Apparently it does. Dont you think its a bit rascist how bush evacuated all the whites before the blacks and the difference in the way they are being treated during this dreadful time? I dont think bush is handling this very well at all with people still stuck almost a week after the event.
I'm Canadian so I may not know any better, but I find it hard to believe that Bush could actually arrange for the 'whites' to be evacuated before the 'blacks'. At best he gave a general evacuation order and if there was an racism, it was on a lower level.
There was no public transportation made available for transportation out of the city prior to katrina coming into land. This was at a local/regional level, not a federal level. They had hoped/expected the levies to stand. The people that did not evacuate the city were primarily those without the means to do so (those without cars) and in new orleans, the majority of people at that econimic level are black. In many cases what seems to be racial bias is in actuality the reality that economic classes divide the have's from the have nots.
Good post nitin. I suppose the difference in class would have played a big part in it. But surely extra help should be given to those who are helpless. Bush was warned 3 years ago about the 3 biggest problems that could hit the usa. These were 1. a terrorist attack 2. Climate change 3. a large hurricane hitting the region in which it did So surely there must, or should have been at least some kind of contingency plan in case this happened.
I posted in another thread about the buses that were sent in before to help evacuate, that basically left empty because no one got on. I don't have confirmation of this so I am hoping to find out if it is true or not. Also, if so, where were they going to bus all of the people?
I agree. Imagine how bad it would have been had Ktrina hit as a category 5 and made a direct hit. Hard to see how anyone involved can justify/explain the lack of planning for the worst case scenarios.
im not from the usa so i may be wrong but isnt New Orleans like, highly prone to this type of weather. Recent weathere phenomenom should have made us realise that anything is possible.
That is by far the most rediculous thing you have ever posted. I have a WHITE aunt and two WHITE cousins missing in New Orleans. This clearly is not about color. Americans are trying to help Americans. Who the fuck cares about color? Insulting to say the least.
I'm surprised it's doing as well as it is, considering an area the size of Great Brittan is under water. Not sure why we don't see anything about the other states that were affected. Maybe because they had a plan and executed it? I don't think the "racist" BS is getting much traction. I saw Carol Lin on CNN Sunday shamelessly race-baiting Bishop T.D. Jakes in an interview about his reaction to the relief effort. She tried four times, each time more aggressively than the previous, to pull him into the race game, but he refused.
Maybe if people cared more about those suffering and less about their hatred towards bush??? Seems like that is all these threads are about - how much one hates the Pres.
Im sorry i didnt mean to be insulting and im obviously not racist. Im very sorry to hear about your family and i hope they are ok and well. I wont add any more to this post as i dont want to upset anyone else. sorry.
Sorry for my outburst Gtech, I am just having a hard time believing people are playing the race card here. I find it quite insulting and a very low attack from a political standpoint. Politics should have nothing to do with this. There are bodies floating in rotten water. There are people that were ripped from children and parents. Virtually everyone lost everything they knew to be life. All this is going on and you have people saying that race was involved. I have family that is missing. I do not know them well but they are still family. Please do not try and make this into a political event. It really is insulting.
What is your definition of "playing the race card"? You say it often and I'm just wondering exactly what you mean.
I hear ya. I would have never thought it would be played either, but we're talking about the left wing of our country. There is no unsacred ground to which they will not go to. Shameful as it is. While good Americans pull together in a time of need, we can always count on the left to resort to this level. What else would they do?
That doesn't answer my question, zman. It seems like we have another person that doesn't believe racism exists! You might feel differently if your ancestors were SLAVES just a few generations ago! I personally know of people who aren't concerned for these people because they are black. They've told me flat out, "Who gives a shit, they're a bunch of dumb N-words!" Do I think Bush said, "F. 'em, they're blacks!" No, but I really feel that the response would have been more swift had the people been white and/or not poor.