Oh,for sure,nothing personal intended toward you.
My beef with MANY Southern-and Northern-whites is not that they hate and disparage the little thugs and gangstas out there.Hey,those types are anathema to any decent citizen.
I ran into way too many who simply did not care for darker skinned people except at the servant level.Thats wrong by anyone's defintion of human decency.I heard New Orleans police on several occasions refering to blacks as"niggers".Simply wrong.I saw personnel directors interview black job seekers and smiling in their faces and then throwing away their applications and laughing at their attempts to work"with us".
Looting is ridiculous.People risking felony burglary convictions for a pair of shoes.Thats part of the problem with black people today-materialism over everything.Cash rules everyting around me mentality.A recipe for moral and social disaster.
First post: Born and raised New Orleanian, now living abroad. In the oil business.
Have one brother at East Jeff Hospital in Metairie, and 1 at North Shore Hospital in Hammond doing their best. Last one doesn't know where his wife's parents are, as they rode it out in Diamondhead near Bay St. Louis. My Parents lost their home in Bay St. Louis, or so we assume, and they just rented an apartment in Lafayette today with my other brother.
I've got a crate with trophies from 5 African safaris sitting in a crate on a dock in the Port of New Orleans. It just cleared Customs and was supposed to be picked up and taken to storage in Slidell on Monday. Is it still there you think?
Venice, Boothville, etc. - essentially the lower half of Plaquemines Parish are gone - homes, businesses (oil service industries, etc.) I have the pictures from a flyover today.
No one, I am told, is quite sure where the Mississippi is now flowing, but you can be sure it is not navigable - meaning no ships in or out. Meaning the Port of N.O. won't be getting any relief from there, unless the Miss River Gulf Outlet can handle traffic. Not sure as it's not my specialty.
N.O is done. How can any city recover from this? The residents, and I am speculating based upon having lived there for 45 years, may well take matters into their own hands at some point, regardless of any NG presence. I hope not, but I am realistic.
A very good friend of mine is an upscale contractor in eastern Virginia. His business partner is a black man, very nice guy, very knowledgable. My friend has told me more than once that they have lost jobs when the potential clients realize that the business was co-owned by a black. A few people even told him they didn't want a black man in their home. It is sad but true.
That having been said, the vast majority of people don't feel that way and there are racists in all areas, shapes and colors.