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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
Help me understand how cavalier this attitude is after millions of people were displaced by a natural disaster and who happened to be people of color?
Moreover, the failure in human public health without a directive given from our publicly elected leaders who where a bit more concerned about payment upon looming disaster.
I have never lived in NOLA, I have visited numerous times. This city was targeted just like Falluja, Iraq. The only difference is it was not OVERTLY done by human hands, unless you consider global warming.
So please, help me understand that the Fed who has a piss poor history toward African Americans would be brought to justice? Or Just Us?
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Monet, you are looking at this very myopically. And FEMA and the Feds are taking full advantage of the fact that a lot of Black Americans will be seeing their lack of intervention during Katrina as racially motivated. But in the grand scheme of things, it is par for the course as far as they are concerned, and again, this whole incident ultimately goes beyond slighting Black Americans. There is something much bigger going on that we cannot afford to take this personally.
Put another way, not everyone who comes to our rescue is a Good Samaritan doing it out of goodwill. What you saw during Katrina is one instance of what will be the ultimate mindf[rea]k.
All I will say at this point is: FEMA and the Feds are playing headgames with Americans, which it is particularly easy to do with Black Americans, because we are too easily swayed by anything that even remotely appears to be race related. It's a trap! Don't fall for the okey-doke.
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