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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:34 PM Original message |
Anyone else notice almost all the people stranded in NO are black? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. As regards leaving - only 20% of the people who live in |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yep, New Orleans is a very walkable city. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Please back that up.....I lived there for 17 years...family still does... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I saw someone cite that elsewhere here. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I heard it on the tv (MSNBC) on Sunday and thought that could not |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I see you are still angry. eom |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Had no cars also ... no place to go either |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, I noticed. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Because they vote Dem? |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. And don't make large contributions to the G.O.P. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. "We told you to get out, we warned, we begged" |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Also, NO is heavily black to start. But of course wealthy people got out. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. NO population almost 70% black, could that be one reason why? |
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Xtreme (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. God stop trying to turn this into a racism issue! |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Racism??? I don't think so, Tim. It's a poverty issue. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. My mistake...I could have sworn your title said "black". |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. What |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Someone changing boats in midstream. n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I've seen white people suffering as well |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. More Americans are in poverty than before * took over |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Please check the demographics of the city. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. It true that close to 70% of NO residents are black. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I wonder why most people don't realize that. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Most people live in their own little part of the world |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I could only wish. LOL n/t |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. 67.25% of population black as of 2000 census |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. But...DU'ers have posted statistics that NO is 67% African-American? |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yes, the looters being shown on TV are exclusively black. And no wonder |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. umm I have seen whities "shopping" pics as well nt |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I haven't. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. NO majority is probably christian, but they do not say xtian looters |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yeah, why not call them Xtian Male looters??? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Do they say "black looters"? n/t |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. I seen white folks who is homeless... one young man was interviewed |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. Ya' know, this is just a "DUH" post! |
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growlypants (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. all the whites high tailed it outta town |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. laura flanders on aar just now: race and class are at the center |
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