Refute or defend the idea, as laid out in Michael Eric Dyson's "Frame of Reference" that in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina there was exaggerated or hyperbolic claims of crime, which gave an unjust picture of poor black society in New Orleans.
Research Links:
Reports of Anarchy at Superdome Overstated
The Subject Supposed to Loot and Rape
Katrina: Rumors, Lies, and Racist Fantasies
Another Option:
In response to Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke and Michael Eric Dyson's "Frames of Reference," write a research paper about the role of racism and economic and social class as they pertain to the victimization that ensued from Hurricane Katrina.
For this option, you might contrast the way Spike Lee humanizes the victims of the Hurricane while some media reports, as Dyson points out, demonizes those victims.
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