N.O. woman blasts 'code word' for poor - (So what are we supposed to call "poor people"..???

Baton Rouge Advocate ^ | 9/15/06 | JOE GYAN JR.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

BELLE CHASSE — A discussion about not duplicating pre-Katrina “concentrations of poverty” when New Orleans’ ravaged rental stock is rebuilt raised the temperature Thursday during a Louisiana Recovery Authority meeting.

While authority members and authority Executive Director Andy Kopplin were discussing two “Road Home” rental housing programs and an accompanying objective of not replicating what a Road Home handout called “pre-storm excessive concentrations of poverty,” New Orleanian Elizabeth Cook sprang to her feet and gave the board an earful.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I suppose we now need a PC term for poor, since poor people don't want to be called poor??

[PRND21]

Bling Challenged?

[oh8eleven]

New Orleanian Elizabeth Cook sprang to her feet and gave the board an earful.
The proper response - "sit down and STFU!"

[Abathar]

LOL!

[theDentist]

New Orleanian Elizabeth Cook sprang to her feet and gave the board an earful.

Announcing her candidacy...?

[Maceman]

So now we have to call them "Indigent Americans?"

[Niteranger68]

Well, if you can't (or most likely won't) take care of yourself, we'll put your a$$ on Gilligan's Island if we want. Don't like it? Support yourself.

[FormerACLUmember]

The New Orleans term "utter trash" seems more appropiate.

[Maceman]

“We’re trying to get everybody home under quality conditions and under conditions that everyone can afford,”

Lemme know how that works out for ya.

[Mikey_1962]

I thought we won the War on Poverty in the Johnson years.

[Always Right]

I suppose we now need a PC term for poor, since poor people don't want to be called poor??

Fiscally challenged.

[FormerACLUmember]

"I suppose we now need a PC term for poor, since poor people don't want to be called poor??"

The technically accurate term is: "Totally exploited and rendered enslaved, uneducated, crime victimized, empoverished by the democrat party"

[Let's Roll]

No, we couldn't win it ... the "right people" weren't in charge long enough.

[psychoknk]

Way to not read the article. The poor don't care about being called poor. The "code word" or rather, "code sentence" in this case is summed up in the following line:

She said not repeating concentrations of poverty is a “code word” for keeping New Orleans’ displaced poor from returning to the city.

Elizabeth Cook goes on to say:

“What you’re saying is certain people can’t come home. Let’s be honest here. It’s shameful,” she said. “What you’re saying is concentration of poverty is a crime. It’s OK for the rich to live in concentrations. The working poor need somewhere to live, too. People need somewhere to come home. You’re not fighting for the people.”

[pbear8]

Financially challenged.

Penthouse aspirants

Monetary seekers

Not yet lottery winners

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I did read the article..had the word poor been used the reaction would have been worse..by using the term "concentrations of poverty", it was an attempt NOT to call them poor AND avoid any conotations of race..

[meanie monster]

Bling Challenged? LoL
LAZY

[johnny7]

Bling challanged... but booty-rich.

[gridlock]

How about Insufficiently Subsidized...

[4yearlurker]

Shopping in the baloney section.