HOUSTON (AP) — Bunk beds dominate the narrow living room of Chevelle Washington's modest three-bedroom brick townhouse apartment. Because I had an up- and downstairs. An estimated 1.5 million Gulf Coast residents fled Katrina, scattering like wind-tossed seeds to all 50 states. The black population has dropped from nearly 67 percent in 2000 to 59 percent today; whites, once about one-quarter of residents, now account for nearly a third. The people who have not returned have been disproportionately African-American, renters, low-income, single mothers and persons with disabilities, says Lori Peek, an associate professor of sociology at Colorado State University and co-editor, with University of South Carolina psychologist Lynn Weber, of the book, Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora. Since the storm, rents in the Crescent City have skyrocketed — up 33 percent for a one-bedroom apartment and 41 percent for a two-bedroom. About a 10-minute drive east, brother Rene's restaurant, Sleepy's Po Boys, offers fellow Katrina refugees a taste of home. Despite obvious progress, "It's still that sense of death in the air," says Champernell, 45, night manager at a hotel. Chevelle talked of a friend who moved her family back — only to have three of her boys killed in a drive-by shooting, victims of apparent mistaken identity. Much as she loves her hometown, it's not worth the risk. [...] she says, "It would never be home again." [...] off the field, it seemed he was forever trying to dodge tensions — like the taunt "N-O!" that the Houston kids would shout whenever New Orleans refugees passed in the hallways.
Katrina-scattered Families Rebuild Separately And Together
By ALLEN G. BREED, AP National Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
Sat, 08/29/2015 - 10:56pm
Topics: n-o! houston ap bunk chevelle washington because i gulf coast african-american lori peek colorado state university south carolina lynn weber displaced life diaspora crescent city rene sleepy's po boys champernell new orleans houston chevelle katrina university percent home residents refugees apartment
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