Reply #49: Amen Ninkasi......

[BronxBoy]

I'm sick of people trying to explain away the race issue. I really believe that people don't understand the depths of the anger that we felt as Katrina unfolded. A lot of what happened in the aftermath of Katrina was racially based, no ifs, ands or buts. And trying to make this solely a class issue is utter bullshit.

I read this thread at lunchtime and I was absolutely disgusted. It seems like victims of one of the worst storms that has occurred in this country in quite some time were treated with nothing but contempt by "our" government. Now I didn't see any of the hearings and I am reacting based upon what I have seen here and what I heard on some local Black radio shows this morning. But for me that's enough.

And where is the Democratic party that we have supported more than any other single racial group: Talking about fucking video games. Where's the outrage? The standard racial stereotypes are being trotted out about how the victims are looking for "handouts" and that they need to be "self-reliant". All of this while our government seems more preoccupied with the well being of people in Iraq than here.

And what really kills me is that at around the time of the Million More March, there were all of these threads talking about Farrakhan this and Farrakhan that. And I tried to tell them that the Democrats were creating a vacuum that was giving him access to ears he might not otherwise have and that the Dems needed to step up. So here we are today, Black Katrina survivors go to congress and are basically lectured to and told they are liars. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE PARTY WE HAVE SO FAITHFULLY SUPPORTED?

Talking about fucking video games!

You don't think Farrakhan is crafting his next speech and saying "This sister lived through the horrors of Katrina and was invited to share her experience in the most hallowed halls of our government. And you know what happened Brothers and Sisters? She was called a liar. She was told that what she had seen could not have possibly happened. That her sufferings were as significant to these men of power as a flea is to an elephants' behind."

I've said it before and I'll say it again: One of the things the Democrats should be afraid of is that we sit on our collective asses in 2006. I will never, ever vote for a republican. But if the Dems don't step up and act like the respect us as a people then I won't vote. Fuck em. And before anyone posits the theory that doing so will hasten our demise, I have this to say:

We just watched thousands of Black people left to die. And now we have he honor of witnesses to this being told they are liars on the floor of the US government. SO it's just a matter of whether we are on the local train or the express. If I'm going to get fucked, let's get it over with.

If the Dems can't support us now and blast these mofos, then fuck em. A lot of people here get all giddy about the Christian right staying home because they don't like Bush's policies. Well imagine if we did the same damn thing!



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edited again because there were still pissed off errors