[UCANSEE2]

I was only using the term 'white folk' as it conveyed the idea. A better description would have been upper class from the lower class or thugs.

It is my understanding (and this has not been given any attention either) that the biggest and strongest of the BLACK MEN did their best to defend any FOLKS, the ELDERLY, CHILDREN, from the THUGS.

It was not RACIAL, it was the CIVILIZED vs. THE ANIMALS.

Those men deserve medals as well. I don't imagine I will see that happen though.

God will not forget.

[RDTF]

not that it MATTERS, but just an FYI the cop that committed suicide was very white.

[pollyannaish]

I understand. There are thugs in EVERY socioeconomic group, and the Superdome had its share. And you are right. God will not forget.

One thing that has really struck me in connection with this, is that reports now show that things were not as out of control as the media reported. Not even close. Very few people died of unnatural causes or were raped either at the Superdome or the Convention Center. Reports of such were wildly exaggerated.

What surprised me is, well, let me put it this way...would the press have believed those exaggerated claims if the Superdome had been filled with poor white people? My guess, honestly, is no. I think the group that was the most racist and classist in this entire episode was the press. The pious, preaching, know-it-all press. Stunning really. But maybe not.

The rest of us were all to willing to believe. It reflected badly on us all. I hope that I learned from it.