Posted on 09/23/2005 2:17:29 PM PDT by abigail2
Moral poverty cost blacks in New Orleans
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions:
What would you do?
What would you do if you were black?
Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer.
To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would return to help others in need, as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the like.
For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the second question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy your city, then you'll probably wait for the government to save you.
This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been inconceivable. The first response would have come from black men. They would take care of their families, bring them to safety, and then help the rest of the community. Then local government would come in.
No longer. When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out. This, as we know, did not turn out good results.
Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Jackson and Farrakhan laid blame on "racist" President Bush. Farrakhan actually proposed the idea that the government blew up a levee so as to kill blacks and save whites. The two demanded massive governmental spending to rebuild New Orleans, above and beyond the federal government's proposed $60 billion. Not only that, these two were positioning themselves as the gatekeepers to supervise the dispersion of funds. Perfect: Two of the most dishonest elite blacks in America, "overseeing" billions of dollars. I wonder where that money will end up.
Of course, if these two were really serious about laying blame on government, they should blame the local one. Responsibility to perform – legally and practically – fell first on the mayor of New Orleans. We are now all familiar with Mayor Ray Nagin – the black Democrat who likes to yell at President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. The facts, unfortunately, do not support Nagin's wailing. As the Washington Times puts it, "recent reports show [Nagin] failed to follow through on his own city's emergency-response plan, which acknowledged that thousands of the city's poorest residents would have no way to evacuate the city."
One wonders how there was "no way" for these people to evacuate the city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've probably seen it by now – the photo showing 200 parked school buses, unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin?
Instead of doing the obvious, Mayor Nagin (with no positive contribution from Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the other major leader vested with responsibility to address the hurricane disaster) loaded remaining New Orleans residents into the Superdome and the city's convention center. We know how that plan turned out.
About five years ago, in a debate before the National Association of Black Journalists, I stated that if whites were to just leave the United States and let blacks run the country, they would turn America into a ghetto within 10 years. The audience, shall we say, disagreed with me strongly. Now I have to disagree with me. I gave blacks too much credit. It took a mere three days for blacks to turn the Superdome and the convention center into ghettos, rampant with theft, rape and murder.
President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. Had New Orleans' black community taken action, most would have been out of harm's way. But most were too lazy, immoral and trifling to do anything productive for themselves.
All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral poverty – not their material poverty – that cost them dearly in New Orleans. Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be repudiated – they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up hatred and applauding moral corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded. Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so.
The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of "Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America." If you'd rather order by phone, call WND's toll-free customer service line at 1-800-4WND-COM (1-800-496-3266).
It kinda wraps it up in a nutshell.
Being maligned has not stopped Rev. Peterson.
I think that is the effect of telling the truth as you see it, simply...without softening it...it blows people away.
Yes he does, and I admire him for being brave enough to tell it. He actually cares about people and wants to see them succeed.
I can't believe there are still people out there who listen to one word the poverty pimp Jesse Jackson says. Jackson feeds on the poverty while not giving a word of advice or encouragement to people to pull themselves up.
He's breathing and thriving. He's sueing Jesse Jackson. Rev. Peterson is like the hound of heaven when it comes to waking up his people!
Not to worry, he's been at this for 15 years.
"Even those with more money, expect someone else to take care of things."
Not the ones who are my long time friends. These people are ones who say, "Get out of my way, I wanted this completed before the wife gets grey hair.
"How many blacks do you see helping with the relief effort."
I have two Black friends, both are executives in a large corporation who have taken their 30 day vacations to go down South and help out where they are needed. I don't know if they have yet, but from 20+ years of friendship, it wouldn't surprise me if they don't each end up giving six months wages to private individuals they determine worthy.
Are they the exception amongst their race? Yes, I believe they are. Exceptional men with exceptional wives and fine children who would shoot a looter faster than I would.
Don't use too broad of a brush.
Hi Agthorn! I remember that picture of you and Mrs Agthorn!
Hi blam!!
I didn't say no blacks were helping, just a very small minority. I will say that the blacks I know that are doing something, that have made something of their lives and helped their people are great! Truly great men and women, Jesse Peterson, Clarence Thomas, Booker T. Washington!
Hi darlin'. Haven't talked with you in a while...I'm on my way to bed. Keep up the good work with BOND.
placemark
Sarcasm on? Sarcasm off? Or what??
y'all -- contraction of you all
#4 Says it all.
I blame the left for making promises decades ago.
To desperate people who were in terrible straits in this country.
Dogs set upon people marching for the right to vote.
The schoolhouse door blocked.
The solution destroyed the very people it was designed to help, proving the road to hell was paved with good intentions.
These days, I doubt the intentions are good coming from the left. They simply want to continue to exploit the poor for votes.
Thanks for the ping abigail!
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the man ~ Bump!
Well said oldfriend.
Pretty sad state of affairs.
It's clear the left is nearly hysterical with the President's plan to begin a new paradigm.
ping
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