, and neighbors chatted their hearts out.MoreLess
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