MSNBC Poll saying race NOT a factor in response.

[TexanDem]

Surprising!

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261 /

Do you believe race played any role in the government's first response to Katrina?
43% yes 57% no

[NewJeffCT]

1. actually, I'm surprised 43% yes

it's obvious it was a factor, but usually nobody admits to being a racist, either.

[alphafemale]

5. Being that most people responding are probably white...

Yeah, that is higher than I'd have hoped for.

Of course it was racist.

Can you imagine hundreds of white folk left to die of thirst on a freeway overpass?

[bballny]

2. big deal

most people in this country don't think there is racism

[TomInTib]

3. The governments first response was to..

fly to San Diego. Maybe catch a baseball game.
Oh!, wait.... wait....
That's right, the government went shopping for a house in Maryland.

[Erika]

4. Being racist is something one keeps to themselves

and pretends its not there. It is. What is missing is the honesty.

[Fovea]

6. Of the predominently white males

who were both online, and interested in taking this poll,
more than 4 out of 10 shamefacedly admit that racism helped drown New Orlean's poor. That's how I see this.

[bribri16]

7. This is what all those who are not victims of racism say. What's new? n/t