Quote Originally Posted by Red Harvest
I think most of the "more liberal types" realized that this was not so much about racism but moreso about poverty, and most importantly about a lack of recognition by the Feds that prompt response was needed.
Oh, I guess this guy claimed, "George Bush doesn't care about poor people."



It wasn’t a matter of hype or unfair criticism, but the kind of awful reality of life in America for Black people. It’s difficult to imagine that the response to the devastation, homelessness, death and despair in New Orleans would have been matched had the tragedy occurred in white cities in Wisconsin, Florida or Ohio, to cite a few examples. Indeed, a few weeks before when a much smaller and less powerful hurricane threatened Florida, President George Bush was on the scene with his brother Governor Jeb Bush discussing what needed to be done.
http://www.caribworldradio.com/cms/p...rticle_914.php

People know that you couldn’t prevent the storm. But why didn’t the government help people get out? Why did they let the levees and flood protection systems go bad? Why were people forced to fend for themselves, without food, water, medicine, or shelter? Why were people jammed into that slave-ship stadium and why were many, especially Black people, forcibly prevented – by cops with guns, as well as vigilantes – from leaving New Orleans?
http://rwor.org/a/016/stand-with-new-orleans.htm

Such scenes have played out for years. But one positive point about Katrina is that Americans are now more aware of the poverty in their communities. And the racism. President George Bush admitted as much, saying poverty "has roots in a history of racial discrimination which cut off generations from the opportunity of America".

The Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III, president of a coalition of mainly black churches, said: "Katrina has posed a challenge to the White House and the country regarding the great divide, which is race and class in America."
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0924-25.htm

Do you really think they're talking about one thing and not the other? Do you really think they're trying to point out the social-ills of capitolism based on money? Or are they trying to make out Republicans as a bunch of Klansmen rubes on the brink of reviving slavery?