Nagin Blames Racism for Slow Katrina Response

Promoting his new book, 'Katrina's Secrets,' on Monday's NBC Today, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin stood by his assertion that racism played a role in the Bush administration's response to the storm: "I'm not telling you that President Bush was a racist or what have you. But I think race and class and politics played in just about every aspect of this disaster."

Co-host Matt Lauer claimed that Nagin was "very honest and open" in the book, at least in his ability to "blame President Bush, FEMA Director Michael Brown and others for slow federal response." After quoting Nagin's suggestion in the book that race was a factor, Lauer referred to the accusation as a "Kanye West moment" and wondered: "What proof do you have that it contributed to the slow response?"

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[RonSafreed]

What about the police mainly going into the WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS to confiscate guns? How come the police didnot go into the BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS&do the same? I smell a rat here. Talk about racism Mr. Nagin?If most if not all the guns confiscated were from the law abiding white citizens&none from the black we have a problem here? It looks like there is an anti white bias when it comes to gun control&confiscation.Who was doing most of the shooting after Katrina? IT WAS THE BLACKS-FYI.Need I say more

[WTC7WasPulled]

No its because New Orleans was a test for FEMA. A guinea pig. Explosives blew the levies.

[USA4July1776]

When everything is racism, nothing is.