Katrina Victims Testify on Racism's Role

[deminks]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051206/ap_on_go_co/katrina_congress

WASHINGTON - Black survivors of Hurricane Katrina said Tuesday that racism contributed to the slow disaster response, at times likening themselves in emotional congressional testimony to victims of genocide and the Holocaust.

The comparison is inappropriate, according to Rep. Jeff Miller (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla.

"Not a single person was marched into a gas chamber and killed," Miller told the survivors.

"I don't want to be offensive when you've gone though such incredible challenges," said Rep. Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record), R-Conn. But referring to some of the victims' charges, like the gun pointed at the girl, Shays said: "I just don't frankly believe it."


So Katrina victims go to Washington to testify, only to be told by Republican Congressmen that they don't believe them. WTF?