[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m a Katrina evacuee (not victim) from Biloxi, Mississippi, who now lives in Fort Worth. When I went to FEMA, both in Biloxi and here, they subtly but plainly let me know that white people can’t be Katrina “victims” so I was on my own. For awhile, I was in charge of one of the workforce offices in Dallas that worked with NOLA evacuees, but never received assistance myself. If “Bush hates black people” he sure has a funny way of showing it. We were giving away: Target & Wal-Mart gift cards, laptop computers with Wi-Fi, food stamps, unemployment assistance, housing, TANF (welfare money), clothing, gasoline debit cards, bus passes, career counseling, etc.. We offered to bus them to huge job fairs, but there were few takers.

[texas booster]

I have heard the same stories from other MS residents.

My company donated over a hundred carpet remnants for temporary cushioning at the arena where evacuees were housed.

Not one person came to help us load them up at the warehouse, and only one person helped us unload the remnants at the arena.

A fight did break out over some of the thicker carpet remnants but the victor could not carry the heavy carpet. Since no one would help him after the fight, he left it where he dragged it to and complained loudly about how he was mistreated.

We only had three people from out-of-state apply at the warehouse for work and neither came back after the walking tour of the job site.