2005年8月29日，卡特里娜飓风登陆美国路易斯安那州海岸。这次灾难造成1800多人死亡，100多万人流离失所，损失总额超过1000亿美元。
飓风过后，新奥尔良的非洲裔社区重建步履维艰。根据美国人口普查局的数据和2021年美国社区调查，新奥尔良黑人儿童的贫困率是白人儿童的10倍。
卡特里娜飓风期间，爱德华·巴克尔斯只有13岁。他用了7年时间记录了同龄人在飓风中幸存下来的故事，并在2022年将其制作成纪录片《卡特里娜孩童》。该片讲述了在卡特里娜飓风中幸存的黑人孩子们的故事，并探讨了灾难对新奥尔良年轻人的影响。
回头看看风暴期间和灾后重建的经历，爱德华说他们这些黑人孩子没有得到足够的帮助和心理健康服务，跟那些白人孩子根本没法比。许多黑人青年至今仍无法摆脱风暴带来的创伤后应激障碍和悲伤。在他们看来美国卡特里娜飓风，新奥尔良重建过程中美国卡特里娜飓风，黑人社区被彻底忽视了。“卡特里娜飓风暴露了种族主义在美国及其资源分配中肆虐的现状。”
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the coast of Louisiana, the U.S. More than 1,800 people died, more than a million were displaced and damage totaled more than $100 billion.
Since the hurricane, the African-American community in New Orleans has been recovering slowly. According to U.S. Census Bureau data and the American Community Survey 2021, poverty rates for Black children in New Orleans are 10 times higher than those for white children.
New Orleans filmmaker Edward Buckles Jr., who was 13 years old during Hurricane Katrina, spent seven years documenting the stories of his peers who survived the storm as children, making them into the documentary Katrina Babies in 2022. It explores the narratives of kids who experienced Hurricane Katrina and the impact of its aftermath on New Orleans youth.
Recalling his experiences during the storm and the recovery in New Orleans, Buckles said he and his peers didn’t receive as much aid or mental health counseling as children from white communities did. Many Black youths are still dealing with PTSD and sadness left by the storm. For them, the reconstruction of New Orleans has overlooked the Black community. “Hurricane Katrina is the example of racism plaguing America and resource allocation,” Buckles said.
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