Racism cost lives, N.O. evacuees say - Democratic Underground

AngryAmish

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Wed Dec-07-05 10:04 AM
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Racism cost lives, N.O. evacuees say

"Four African-American New Orleans residents told a House committee Tuesday that they felt a sense of abandonment from all levels of government when Hurricane Katrina hit three months ago and believe more lives and homes would have been saved had the victims been predominantly white and wealthier.

"People were allowed to die," said Leah Hodges, who told the panel she still doesn't know if her brother survived the hurricane. She likened what happened to New Orleans, and many of its black residents, to "genocide and ethnic cleansing."

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Please read. This shows through live testimony of the abject racism that caused the disaster.

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SCDem

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Wed Dec-07-05 10:08 AM
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1. I saw this on CSPAN yesterday

And the last woman to speak God bless her soul. She said call the capitol police if you want because I came here not for myself but for my community and I will not stop talking until I have listed all of my community's comments and concerns.

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applegrove

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:22 PM
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2. Reckless indifference to lives considered non economic - when

neocons are in power.

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951-Riverside

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:23 PM
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3. Its not racism its classism....

Racism against blacks ceased to exist since the 60's!!!!!! :sarcasm:

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951-Riverside

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Wed Dec-07-05 06:33 PM
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4. *kick*

:kick:

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