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highthief · 09-02-2005, 03:36 AM

No, not about the AP article however photos and video from New Orleans really makes this non-American realize how very different black society is in the US, perhaps especially the south.

Easily 98% of people seen in the news footage from the Superdome and in the streets are black. Not entirely surprising as blacks make up 70% of NO population and blacks occupy, on average, a lower economic strata and may have had less opportunity to leave - no money for hotels or bus fare or whatnot, they stuck around hoping the state will care for them.

However, when I see the images of reporters, national guardsmen, state and federal officials and so on - then the numbers are fully reversed and almost all are white.

Not really saying this is right or wrong or trying to explain it, it just hit me that when I hear people talking about the differences between white and black society in the US, I can now really visualize it.

09-02-2005, 03:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Racial disconnect in America? No, not about the AP article however photos and video from New Orleans really makes this non-American realize how very different black society is in the US, perhaps especially the south. Easily 98% of people seen in the news footage from the Superdome and in the streets are black. Not entirely surprising as blacks make up 70% of NO population and blacks occupy, on average, a lower economic strata and may have had less opportunity to leave - no money for hotels or bus fare or whatnot, they stuck around hoping the state will care for them. However, when I see the images of reporters, national guardsmen, state and federal officials and so on - then the numbers are fully reversed and almost all are white. Not really saying this is right or wrong or trying to explain it, it just hit me that when I hear people talking about the differences between white and black society in the US, I can now really visualize it. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.