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Rashad Robinson

Rashad Robinson is president of Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization.

A view of flood damaged buildings are seen as US President Joe Biden (not pictured) inspects the damage from Hurricane Ida onboard Marine One during an aerial tour of communities in Laffite, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, September 3, 2021. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Ida’s destruction was the result of years of systemic racism

Rashad Robinson