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MrsJ
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CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
I just read this on CNN. This makes me really mad.
The poll found that six in 10 blacks interviewed said the federal government was slow in rescuing those stranded in New Orleans after Katrina because many of the people in the Louisiana city were black. But only about one in eight white respondents shared that view.
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
can't say i am surprised to see that...
IMO i think people want to believe that
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:23 AM |
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Tany
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
I'm not saying that what they are saying it's accurate but who are we to really know that, it wasn't one of the factors in it.
we only know what we hear in the news but we really weren't there to understand what could have happened. but yet again is jmo.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:28 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Aliasmom
I'm not saying that what they are saying it's accurate but who are we to really know that, it wasn't one of the factors in it.
we only know what we hear in the news but we really weren't there to understand what could have happened. but yet again is jmo.
who are they to make such assumptions as well.????
THere were PLENTY of white people there....
The main factor was economic status imo Not to even say THAT is a reason that things were or weren't done....
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:31 AM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Aliasmom
I'm not saying that what they are saying it's accurate but who are we to really know that, it wasn't one of the factors in it.
we only know what we hear in the news but we really weren't there to understand what could have happened. but yet again is jmo.
I would agree w/ you on this.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:32 AM |
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QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
what do you think they are gonna say?
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:33 AM |
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MrsJ
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Everything always has to turn into a race issue. People are always pulling the race card. If people took half the time they spent on blaming the 'whites' and put that energy towards helping people there would have been a lot more people saved - and saved faster.
How many men - healthy, young men both black and white, sat in the superdome b*tching about not having this and not having that when they could have been out there helping rescue people?
Please dont flame me, Im just sharing things I have thought about.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:33 AM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
eta: yes, i agree that people are ALWAYS using teh race card (i mean they do excessively) but in this case i believe it is a strong factor.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:34 AM |
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Tany
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Aliasmom
I'm not saying that what they are saying it's accurate but who are we to really know that, it wasn't one of the factors in it.
we only know what we hear in the news but we really weren't there to understand what could have happened. but yet again is jmo.
who are they to make such assumptions as well.????
THere were PLENTY of white people there....
The main factor was economic status imo Not to even say THAT is a reason that things were or weren't done....
Jenn like I said I'm not saying if it's true or not, but we don't know what happened. that's my point, nobody really does unless they were there.
but anything could have been.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:34 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
Well if thought or believed that the leaders of this country are RACIST....
I would have to leave it IMMEDIATELY
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:34 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
eta: yes, i agree that people are ALWAYS using teh race card (i mean they do excessively) but in this case i believe it is a strong factor.
the STRONGEST aspect of the people that were there were that they were POOR....!!!
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:35 AM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
Well if thought or believed that the leaders of this country are RACIST....
I would have to leave it IMMEDIATELY
i feel Bush is prejudiced, definatly
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:36 AM |
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june262004
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
67% of the people who lived there are black. BUT I saw white people with no teeth too (ive said that before)
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:37 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by kelleherkm
Everything always has to turn into a race issue. People are always pulling the race card. If people took half the time they spent on blaming the 'whites' and put that energy towards helping people there would have been a lot more people saved - and saved faster.
How many men - healthy, young men both black and white, sat in the superdome b*tching about not having this and not having that when they could have been out there helping rescue people?
Please dont flame me, Im just sharing things I have thought about.
Sorry but i dont think the race card is everything...
I just think it is alot easier in THIS situation to say..instead of focusing in on their economic status....
And i don't think we can really judge what people could have done ....we weren't in their shoes
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:37 AM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
eta: yes, i agree that people are ALWAYS using teh race card (i mean they do excessively) but in this case i believe it is a strong factor.
the STRONGEST aspect of the people that were there were that they were POOR....!!!
this is very true as well.
but i dont know, if they were poor WHITE people, i honestly feel they would be helped alittle sooner.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:37 AM |
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monkeybride
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Well I agree with them. After living in the south and knowing GW was born and raised there its hard to believe it didn't.
