[WasDougsLamb]

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin A Racist?


----By HIS comments out of HIS mouth, yes. It would seem so. And let me clarify, this is just MY opinion based on the mans' actions.

[TBP]

Racist is a strong word to throw around, but it does seem like he's got a problem with this issue.

[TexasKamaAina]

It seems that N.O.'s focus is on returning to the way it was. Well, the way it was can best be described as a corrupt, immoral slop bucket. I would think a more progressive approach would be to use this as an opportunity to make N.O. a changed and better place.

[Tammy8]

I don't know if Nagin is a racist or a realist. His stance against illegals has been one of the things I agree with him on. He does see the writing on the wall, if illegals flood the workforce there, they will drive down wages, and deteriorate working conditions. Illegals will also be a burden on social services. They can and do take jobs away from Americans and that is a fact. I don't see where that is racist, illegals are illegal and I admire him for not wanting NO to fall into the trap of cheap, illegal labor. I have no idea if his reasoning is caused by "racism" or common sense, but I am tired of people who think someone is a racist because they don't support illegal labor in this country.

[caryatid]

(39% at last remembrance) of the black evacuees from New Orleans have indicated that they do not plan to return. These people are probably not property owners and so have no interest in trying to live in wrecked housing that will remain wrecked for a very long time in a city that could go under the water again, in any case. Having lost everything once, they would be expected to make every effort to avoid losing everything again. It’s doubtful that much, if any, of their possessions was insured. Many, if not most, are on various types of government welfare and have discovered that they can collect checks no matter where they are.

The rate of home ownership to non-owner occupation in the Lower 9th Ward was 58%:42%. So, a 60:40 ratio is right on the money. That was one of the highest rates of owner occupation of any neighborhood in the city and higher than the city overall. I have not found exact numbers broken out for other neighborhoods.

Also accurate is the statement that they have found that those government checks keep right on a comin' ... and have followed them wherever they have gone.

Many people ... white as well as black ... have had enough of New Orleans. One can hardly blame them for that. These folks do not see their "glass" as even half empty ... it is completely empty ... and shattered beyond repair for them. I can feel only compassion for these folks as they begin anew elsewhere. They are the old New Orleans of the past. I can only wish them well in their new endeavours.

On the other hand, one can have only admiration for those brave souls who are intent upon rebuilding their lives in New Orleans. Many see struggles ahead ... and others see only opportunity in New Orleans. These are the folks who see their "glass" as half full and are intent on filling it to overflowing. Three cheers for these stouthearted, brave souls! More power to them! They are the hope for a new and better New Orleans in the future.

[Unicorn]

The only thing Nagin cares about is Ray Nagin.

Is he bringing his family back from TX. to chocolate city?

[Señor Zorro]

“This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. … This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be.”

Further confirmation in my mind that the vast majority of racism in America today is blacks who hate whites, not the other way around (though I don't deny that there is some of that).

[Theodore R.]

One of the odd things about former Republican Nagin (a Jindal supporter in 2003) is that he BOUGHT a house in Dallas for his wife and daughter in the aftermath of Katrina. I wonder if he has never intended for them to return to New Orleans.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear s--- in the woods? Of course Mayor Ray Nagin is a racists.

And there is nothing wrong with being a racist if you are not white. Sticking up for your own people is considered acceptable for blacks or for any other race except for people of the white race. White people are expected to join all other races in hating Whitey. .

Nagin said he want to see New Orleans rebuilt with a total black population.

[Texas Jack]

New Orleans has a record of being unbelievably unsafe criminally with a government steeped in corruption. In Houston, where 150,000 New Orleans evacuees are said to still be living, the murder rate increased by 25 percent last year and is already 50 percent above last year’s rate at this time. Coincidentally, the crime rate in New Orleans plummeted post-Katrina and is only now picking up again.

What did I tell you Sep 3, 2005?

...Of course, this is a lie. By and large, these people will simply move into one of the government projects when they are forced to leave their temporary arrangements. They won't add to the economy, because they don't work. They will simply make the crowded projects even more crowded and increase the crime rate.