Just in from Yahoo- Black people "looting", white people "finding"

BayouBengal07

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:29 PM
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Just in from Yahoo- Black people "looting", white people "finding"

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530

"A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)"

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1

Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)

Hmmmm...

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apnu

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:29 PM
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1. old news, but good to see this is still floating around there. (n/t)

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stopbush

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:31 PM
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2. Just in...Tuesday.

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SofaKingLiberal

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:31 PM
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3. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4515079

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DanCa

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:31 PM
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4. The ink is black the page is white

They play by day and sleep by night oh what a sight. Oh what a beautiful sight.

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DanCa

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:31 PM
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5. The ink is black the page is white

They play by day and sleep by night oh what a sight. Oh what a beautiful sight.

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brentspeak

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:32 PM
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6. The woman in the "finding" photo appears African-American

IMO.

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atre

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:34 PM
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7. It's tough to say, but...

there is adequate evidence of a cultural bias towards light-skinned blacks.

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tx_dem41

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Thu Sep-01-05 02:37 PM
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8. I thought that captioning was telling. Then, I found out that two..

different agencies (AP and AFP) wrote them. Took some of the oomph out of the story.

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frylock

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Thu Sep-01-05 04:18 PM
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9. white people are just more resourceful.

</sarc>

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