7f4af487_for_Environmental_Human_RIghts__Recovery_Issue
No. Although the federal government is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, nationality, disability or English language proficiency (42 USC §5151 and Katrina Reform Act §689(a), courts have limited this obligation to only prohibit an intentional act of discrimination, not an act that results in a discriminatory impact. Yes. Displacement that is aimed at or results in “ethnic cleansing” or altering the racial, ethnic or religious composition of the affected population is prohibited. Displaced persons have a right to governmental assistance and protection that does not intentionally discriminate or result in a discriminatory impact based on race, color, nationality, sex, age, economic status, disability, political opinion, ethnic or social origin, disability, property, or birth status. (Principles 4, 6, 18 and 24) [Recovery Issue] 
Should displaced people be protected from governmental actions that result in discriminatory impacts?
Advocates for Environmental Human RIghts
Recovery Issue