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This Presidents' Day weekend, I rewatched Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke." Katrina's devastation, and how it exposed America's deep racial inequalities, still shocks me. Now, 20 years later in 2025, we're seeing a rollback of equity for Black people. Have we learned anything? The Strauss-Howe theory suggests history repeats in roughly 80-year cycles, with 20-year "turnings." Looking at racism through this lens is disturbing. Katrina (2005) was a stark exposure of systemic racism. Twenty years prior, in 1985, the Civil Rights Movement's gains were met with a backlash, including the rise of the War on Drugs. Before that, 1965 saw the height of the Civil Rights Movement, a time of hope and resistance. Now, in 2025, we see a rollback of rights and a resurgence of old prejudices. The 80-year cycle: 1965: Civil Rights Movement. 1985: Backlash. 2005: Katrina. 2025: Rollback. Strauss-Howe suggests each generation reacts to the last, creating this cycle. Are we doomed to repeat this? Can we build a truly equitable future? The next 20 years will tell. #Katrina #DiversityEquityInclusion #StraussHowe #RacialJustice
February 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM