'When you look at who is left behind, it is very disturbing to me.'
Tomas Alex Tizon's Los Angeles Times article "Images of the Victims Spark a Racial Debate: Some say authorities' response time is affected by the victims' skin color. Others say such accusations are a distraction right now" has quotes from Ward Connerly and NAACP head Bruce Gordon.Gregory Lewis' South Florida Sun-Sentinel article "Blacks angry about delays in government's disaster response" is cogent and well-said.Leonard Sykes Jr.'s Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal article "Families question rescues" is essential. I mean it. Read the whole thing.Christie Blatchford's Toronto Globe and Mail story "Katrina's unequal toll: 'Miss, with great respect for your race, I don't see no white people here'" is harrowing.Alan Wolfe's Salon.com essay "Nature vs. civilization" is one of a host of well-worth-your-time articles on the situationWilliam Neikirk and Mike Hughlett's Chicago Tribune article "Role of race questioned in Katrina aid" is on point.Marcus Franklin and Jamie Thompson's St. Petersburg Times article "Crisis raises questions of race: New Orleans' poor blacks were already at a disadvantage. Could more be done to help?" contrasts an unemployed black single mother against a Halliburton engineer.Jonathan Curiel's San Francisco Chronicle article "Disaster aid raises race issue: Critics say poor blacks not considered in planning for emergencies, evacuations" quotes black blogger Bob ParksDemocracy Now asks "Race in New Orleans: Shaping the Response to Katrina?" with Damu Smith and Dr. Beverly WrightMartha Mendoza's Associated Press (via Indianapolis Star) article "Storm dredges up our racial divide: Never gone, it's now in spotlight"The Associated Press (via CBS News) article "Race An Issue In Katrina Response"Marshall Allen's Pasadena Star-News article "Black leaders angered by slow aid to survivors"Tony Pugh's San Jose Mercury News article "Katrina revives debate about race in America"
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Congrats on your Black Blogger Win!!
And thanks for linking to mine. :)
L.A. Rebellion....discussion of racial divide.
Hurrican Katrina....discussion of racial divide.
Is your perception the reality? we all should be asking ourselves this. How much of our perceptions are based on fact, fiction, myths, conditioning, the media? Thanks to your blog for presenting all the divergent point of views.
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sandra, September 4, 2005 10:50 PM
Congrats on your win and thanks for the great massive link post.
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Fresh, September 6, 2005 4:40 PM
I keep hearing that there was RAPE at the superdome.I have not seen,nor read a full report about the suppose rape victim.I read that was unconfirmed as well. I do think that rape was bought in to sensationalized the opinion of complete lawlessness at the superdome. Black people in despair,and in dire need, make good TV for these networks. I trully hate how the media sensationalized black behavior to damn there heathens on screen.
— Josie, September 7, 2005 1:25 AM
Josie, the police chief of New Orleans says they haven't been able to corroborate any claims of rape. They did find at least two murdered children. But, most fatalities in the arenas died from respiratory failure. I do expect there will be confirmation of some crimes, but the amount of criminality has probably been greatly exaggerated. With 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Superdome and Coliseum, there would have had to be a significant number of rapists and child molesters among the number. And, it was pitch dark in there most of the time.
So far, only about 125 people have been arrested. But that has not stopped rumors. The police chief in Baton Rouge had to go on television an assure the public that there aren't criminal gangs heading that way from New Orleans, and, that crime has not increased since they took in evacuees.
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