For my photo essay, I would like to discuss how Hurricane Ida (natural disasters as a whole) often have disproportionate effects on lower-income and marginalized communities. One of my relatives has a friend in Queens who lost his entire home to flooding in Ida. I plan to interview him and some of his neighbors, to get their perspective of the flooding.
I’ve already spoken with some of them. One has issues claiming disaster relief because of language barrier issues, some already struggling due to the pandemic before the flood, students who will have issues continuing online education after their means of attending class are destroyed. All of these issues stem from systematic inequality and I believe they deserve to be highlighted.