(raising hand) me too! me too!
Yes, I know there was a lot of genuine suffering, but can someone tell me how it was that (at least according to all the interviews I’ve seen this week) EVERYONE had “just bought” all new furniture, a new car, all new clothing, and brand new computers—JUST before Katrina hit? Was there some kind of massive rush on all the businesses moments before the storm?
That’s what they’d have us believe.
Or could it be they hope to get more handouts by telling these tales of woe?
As a life-long New Orleanian, I too am tired of the pity party. Nothing is ever said of the middle to upper middle class neighborhood of Lakeview that was completely wiped out when the 17th street canal began spilling into the streets. Nothing is ever said of affluent Old Metairie that was severely damaged. Nothing is said of lower middle class to poor Chalmette where every building was flooded. Nothing is said of the fact that a disproportionate number of caucasians died in Katrina compared to African Americans.
With that said, please place the blame for this bias, not on N.O. citizenry, rather the media morons looking to push their agenda.
Blanket statements made on this website about the citizens of Metropolitan N.O. end up being just as inaccurate as all of these “remembrances” put together by the fools in the media. And, they actually lend fodder to the false notion that Katrina was racism on display.