INTRODUCTION After reading the final portion of Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith by Vincanne Adams, something has become clear to me. It is not necessarily the government’s fault for the recovery issues. Rather, the problem at hand is the privatization of these private sector markets and other governmental services. The government is at fault for not preventing all the harm caused by Katrina (by not building levees that would hold) and also for not assisting the people’s suffering post-Katrina. Instead, their “efforts” and choices caused the people to suffer even more throughout the recovery process. In this essay, I would like to discuss the political, social, and religious agendas mentioned by Adams (2013) and also, the role faith plays in rebuilding the New Orleans community.
The Social Agenda
The social agenda, in the case of Katrina recovery, seems to be philanthropic with no hidden agenda. Society …show more content…
Based on the actions of multiple churches, I would say they do not have a hidden agenda. Surely, each volunteer does selfless acts for their own personal reasons. Some people enjoy the feeling, others feel compelled to because they do not wish to disappoint God, and some are simply terrified to go to “Hell” so they do anything to prove that they are Godly people. However, I do not think these motives matter, only the results matter and the results show that the churches were willing to spend their money rebuilding the homes of many people before they even rebuilt their own church. Also, as it was reported, “of the top ten private charities involved in Katrina relief, six were faith-based” (Adams 2013: 134). The churches worked quickly to gather donations from all over the country in order to assist these people and did a much better job of helping people than what the private sector markets
The Social Agenda
The social agenda, in the case of Katrina recovery, seems to be philanthropic with no hidden agenda. Society …show more content…
Based on the actions of multiple churches, I would say they do not have a hidden agenda. Surely, each volunteer does selfless acts for their own personal reasons. Some people enjoy the feeling, others feel compelled to because they do not wish to disappoint God, and some are simply terrified to go to “Hell” so they do anything to prove that they are Godly people. However, I do not think these motives matter, only the results matter and the results show that the churches were willing to spend their money rebuilding the homes of many people before they even rebuilt their own church. Also, as it was reported, “of the top ten private charities involved in Katrina relief, six were faith-based” (Adams 2013: 134). The churches worked quickly to gather donations from all over the country in order to assist these people and did a much better job of helping people than what the private sector markets