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In Katrina commemoration, Obama to cite inequities 'brewing for decades'
CNN ^ | 8/27/15 | Kevin Liptak

Posted on 08/27/2015 9:34:38 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

....Obama returns to an outwardly thriving New Orleans Thursday to mark strides 10 years after Hurricane Katrina. But underneath the visible recovery lie persistent racial and economic inequities that haven't receded....

...according to one analysis, African-American households in the city earn more than 50% less than their white counterparts -- well above the national average.

Those barometers of racial inequality aren't unique to New Orleans, and haven't dampened the city's enthusiasm for what has otherwise been a steady recovery that includes new construction, jobs and visitors.

But the now-chronic gaps between rich and poor, and whites and blacks, were poised to provide a sober backdrop for Obama's tour....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: blamebush; blanco; disaster; nagin; racisthurricane; racistweather; weatherisracist
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Hmmm...
1 posted on 08/27/2015 9:34:38 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

This ought to be good for another half dozen racial revenge shootings he can then use to decry ‘the availability of guns in the US’.


2 posted on 08/27/2015 9:36:09 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: SoFloFreeper

Good work Baraq — set more black lunatics on missions of murder.


3 posted on 08/27/2015 9:36:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

F- the President


4 posted on 08/27/2015 9:36:51 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Seven years after Hussein seized power, and their lives are still miserable?!?? What does that tell a thinking person?!
5 posted on 08/27/2015 9:36:54 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

new orleans...like detroit and baltimore another liberal craphole..

inequities?? yes- caused by the liberal policies enforced by liberal politicians...


6 posted on 08/27/2015 9:38:29 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Is anyone surprised by this?


7 posted on 08/27/2015 9:39:14 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Bush [the 90s rock band] for POTUS 2016!!!)
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To: skeeter

and more cries to take even more money from the haves and give it to the have nots . . . more taxes.


8 posted on 08/27/2015 9:39:18 AM PDT by USNA74
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To: SoFloFreeper

More race-baiting from the Race-baiter in Chief.


9 posted on 08/27/2015 9:39:28 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: SoFloFreeper

Gee...Obama's ramblings sound familiar.

10 posted on 08/27/2015 9:39:47 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: SoFloFreeper

“...according to one analysis, African-American households in the city earn more than 50% less than their white counterparts — well above the national average.”

Well Barry, you caught us. We keep trying to keep the black man down, but you are on to us.

/s


11 posted on 08/27/2015 9:40:22 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: SoFloFreeper

“...according to one analysis, African-American households in the city earn more than 50% less than their white counterparts — well above the national average. “

That’s because they moved to Houston.


12 posted on 08/27/2015 9:40:29 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: SoFloFreeper

So Obama is admitting his policies have hurt Blacks?


13 posted on 08/27/2015 9:41:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SoFloFreeper

14 posted on 08/27/2015 9:42:01 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: SoFloFreeper

There he goes again - stirring racial hatreds. I’ll be glad when that criminal is out of office.


15 posted on 08/27/2015 9:42:31 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Looking at that picture - I’m wondering if he was on steroids?


16 posted on 08/27/2015 9:45:41 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SoFloFreeper

He wants more ambushes, executions and assassinations by his children.


17 posted on 08/27/2015 9:46:24 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
New Orleans Democrat Mayors Since Katrina:

Democrat Ray "Schoolbus" Nagin:

2002 to 2010 (Currently Serving 10 Yrs In Federal Prison)

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Democrat Mitch Landrieu (Mary's brother)

2010 to Present

18 posted on 08/27/2015 9:46:39 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: SoFloFreeper
nothing the jackass in chief says means squat!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6xaFZStEI
19 posted on 08/27/2015 9:54:59 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: God luvs America

You’d think N’Owleans feet woulda dried out after a decade.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrSbmYFQd9V.7cA3BpXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw—?p=Joplin+MO+Today&fr=mcafee


20 posted on 08/27/2015 9:56:16 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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