What does being too poor to leave town at the drop of a hat have to do with values? All the poor people who stayed in NO during the hurricane were not criminals.
Where did I say they were?
THey are not criminals, but the tolerate criminals in their midst. And, to the extent that massive looting took place, by thousands of people, they are.
The point was that even those that are not criminals themselves tolerate criminals and vote for them: it is their elected representatives that betrayed them.
Secondly, they were NOT too poor to leave the city: they has hundreds of PUBLIC buses that their leadership, mostly black and Democratic, did not provide for them. People what do not mind voting for corrupt, inept politician lost their lives.
Please reread my numerous post, if you'd like, but do not put words in my mouth: it would be racist to suggest that they were all criminals, and would never say such a thing.