While many are blaming city, state and federal leaders for the mess in New Orleans, the former hostages tend to be kinder - and more ashamed of what members of their community did.
In part, Willie Jenkins said, the suffering was a result of the pride and stubbornness of New Orleans citizens. Partly, he blames the neighborhood toughs who saw the storm as the chance to briefly seize power.
He hopes, he said, that people elsewhere in the United States recognize that most of those left homeless by Katrina are hard-working family people who happen to live in a poor neighborhood. They should not, he pointed out, be confused with the thugs.
"But," he added sadly, "I guess everybody is lumped together, the good and the bad."
Others tried to stay cheerful on the hot asphalt yesterday.
"We're dirty, we're hungry, nothing is going right for us," said Rebecca Doucette. Then she paused as she dug her brown plastic spoon into the sack containing her military ration and smiled. "But it will." ***
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I thought white was a color.
Is not white a color?
My momma taught me white was a color. My teachers taught me white was a color.
Does anybody else out there think white is a color?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Ferris?
Elijah Cummings would not dare step foot in any area of devastation that has white people present. Many whites suffered as much or more than the people of New Orleans. There were 135,000 whites in New Orleans, 15,000 Hispanics and 11,000 Asians. Elijah "Color Me Black" Cummings is color blind.
What a disgraceful pice of S. I am not white, you P.O.S, and my wife is not white, but we are not color blind--whites suffered too!
68% of New Orleans population declared themselves black in the 2004 census.
I was talking to my neighbor about all this "racism" this AM and made this statement.
"If this disaster was a poker game, President Bush would win every hand. He is playing with a full deck and the CBC, Revs Jack@$$ and $harpton are playing with one card - the RACE CARD."
I guess all the donations pouring in aren't from any white peeps, huh?
Geez... NEWS FLASH FOLKS! Most of the refugees and looters are Black! That's not opinion, that's fact for cryin out loud.
Man I hate this crap... When I was watching the news footage Thursday night of all the Black folks at the NO Convention Center screaming stuff like... "Where's the state?! The state is supposed to be takin' care of me!" I just knew that the race baiter's (Aka Jesse, AL and the rest of the gang) were going to turn out in droves for the camera's on Friday to start stirring the pot. As if we don't have enough problems just trying to get help where it is needed for ALL of Katrina's victims... Not just the ones in NO.
GRRRRR!!!!