You know, I think it is sickening and really enlightening just how much racial divide there is in America, and just how much of it is soo evident. Yet everyone is always trying to talk about how it isn't a problem here, and how other countries are wrong for the ways they treat people.
Case in point:
We all know what a tragedy the hurricane that has hit the gulf region is right now. People have died, and more will die. Homes and belongings are lost forever, washed away in the disease infested flood waters that have all but completely covered some portions of New Orleans, Biloxi and Pascagoula. There are people out there of "ALL" races that are fighting to live RIGHT NOW as I type this note. When you are faced with a situation as grim as this, your basic instincts kick in. The strongest of them all is "SURVIVAL!" Food, water, clothing, shelter....these are all things that we must have to survive.
I am saying all of this because I am soo outraged at how the media is portraying these people in this situation. It is NO accident that every time you see video or photographs of what they are labeling "looting" and "looters", they only show black people. The reporters are trying to dramatize it soo much to build a better story to bolster their ratings, that the real view of what is going on is lost. They are portraying these people like they are in L.A. running down the street with a television in their hands. These people are trying to find food, anything drinkable, baby diapers, dry clothes, etc... And these idiots have the audacity to try and interview people, asking them "why are you out here breaking the law?"
Granted there are some people that are taking advantage of the situation, stilling jewelry and other insignificant trinkets, some even took guns and ammo from stores. In light of the situation, I think some form of protection is necessary...but really, in the big scheme of things.. WHO CARES !!??!! Those people are dying!!
Some of you may say, "we know there is racism, but that isn't the important issue right now." to that I say "yes it is". Those people down there are going to need alot of help, from ALL of us here in this country, because it ain't coming from anywhere else. When Floyd brought the floods to N.C., you didn't see the media calling the people that busted into grocery stores "LOOTERS!" No, they reported for what it was, "PEOPLE TRYING TO SURVIVE!" There was a major out pour of help from all over the country, which was definitely needed. Now, we have a region where the population of the hardest hit areas is predominate black, or of black decent. Now the people that are trying to survive are "LOOTERS"... How many people do you think are going to be inclined to help, if every time they look at the news or the papers and see blacks in a light that basically shows them as common criminals? This is the reason I am writing this note... I am sending it to CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS.... I am sure it will fall on deaf ears, but I had to try.
These people are in real trouble, and they need alot of help. We can't afford to have this type of ignorance deterring even "one" person from doing what they can to help out.
Evidence of what I'm saying is true: The white couple "found" stuff at a grocery store, the black kid "looted" his.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1
