YouTube Debate: Was Katrina Fiasco Due to Race?

[user696969]

class played more of a role than race, but both played a role

[sgsfdgfsdfsdfsddf]

it would have been different because the whites would have left...

[thatfunnyblackdude]

Lastly, blacks did not have a group of people to exploit for 400 hundred years so we could be off building universities. Blacks where made to start from scratch, something no white person of Western European origin living in the world today can claim. if your father lived paycheck to paycheck, b/c his parents lived paycheck 2 paycheck b/c his parents did b/c their parents where slaves, of course your race would be driven towards higher crime rates. poverty is the sister of crime my nigga.

[RageAgainstNWO]

Sorry my friend, white people created the U.S.A from scratch, even if it was on the backs of black people, whites used ALL the resources and tools they could, and if your black acnestors didn't sell the first generation of black slaves to us, we'd still have the most powerful nation on earth today

[thatfunnyblackdude]

it is the years of institutionalized prejudice and racism that the black population in this country has had to contend with, and if i sound like a victim, it is because, well, quite frankly i am. After the legal end of slavery, the sharecropping system ensured blacks would remain in a state of effective slavery for decades after Reconsruction. during the great migration to cities, blacks where only permitted to buy property in areas of least economic oppertunity, and the effects are felt today

[thatfunnyblackdude]

well first and foremost jason101other, fuck off. secondly, if i may bring up a counterpoint, why do you think that the poorest citizens in this country are minorities, largly african american? because in my last biology class, when one strips away the skin on a random human being, its all the same red stuff. there is no logical reason to make the claim that ALL white people are simply smarter and better economists than blacks. all whites arent born accountants. i think i have the answer though,

[jason101other]

So get over the damned victim mentality. You are lucky to be in the US, benefiting off of the scientific and educational institutions, hospitals, and economy that the white man built. You are lucky to have a white people here who are so overly sympathetic to blacks, paying for blacks to eat, be housed, and lowering the bar to let underachievers into our top universities built by the white man! A little self-reflection would do you a lot of good.

[jason101other]

McGriff, you say that you have done a lot of research, but I say that you obviously need to keep studying. The fact is that black on white crime is over 30x more prevalent in America than white on black. Blacks raping whites is over 100x more common than whites raping blacks. Black people have far more opportunity in the US than they do in their own African countries. Racism against whites by blacks is widespread too. In Zimbabwe, (Africa), Mugabe stole white people's land in a racist coup.

[jason101other]

McGriffit,shame on you! Why don't you get up off your ass and go get a job?Your black ancestors were selling each other as slaves before the white man ever bought a negro.The blacks are lucky that we brought them over here, because they fared better in the US than their kin did back in Africa.Here they enjoyed better food and longer lifespans.Over the last 40 years, the US has spent trillions of dollarson handouts for the unachieving, slothful, victim-card playing black man. You deserve nothing.

[mcgriffit]

@jason101other I wish I would have seen this sooner, although I'm not even sure I want to dignify it w/ a response. I certainly have a job & you sound like an idiot. No one is debating the history of slavery (although ur vision of it is quite skewed). This question was seeking a response from candidates on what roles they believe race & classed played in the wake of Hurricane Katrina... so what are you talking about? You're a perfect ex. of an uninformed ignorant racist spewing mindless jargon.

[skanktimonious]

Fuck you, shitbag.

[mcgriffit]

Furthermore, we are in no place to judge who could have left, and who couldn't. Over 25% had NO access to private transportation. I've done tons of research on the subject & perhaps you guys should too before you continue with this.

Open your minds (or a book) and stop the judgment. You are accomplishing absolutely NOTHING by engaging in this petty rant of hurtful and hateful comments.

People in New Orleans suffered, all kinds of people. Respect that, respect each other, respect yourselves.

[mcgriffit]

I'm the person who submitted this question, & to both of you, skanktimonious & evictor09, you are forces in perpetuating racism & a prejudice ideology that has existed in this country for centuries.

It's sad that you guys have taken a genuine issue worthy of discussion & filled its comments w/ name-calling and ignorance. Shame on both of you.

[skanktimonious]

Well, sorry. But I like fucking with rednecks. Welcome to Youtube.

