Playing the Race Card, and Losing
How, how, is everything turned into a black-white thing?!
From the Wall Street Journal;
Though Katrina is an equal-opportunity destroyer, the news media's coverage
of the disaster has centered on the city of New Orleans--which is understandable, given that that is the center of the metropolis, that it is densely populated, and that it is 80% underwater.
That means the faces of the suffering that we have seen have mostly been black ones. And so what? These are fellow human beings and fellow Americans; the color of their skin makes their misery no more or less heartbreaking, and their rescue no more or less urgent.
From the 2000 U.S. Census;
Parish or county.......White -- Black
Jefferson, La.............69.8% -- 22.9%
Orleans, La............... 28.1% -- 67.3%***
Plaquemines, La...... 69.8% -- 23.4%
St. Bernard, La.........88.3% -- 7.6%
St. Tammany, La.....87.0% -- 9.9%
Hancock, Miss......... 90.2% -- 6.8%
Harrison, Miss.........73.1% -- 21.1%
Jackson, Miss..........75.4% -- 20.9%
2 Comments:
Despite the fact that most people, no matter their race or economic position, lost much in hurricane (including their homes and jobs), it is members of the poor black population that have been losing their lives. It's kindof a big problem. That's how.
What a cop-out. Your first thought made the point, most "people." Your continued thought illustrates what your eyes see, white v. black. How unfortunate.
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