I think they have every right to feel that way.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:37 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Lolita4Life
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
eta: yes, i agree that people are ALWAYS using teh race card (i mean they do excessively) but in this case i believe it is a strong factor.
the STRONGEST aspect of the people that were there were that they were POOR....!!!
this is very true as well.
but i dont know, if they were poor WHITE people, i honestly feel they would be helped alittle sooner.
There were POOR WHITE people there Jess...
yes the majority were black but there were DEFINITELY MANY white people as welll....
AGAIN..the most prevalent trait was socio-economic status.....
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:38 AM |
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QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
they have a right to feel however they want
i just think that it is an easy cop out on their part to pull the race card
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:38 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by june262004
67% of the people who lived there are black. BUT I saw white people with no teeth too (ive said that before)
EXACTLY....67% that is BARELY more than HALF! 
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
If I was living there and had to waited 5 days to get some help & water & the basics need to survive I would be prettty unhappy also. There really is no excuse for it. We're not a 3rd world country. Regardless of race. 
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:39 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Lolita4Life
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
Well if thought or believed that the leaders of this country are RACIST....
I would have to leave it IMMEDIATELY
i feel Bush is prejudiced, definatly
who isn't....doesn't mean that has anything to do with how he did or did not act.
AND to assume is stupid
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:39 AM |
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MrsERod
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
Well if thought or believed that the leaders of this country are RACIST....
I would have to leave it IMMEDIATELY
i believe there is something i will term as Economic Racism.
while i DO believe that alot of factors played a key role in regards to the response, or lack of a 'quicker' more agressive response...(such as logisitics, the number of victims effected, and the shear magnitude of the tragedy)...I do believe that had this happened on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, the response would have been MUCH different. JMO.
oh, and I also saw a report on CNN, that the mayor of NO reportedly claimed that when survivors were trying to make their way out of the city ON FOOT via the only roadway that was passable at the time, Cops from a bordering city, in riot gear, with attack dogs, sTopped them from entering...something about not wanting their city to be negatively impacted with all the evacuees...
 
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Jesaroo
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
67% who lived there were black.... but what percentage of the people tehre NOW are black? it's a helluva lot more than 67% thats for sure.
all the white people had places to go, fmaily to stay with. its the black people who lived in a house with their whole entire family and have nowhere to go.
we can all fight about this, but whatever.
my opinion is just that, MY opinion. none of us REALLY know why or why not they were not saved sooner, so it is ridicuous to argue over a fact that none of us know the true answer to.
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:41 AM |
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by MrsERod
Posted by Redhead
Posted by Lolita4Life
well, i think its true. i'm right in there with them.
Well if thought or believed that the leaders of this country are RACIST....
I would have to leave it IMMEDIATELY
i believe there is something i will term as Economic Racism.
while i DO believe that alot of factors played a key role in regards to the response, or lack of a 'quicker' more agressive response...(such as logisitics, the number of victims effected, and the shear magnitude of the tragedy)...I do believe that had this happened on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, the response would have been MUCH different. JMO.
oh, and I also saw a report on CNN, that the mayor of NO reportedly claimed that when survivors were trying to make their way out of the city ON FOOT via the only roadway that was passable at the time, Cops from a bordering city, in riot gear, with attack dogs, sTopped them from entering...something about not wanting their city to not be negatively impacted with all the evacuees...
omg...did you catch what city that was? 
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| Posted 9/13/05 11:41 AM |
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QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: CNN Poll: 6 in 10 blacks said race played a part in the delay of rescuing people in NO
Posted by MrsERod
oh, and I also saw a report on CNN, that the mayor of NO reportedly claimed that when survivors were trying to make their way out of the city ON FOOT via the only roadway that was passable at the time, Cops from a bordering city, in riot gear, with attack dogs, sTopped them from entering...something about not wanting their city to not be negatively impacted with all the evacuees...
but that may not have been due to race per say
they were looting, crazy irrational people
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