because they were being attacked for being white...nothing unusual about that to me.
So that makes this story more important than anyone else being attacked? Most of the violence is probably black-on-black. What exactly did these tourists expect after a hurricane? Fresh water? They should be happy to be alive.
"because they were being attacked for being white...nothing unusual about that to me."
Anyone who is at all surprised by the behavior on the streets and in the Superdome simply has not been paying attention. If people want to deny what they have seen repeatedly with their own eyes, they are free to do so. Just don't ask me to do it.