[Op-Ed] The Hurricane Katrina Kids We Don’t Talk About

[Op-Ed] The Hurricane Katrina Kids We Don’t Talk About

Source: Brandon Bell / Getty I was in my first week of sophomore year at Spelman College on August 29, 2005. Freshman year was transformative; I was learning about love from bell hooks, living in a new city, and beginning to see how differently Blackness could be experienced and embodied. I was becoming a new version of myself and believed I would not return home to New Orleans after college. That changed after Katrina. Instead of leaving the ci…

The Hurricane Katrina Kids We Don’t Talk About

Source: Brandon Bell / Getty I was in my first week of sophomore year at Spelman College on August 29, 2005. Freshman year was transformative; I was learning about love from bell hooks, living in a new city, and beginning to see how differently Blackness could be experienced and embodied. I was becoming a new version of myself and believed I would not return home to New Orleans after college. That changed after Katrina. Instead of leaving the ci…