Things I have learned from watching the news on TV during the Katrina aftermath: 1. The hurricane only hit black families' property 2. New Orleans was devastated and no other city was affected by the hurricane 3. Mississippi is reported to have a tree blown down 4. New Orleans has no white people 5. The hurricane blew a limb off a tree in the yard of an Alabama resident 6. When you are hungry after a hurricane, steal a big screen TV 7. The hurricane did 23 billion dollars in improvements to New Orleans: now the city is welfare, looters and gang free and they are in your city 8. White folks don't make good news stories 9. Don't give thanks to the thousands that came to help rescue you, instead bitch because the government hasn't given you a debit card yet. 10. Only black family members got separated in the hurricane rescue efforts 11. Ignore warnings to evacuate and the white folks will come get you, bring you to Houston and give you money, and a charge card for being stupid. ( this isn't meant to be "racial" simply a repeat of an email I got and that's the idea one might get if watching the media )
Very true. I'm not sure that I agree with the wording "moral poverty". Let me just say, that I believe the black community is in moral poverty, however he seems to use this term very liberally in order to cover their ineptness & lack of ability to care for themselves as well. Bill Cosby (although not from this article, he is one saying similar things about the black community) is a genuis & American needs more black men like him willing to stand up and say what is wrong with their culture. A white man would be shot & torn apart by blacks/the media for saying such a thing, but we need someone in a position of power to come out & say the obvious. PS: The article is writen by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, a black man. I had to click the link & check to make sure. The NABJ part did give it away though... I don't think many white people attend that.
