--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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.
And this doesn't happen in New York? > > 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. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
