Summary: Come Hell or High Water: Review and Analysis of Michael Eric Dyson's Book
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This complete summary of "Come Hell or High Water" by Michael Eric Dyson, an American academic and specialist on social issues, examines his account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on the community. He argues that their plight was largely ignored due to their poverty and the fact that the community was predominantly black, provoking an examination of American racial relations and the legacy of black suffering ever since slavery.
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To learn more, read "Come Hell or High Water" and discover how a natural disaster wrought havoc on a community and highlighted issues of social and racial injustice in American culture.
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In Come Hell or High Water, Dyson goes beyond asking if George W. Bush cares about black people and wonders if anyone does. By analyzing the role of government policy and American culture in a historical context, Dyson shows the inevitability of an event like Hurricane Katrina and explains what it has shown the world about America.
The book is written as an analysis of the true meaning of Hurricane Katrina and the conditions that set the stage for the tragedy. While acknowledging the role of bad engineering and inadequate government response, Dyson believes the true cause of the devastation following Katrina lies with our culture, our media, our leaders, our religious beliefs and ourselves. He warns that the future