Just a reminder race isn’t a social construct and demographics are important.
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New Orleans had long been in decline.
It boomed in the 1830s and 1840s
It recovered from Civil War but was in decline in 1950-1960s.
Much of the city was built on drained swamp land. The land sank and was then below sea level. Nothing to do with climate change. It was swamp land 250 years ago before combustible engines.
The French knew 300 years ago New Orleans was going to be periodically washed away, and some elements proposed an upstream location that would endure for centuries. But what the hell, it was just 2-story buildings, and they had lots of slaves to rebuild them, so they went with it.