On 9/2/05 1:24 AM, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I could not understand the political value;
>
> In depriving the citizens trapped in New Orleans;
>
> From air drops of food and water and rafts.
>
> Help for the children and babies.
>
> The only reason I can think of:
>
> Is to divert attention away from the Iraq catastrophe.
The real problems are more logistical and demographic and NOLA's own
problems. There has been a "white flight" out of NOLA in the last two
decades, which means the poorer population is what remained, this eroded the
tax base. In general, the more you make in this area, the higher ground you
tend to live on. The poorest people tend to live in the lowest lying areas.
The disaster plans were also all predicated on the condition that you had
your own transportation.
Furthermore, there is a caste system in the south still. Can you look at the
TV coverage and guess which ones are the "untouchables"? Just to give you an
idea, a friend of mine who grew up in Harlem moved to NOLA out of medical
school. He was black but moved into a white neighborhood. His wife and
family were constantly harassed--even when they were at a supermarket. When
finally they couldn't take any more and decided to leave, no one would buy
their house--it had been tainted by their "untouchability". They took a huge
loss and left.
Have you ever heard of "learned helplessness" and "entitlement"? These are
yet other factors that come to the fore in a situation like this.
Dubya certainly hasn't helped, but there are problems unique to this area.
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