[RWR8189]

You can't blame many of these young folks for being happy to be out of the slums of inner city life.

And I'm sure if they make positive contributions to society, Utah will be more than happy to embrace them.

[SolidSupplySide]

Black refugees ask if Utah will really accept them

Will anyone call this racism?

[Mears]

I would find the climate change the hardest thing.

[rineaux]

they are part of Utah already. New Orleans Jazz/Utah Jazz.

[Shazbot29]

She said rescuers picked them up only after a lighter-skinned black woman waved down a helicopter.

Give me an F'in break! The Jessie Jackson victomhood mentality kicks in again.

[hipaatwo]

I think maybe this is what Jesse and Al fear the most. People getting out of the slums and realizing it's not the "white man" that hurt them as much as the race baters.

[colorcountry]

I have a business here in SLC.. I'll hire one for handyman, and I'll start him at $10.00 per hour with benefits.

Looks like I'd better get in touch with Camp Williams.

[battlegearboat]

They have to pass muster with Robert Redford first.

[xrp]

"Any time you go in where you are in the minority -- and I'm experienced in this -- it's going to be more difficult," said Wayne Mortimer, mayor of Bluffdale next to Camp Williams.

I feel his pain. As a 4th generation American of Swedish descent, I too feel uneasy since Americans of Swedish descent are not 50% + 1 of the United States' populace.

[BlessedByLiberty]

"His ex-wife Tanya Andrews, 44, said race played a part in their escape from flooded New Orleans, an adventure which she said included looting food, a television and a boat to get to higher land."

I must be dense as a fence post, how does looting a television set get you to hire ground unless you float on it? Mystified!

[Norman Conquest]

Were I an evacuee, I would take for granted the kindness of those who offered me a place to live, and put my focus on being worthy of those mercies.

[Argus]

"What if I find a Caucasian girl and decide to date her?

You just hit town, man. Why don't you worry about finding a job first?

Sheesh.

[seamus]

His ex-wife Tanya Andrews, 44, said race played a part in their escape from flooded New Orleans, an adventure which she said included looting food, a television and a boat to get to higher land. She said rescuers picked them up only after a lighter-skinned black woman waved down a helicopter.

Maybe the helicopter didn't stop by because they couldnt' fit the freakin' TV in there. I know if I'm starving and desperate, the three things's I'd loot woudl be food to eat, a boat to escape in, and a TV to watch football on.

[Question Liberal Authority]

By a strange coincidence, groups of Mormons who visit New Orleans have many of the same questions.

[Mr. Silverback]

Black refugees ask if Utah will really accept them

This title, and the comments of Larry Andrew in the first couple of paras, say volumes more about the culture of the undeclass in New Orleans than it does about anybody in the entire state of Utah.

Welcome to the 21st Century, Larry, you freakin' moron.

[pepperdog]

"his appearance with dreadlocks and a goatee still worked against him"

I don't care what color a guy is, his dreadlocks and goatee will always work against him. Yuck! He should shave his beard and cut his hair. People will then take him seriously. After he makes his first million he can grow all the hair he wants, but he probably won't want to then.

[TChris]

You'll be judged by your words and actions. How you are accepted will be up to you.

[Tall_Texan]

Heck, there is the Utah Jazz with a number of black basketball players.

6'-10" Karl Malone tells the story of standing at the Salt Lake City airport one day when she heard an elderly white woman addressing him.

"Young man, young man", she called unaware who he was. "Will you pick up my bags?" She assumed because he was black and standing around an airport he must have been a baggage handler.

Malone, rather than making a scene, picked up the lady's bags and took them other to the check-in counter.

[cripplecreek]

As an optimist I hope that some of these inner city people will discover that the race baiters of the world are lying about racists around every corner.

[radiohead]

his appearance with dreadlocks and a goatee still worked against him.

Unless you are a student, an artist, live in NYC or Los Angeles, or work in Starbucks, this appearance will generally work against you. Same thing goes for my black sisters with the 'unique' hair styles and colors.

I have interviewed a number of younger black people for para-professional jobs. They tried to better themselves by getting a certificate or community college degree and yet never learned that if you want to play the game, you have to wear the uniform.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Someone needs to inform these people of the TRUTH about Red State America, instead of the CRAP they've heard from the Jesse Jacksons and Kweise Mfumes of the world: everyone who behaves in a civilized manner in Red State America is welcome, regardless of skin color. Everyone who behaves in an uncivilized manner is not welcome, regardless of skin color.