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.
Racist is a strong word to throw around, but it does seem like he's got a problem with this issue.
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.
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.
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.
The only thing Nagin cares about is Ray Nagin.
Is he bringing his family back from TX. to chocolate city?
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).
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.
What did I tell you Sep 3, 2005?