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Originally posted by Rudey
"Statistics released by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals suggest that fewer than half of the victims of Hurricane Katrina were black, and that whites died at the highest rate of all races in New Orleans."
That was the most recent count I had seen in December. For a city that is so "Chocolate", it's strange that the "White-Chocolate" died at a higher rate. And it's also even more strange that people are referred to as "Chocolate" outside of strip clubs.
-Rudey
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Actually LA Homeland Security says that according to the recent counts of people IDENTIFIED there were more Whites that died but once the others were identified the numbers could change. Also the fact that more whites possibly died as opposed to African Americans doesn't discount that New Orleans populations is 67% people of color. Which means more people of color were affected by Katrina in deaths and over all total loss.
Also I'm not saying that anyone that lost their love ones or lost their livelyhood and personal belongings shouldn't be treated the same no matter what color. But the fact remains people do refer to N.O., DC and some other predomiantely African American areas are Chocolate City and this has been happening for years and it's not discounting another.