[skanktimonious]

Shitbag.

[skanktimonious]

Always remember, you're a worthless shitbag.

[skanktimonious]

Shitbag.

[skanktimonious]

I think what you meant to say is: "I gotta go rape my 15 year old step son, from my fourth marriage."

There's no god, you're the proof.

[ezekielthemack]

It's a pity you didn't perish during 9/11. It would have done the world a favour. But look around you, your "people" are perishing the world over, not least in Iraq and Afghanistan. The chickens ALWAYS come home to roost my friend.

[skanktimonious]

Going into hiding, I see. Typical pussy.

Enjoy your pathetic life.

Before you run away, remember this; I'm myself in real life. Racist are ALAWYS slimy, cowardly, little weasles. You'll never utter any of the shit you say here, in the real world. I, on the other hand, will.

Peace out, pussy.

[skanktimonious]

You're a liar at best, a murderer at worst. You don't get to judge others. You are the rectal slime of humanity. Your mother owes humanity an apology.

[skanktimonious]

Is that why you keep getting your asses handed to you?

Who's the criminal? You prove my point. You're worthless, nothing but a sad, little, parasite.

[skanktimonious]

Just like all the crybaby vets....wah, I have P.T.S.D., boo fucking hoo, give me money for the rest of my life, for being a war criminal.

STFU, baby killing piggy.

[ezekielthemack]

It's only a pity you didn't perish in 9/11. Now go fuck off and die you white devil cunt.

[qdog79]

Dodd is a dipshit Bush put FEMA on alert days before Katrina hit and FEMA failed to respond ASAP... but theres more to the story people were told to leave and didn't...they new the levees could fail but never fixed them.... and the people who lived there began looting after the storm then blamed their plite on Bush....Bush didn't create Hurricane Katrina "mother-nature" did. The people who failed were the Gov. Louisiana, the Mayor of New Orleans, and the head of FEMA not Bush

[ezekielthemack]

Stay off the crack and stop talking misguided crap. If the majority of people in New Orleans were white they would have been given help within 24 hours. Here's a question for you, how the hell can the U.S. get help to Sri Lanka in a Tsunami quicker than getting help to their own people in the U.S.??? The victims of this tragedy were black, which is why they were not seen as a priority - FACT.

[wheredidallthepeople]

The girl who asked the question claimed that the "most needed Americans" are the minorities.. And that's not a racist remark?

[jstewholymoly]

No. It's factually accurate.

[LeLimeLine]

I think racism centers around thinking differently about people for superficial genetic things like the color of their skin or the shape of their eyes. This is more of a comment about society, based on the way society segregates different races and puts them at advantages and disadvantages by a fabricated hierarchy.

[katuru1]

Yes, race and class did play a role.

[mooserittle]

hindsight is 20/20...but between katrina and 9/11, two of the worst events in american history, it sucks to be bush.

[noeldelisle]

I liked that Richardson did mention predatory lending, as that is an issue that "hits close to home" with me & my family...I don't know though...Richardson doesn't "sell" me...

[Jackstowne]

Race absolutely played a role. Nine out of ten blacks vote Democrat. Karl Rove is, indeed, *that* cold. Remember what happened to black Florida voters in 2000.

[breaks0]

Escellent question! If you don't wanna impeach for the war, then impeach Bush for Katrina! You can find the reason for doing so in Palast's film on Katrina, visible here on YT.

[tjlawson20]

And I guess the Mayor and Governor were completely innocent? Be glad I wasnt in charge, I would've left those scumbags to swim

[Patjersey3000]

President Bush and FEMA did a very bad job in Katrina no doubt about that but.....Just remeber Bush bashing = votes!

[CityzenJane]

Another homerun. I am loving the Youtubers. FANTASTIC QUESTION.

[burningice17]

Nice job Richardson on mentioning predatory lending. I truly hope that an administration has to be as hideous as the Bush administration to make a screw up like Katrina and that it is never repeated.

[daviedave1111]

What does BUSH have to do with the hurricane?

[burningice17]

He appointed an unqualified idiot as the FEMA director. And if you noticed there was a little bit of a delay in sending help. As a president you get to address these sorts of things if you do your job right.

[emkay77]

Nothing