New Orleans struggles to keep its black character

reuters.co.uk ^ | 01/14/07 | Mary Milliken

[Bean Counter]

I thought they re-elected Ray Nagin....what's the struggle??...

[ExTexasRedhead]

Is this a joke or what? Struggle?

[NonValueAdded]

Its black character? Who, Looterman? There are TONS of characters to be found on Bourbon Street on any given evening, many of them black. ;)

[neodad]

Government is woefully behind schedule, sparking accusations from some that it is deliberately stalling to keep certain problem neighborhoods from coming back.

Translation: Bush's Fault.

[Brilliant]

"New Orleans struggles to keep its black character"



Seems racist to me.

[NewCenturions]

"It is going to be dependent upon resources available from the government"

Like it was before the hurricane - that's the problem.

[Radio_Silence]

"It is going to be dependent upon resources available from the government..."

Why can't they just say it? It's not from the govt but from the tax payer.

I guess I'll need to cough up a little extra this year to make sure New Orleans stays a black city.

What a disgrace this entire article is.

[Enterprise]

"New Orleans struggles to keep its black character"

No, don't let him go. Stay Lootie, stay. It's important for New Orleans to keep a character like you.

[Gay State Conservative]

"Chappaqua struggles to keep its white character"

[Enterprise]

Willie Wonka has volunteered to do all he can to help keep New Orleans a chocolate city.

[School of Rational Thought]

90 murders per 100000
Incompetant and corrupt government

Should be in their promotional materia.

[cbkaty]

I wonder how the following headline would play?

Anytown, USA struggles to keep it's WHITE character.....

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Just imagine the uproar if a headline read Pretoria struggles to keep its White character.

[MovementConservative]

New Orleans was 67 percent African American before Katrina and 28 percent white.

And yet they continue to re-elect William Jefferson. the place was a poorly run cess pool before Katrina, it doesn't appear much different now that the public housing has been demolished.

[eastcobb]

"Indeed, shooting deaths are a near daily occurrence, a pattern Nagin called "black-on-black" crime."

Wow, that Nagin guy is brilliant!

[RichInOC]

There to say a prayer was Henry Irvin, who is rebuilding his home in the Lower Ninth at the age of 70.

"We're coming back and I've already told the man who sits in the chair Uptown, the mayor, don't get in my way because we are tired of waiting for y'all," said Irvin.

I like this guy's attitude.

[Spacewalker]

That was my reaction too... Imagine what would happen if a paper said that town X struggles to retain its white character...

[HangnJudge]

The people of New Orleans have chosen
to build their castles on shifting sand

The consequences are obvious

That a higher percentage of those
displaced are of lower classes economically
Speaks to each individuals personal decisions

That they happen to be of a higher pigmented persuasion
Should not be an issue one way or the other...

[Redbob]

"New Orleans... is struggling to regain its black character."

Ray Nagin could always send buses to Houston to bring them back - and Houston would be glad to be rid of them, along with the skyrocketing crime rate they brought with them.

By "black character," do they mean drugs, murder, and welfare dependency?
Because that's all New Orleans is missing now.