America Ignored Poverty in New Orleans, Not Blacks
San Gabriel Valley Tribune › September 09, 2005
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IT feels like O.J. all over again. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, we are reminded that black America and white America see things differently.
We saw this vividly during O.J. Simpson's criminal trial. When his not-guilty verdict was delivered, black Americans cheered while whites dumbfounded and nearly unanimous in their belief that Simpson was guilty scratched their heads.See the full content of this document
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America Ignored Poverty in New Orleans, Not Blacks
How could we see things so differently?
Now we see this racial schism again in the aftermath of Katrina. Blacks again not all, but many if not most see the federal government's slow response to the hurricane's r...See the full content of this document
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