Sep
6
2005
Wisdom
Calling Katrina survivors ‘refugees’ stirs debate – Hurricane Katrina – MSNBC.com:
“It is racist to call American citizens refugees,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, visiting the Houston Astrodome on Monday. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed similar sentiments.
Jesse Jackson has never seen a word he didn’t like to call racist. This man, who portrays himself as a man of God, is probably the most divisive man in the country. He sits between the TV and the phone and just waits for a chance to use one to complain about the other, hoping to spew the word “racist” at the drop of an adverb.
Language is descriptive but also alive and generational. Each new generation seems to think the terms common among the last generation are not fit for their own generation. Soon, we will be out of combinations of letters to describe each other.
I therefore put forth that from now on those displaced in the aftermath of Katrina be called “DISCOKATs,” short for “DISplaced in their own COuntry by KATrina.” I will also no longer allow myself to be referred to by the racial slur “white,” and will forthwith be described as “Scottish-Slavik-English-Irish-Deutsch-Nordic-and a few other hyphens-American!”
Peace,
Wisdom
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Sep
3
2005
Wisdom
Simply put, Kanye West’s diatribe was disgusting and out of place. Hillary probably gave him a call before he went on the air. It never fails to amaze me when people can claim others are racists when they have no concept of what is in the others heart.
Was aid too slow to come? Yes.
Was it because the victims were mostly black? That is simply asinine.
Was it because the President didn’t do his job? Get real. He’s a human being and felt the same despair over the situation as everyone else. He was also just as suprised by the extent of the tragedy as everyone else.
Let’s be real here. 90,000 square miles of America were destroyed. How long do you think it takes to put together food, water, shelter, and transportation for the inhabitants of 90,000 square miles? Moreover, some of the residents of New Orleans themselves are responsible for the delay in rescue and supplies. Police were attacked by the people in the Convention Center, and people mugged each other for food and water. Snipers took pot shots at rescue helicopters, and lit fires in shelters. When rescue workers are shot at by the very people they are trying to help, how willing do you think they are going to be to continue to volunteer their efforts and put their own lives in danger?
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