Our nation’s response to Katrina demonstrated the racial capitalocene that we live in. The disaster that struck New Orleans and the recovery process was rooted in Darwinism, as Powell describes. The market-driven, capitalist ideals of the government and ‘relief efforts’ not only ignored the needs of the city’s residents, but actively harmed them. Woods’ identification of Bourbonism, from the “let them eat cake” mentality to “starve the beast” was very readily apparent in Katrina. Today, the same sentiment persists. People’s distress signals are pushed down to make room for economic/imperial growth with a racist flair. FEMA under our current political climate is seen by some groups as a threat to the presidency and is actively being dismantled for the sake of “taxpayer benefit.” Arika showed in her presentation some modern day news coverage of global climate aid from the U.S., in which we are throwing away the veil of helping people (but not actually) to just not helping people. The slave history of New Orleans brought forth music and Blues, which are integral to the African American perspective on Katrina and the response to the disaster. As discussed in class, music and sound has a very important place in climate history, especially in protests and revolutions for climate justice. Music can document the feelings of marginalized people in a way that spreads further even without language. Woods discusses Blues music as something that defines the culture in African communities in Louisiana. In turn, the music is created from the struggles of the people and the culture.