"What I wouldn't pay to hear a Fox anchor ask, 'Say, Bob, why are these African-Americans so poor to begin with?'"
All I have to add to Jack Shafer's excellent Slate article "Lost in the Flood: Why no mention of race or class in TV's Katrina coverage?" is that you give to legitimate hurricane-recovery efforts or start your own.
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They don't want to deal with the real issues in New Orleans. This is what they would have to do if they answer the question...
— Cynthia, September 1, 2005 12:11 PM
Amen! Yes yes yes. I watched white news anchors on CNN and Fox try to get black interviewees to state on record that it is not a racial issue. No, the storm didn't hit black people because the storm is racist! Yes the poor were left behind and it is a class issue. Howeve is it a *coincidence* that blacks are disproportionately poor given our country's social history? Give me a break.
— blackambition, September 4, 2005 11:32 AM
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