Jill Scott, Rosie Perez, Russell- Documentary Katrina 911

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Hurricane Katrina

The images are scorched into our collective memory. There were survivors carrying what belongings they could salvage, trekking through waist-high sewage in search of high ground; there were images of mothers carrying children and sons pushing fathers in wheelchairs; there were survivors on rooftops with signs held overhead pleading for supplies as helicopters flew past; and there was anguish at the Superdome. There was also the report of survivors, largely black in number, turned back by police at gunpoint on the Gretna Bridge as they sought dry land. There was the talk of being a "refugee" in your own country and the looting of abandoned shops and stores—all caught on camera.




And there was the constant question of "How could this happen here?"




Today marks the second anniversary of the Katrina disaster, and life amid the protracted rebuilding efforts remains a struggle for many hurricane survivors. But if one factor has been exacerbated by the devastation that nearly leveled New Orleans two years ago, it's the stark racial divide in the city that by many accounts is harsher today than ever.




Charges of political corruption, complaints from those still awaiting federal assistance, a sky-high crime rate and some devastated, mostly black areas that are still untouched by efforts to rebuild have left tensions in the city at an alarming high.

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[roxane2701]

love jill , she is the definition of a black woman.beautiful strong and proud!

[csnow75]

Russell Simmons comment that artists "always" seem to be connected to the suffering was the joke. Rosie Perez however, was right on point with what she said.

[dollarbill125]

Jill Scott and Rosie spoke the truth and I commend them...Russell Simmons needs to STFU all he does is give money and rely on music artist to seem like they actually want to do something like make a song about saving the community or caring about the community and America at large but then go back to rapping about violence, selling drugs etc -_-

[rmbb10]

I feel them.

[csnow75]

Oh please! Get well soon by the way!

[rosieparez]

Celebrities are tax paying citizens as well and they have just as much of a rt to talk politics as you and I. I am so sick of self righteous people.

[csnow75]

Again I MUST reiterate that I LOVE JILL SCOTT and her music. I just don't think a lot of celebrities, Jill included should publicly go off about what they are completely uninformed of. Sounds like she was quoting a headline to me.

[csnow75]

BlTree, Jill was asked about how Katrina made us look and she gave her opinion because that was the type of question it was. She then goes off on a tangent about section 8 in Detroit MI being taken away, and dental/medical issues in Washington D.C. ; uh...well that's not New Orleans....and to make matters worse she ends with slang that she doesn't even look comfortable using.

[csnow75]

If you have to rate your achievements based on what other say instead of what you do, that doesn't make you successful, sadly that makes you a loser "wanna be". Successful people don't CARE what others think or do, that's what makes them...a winner.

[csnow75]

Brandon you came after me for MY post, I didn't attack YOU. I'll bet if I had foul words to say about the government you wouldn't have said anything to me. You're a hypocrite; you CRITICIZED me for what I said and then called ME the CRITIC LOL at THAT!!