According to your text, Black people were disproportionately affected by Hurricane Katrina because
A) individual government officials engaged in interpersonal discrimination.
B) race and poverty are strongly linked in New Orleans.
C) explicitly racist policies led to extremely slow responses to the flooding.
D) the media coverage focused on White people's experiences.

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Race and poverty are strongly linked in New Orleans, making the Black community more vulnerable to the effects of Hurricane Katrina due to their socio-economic status.

According to Your Text, Black People Were Disproportionately Affected by Hurricane