New Orleans

Joe Nickell’s article “Voodoo in New Orleans” described a history of Voodoo and its origins. Nickell explained how Voodoo originates from Haitian folk beliefs and contains various rituals and religious beliefs of Africans. He wrote about how a part of Voodoo is worshiping “supernatural entities” (Nickells 15) also known as loa. He also explained that Voodoo was spread to New Orleans after the Haitian Slave Revolt when there was a significant increase of Haitian people immigrating to the states.…

When people think of New Orleans they think of Bourbon street, Mardi Gras, food, and now a high crime rate. The murder rate has sporadically changed over the years, having a large spike after hurricane Katrina. New Orleans needs to shed the image of violence and death that it now has. New Orleans’s crime and murder rate will continue to rise if people do not do something to quell the pointless violence plaguing the once vibrant city. One of the major reasons New Orleans’s crime rate is at…

There are several parallels between the eviction of renters in the Ireland by the rich landlords and the dispersion of people from New Orleans after Katrina. Some of the major ones include the exploitation for profit and the turning of a blind eye by government officials. During the Irish Potato famine, wealthy landlords would routinely kick out tenants without notice. To prevent them from returning, they would sometimes tear down or even burn down their homes. This was done to gain economically…

The Real Problem of Teen Pregnancy in New Orleans In the past decade, people have been more oblivious to teen pregnancy. They act as if teen pregnancy is normal. This is very hard to accept by others, because the scene of a young girl or a young boy desperately pleading to get an opportunity to undo the "mistake" they have made upon themselves and their future. This is completely opposite of how people choose to carelessly accept the truth of how teen pregnancy affects others nationally, and…

On Tuesday night the viewers of “NCIS: New Orleans” got a taste of the city along with a thrilling ride to solve a crime. When a member of the prestigious United States Navy Band is murdered in her home, the sole witness was a child. He didn’t get a good look at his aunt’s killer, but he had clues that offered up a way to solve the murder. A prodigy trombone player, the young man revealed the man who attacked his killer had a unique ringtone and he could play it note-for-note just from hearing…

(2)The last of my clothes were out, my duffle bag open at two AM. The dark night filled my room, only the moon as a light source, and the trees rustled in the wind. New Orleans was crime bound at this time at night, people were constantly missing, gunshots constantly heard, but I learned to deal with it. Sirens wailed in the distance, and caught my attention. I walked over to my window and looked outside-the sirens carried away towards the mansion down the street. Probably one of the…

character or personality of an individual. Your identity can affect how you are treated. These can be positive and negative effects based on someone’s opinion. This may also play a part on how others view you as an individual. Being a native of New Orleans plays a major role in my identity, because the way the media display the city. Despite the fact that there are positive and negative portrayals depicted, it still affects my status and first impressions from others. With my dad being in the…

started to rise. As the streets of New Orleans were flooding various news stations rushed over to the take note of the disaster stricken area. While the families of New Orleans suffered over their loss the media started to benefit off of the disaster caused from Hurricane Katrina. The media started to gather the attention of millions of viewers across the nation portraying all of the events happening in the city of New Orleans. The media’s portrayal of New Orleans started to influence the…

As a little boy I always loved going to the festivals with my mama, New Orleans had the best of them. I loved the food, the music, and the mixture of the people from our city. Normally we weren’t allowed to be around the white people, but during festivals they were all over the city, and so were we. At school, we wouldn’t eat lunch at the same table as the white boys, but at the festivals I could be right there and nobody would pay any attention to me. Once during the first Jazz Festival in 1970…

rescue. It requires the establishment of a family registry within six months after a storm. New Orleans has a new way to communicate to and give evacuation and alert information and inform citizens and prepare for hurricanes which is NolaReady which is an email and text message system which citizens have signed up for. The region is still recovering from Katrina, New Buildings are still being built. The New Orleans metro area 's population had dropped dramatically, from 1.386 million in 2005 to…