I beg to disagree. What was most shocking was seeing a segment of society so totally incapable of doing anything for themselves, seeing grown men wholly dependent on the government to provide for their rescue. Seeing a situation where the only initiative being taken was that of the looters. If people had put half as much energy into planning for their safety as they did in finding a way to transport a stolen big-screen television set across flooded streets, there would have been a lot less pandemonium. This is what shocked me and many other whites.
Most people understand in cities like N.O. there will be a higher proportion of poor people, I did see white poor people also in N.O.
Not a big shocker
This is what shocked me and many other whites.
I have to admit to feeling the same way. Seeing the looting of big ticket items by able bodied men who should have been helping the people in their community and hearing the reports of gunshots aimed at hospitals and rescue workers did more to harm the black community and set back race relations than any white person I can think of.
"What was most shocking was seeing a segment of society so totally incapable of doing anything for themselves, seeing grown men wholly dependent on the government to provide for their rescue."
Thank you. You have summed it up succinctly.