While Hurricane Katrina revealed problems at all levels of disaster response, a striking feature was that __________
a) most of those in areas where help was needed most critically were black
b) black and white residents suffered in equal numbers
c) wealth did not provide protection from the storm of poor relief efforts
d) most residents were able to support each other despite poor official responses
Answer: a
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