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hottoddy · 12-15-2005, 11:40 AM

Oops - Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths

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Liberals in the aftermath of the storm were quick to allege that the Bush administration delayed its response to the catastrophe because most of the victims were black.

Damu Smith, founder of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, in September said that the federal government "ignored us, they forgot about us ... because we look like we look."

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in October said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency wasn't fit to help the storm's victims because "there are not enough blacks high up in FEMA" and added that, "certainly the Red Cross is the same."

Rapper Kanye West used his time on NBC's telethon for the hurricane victims to charge that, "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

But the state's demographic information suggests that whites in New Orleans died at a higher rate than minorities."
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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.as...05 1214b.html

Triple 6 · 12-15-2005, 11:43 AM

its not about black people, its about poor people, and any black person bitching otherwiseneeds to invest in kleenex

12-15-2005, 11:40 AM	#1
hottoddy Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: PacNorWest Posts: 3,048	Buried on Page 23 - Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths (Link) Oops - Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths ". . . Liberals in the aftermath of the storm were quick to allege that the Bush administration delayed its response to the catastrophe because most of the victims were black. Damu Smith, founder of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, in September said that the federal government "ignored us, they forgot about us ... because we look like we look." Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in October said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency wasn't fit to help the storm's victims because "there are not enough blacks high up in FEMA" and added that, "certainly the Red Cross is the same." Rapper Kanye West used his time on NBC's telethon for the hurricane victims to charge that, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." But the state's demographic information suggests that whites in New Orleans died at a higher rate than minorities." . . . http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.as...05 1214b.html __________________ - *** -

12-15-2005, 11:43 AM	#2
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