When the mayor of New Orleans was running for re-election he said he wanted a chocolate city.
Now that he was re-elected does that mean New Orleans is a chocolate city? Does this make him a chocolate mayor?
If I refer to him as chocolate does it mean I am a racist ,if you refer to New Orleans as chocolate is it racist?
2006-08-29 10:42:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It’s interesting how the Mayor of New Orleans and many natives of the city pride themselves on referring to it as a “chocolate” city in order underscore the predominate racial class that lives there; mainly black. Yet at the same time they decry this government and this nation’s slowness to respond to the Katrina disaster, attributing racism to it. The line of reasoning goes that if it were a predominately white, affluent metropolis that got hit with the hurricane the response would have been quick and abundant. At the root of all racist dialogue is verbiage intended to highlight distinctions between classes of people on the basis of color. By calling New Orleans a chocolate city the Mayor and people indigenous to New Orleans are committing the fallacy that is at the very heart of racism – drawing a line of demarcation between them and us.
As an aside, it is interesting that for all its “chocolateness” New Orleans had to implore people all over the United States, who comprise the full gamut of colors and flavors, for assistance to rebuild their city. A full cornucopia of colors and flavors came to their aid; from caramel (Mexican labors), lemon (Asian engineers), and vanilla (white business owners, politicians, and philanthropists). If I were chocolate I would be quite ashamed. Why doesn’t the good mayor decry his own chocolate counter parts for not being instrumental in the reconstruction efforts? Of course that would require that he insist that his brethren work for a change, and if he did that, he probably wouldn’t have gotten reelected.
Now do I sound racist? It may come across that way to the hypersensitive. Do I care? No. Is what I just stated the truth? Yes!
2006-08-29 11:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you are white and said that school bus Nagin was chocolate, you will be labeled a racist Nazi hate monger.If you happen to be chocolate,then it's OK.
2006-08-29 10:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many say that the flooding of New Orleans was God flushing the toilet. So if you want to call it 'chocolate', be my guest!
2006-08-29 10:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by Paladin 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nagin's a moron, and I can not believe those fools down there re-elected him. I look forward to his next foolish comment, the hole in the ground one was almost as good as the chocolate/vanilla/SWIRL....f****ng idiot.........
I'm so glad New Orleans was the only place devastated by Katrina....................
2006-08-29 10:56:44 · answer #4 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It may be one of those situation where if Mayor Nagin says it, it's not racist, but if you say it , it is racist.
2006-08-29 10:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah, that wasn't one of his brightest moments....
I think he kinda lost if after Katrina, but hey that was tragic.
And if I was you, I wouldn't call someone chocolate, just to be on the safe side.
Just like it would be helluva annoying to be called vanilla!
2006-08-29 10:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by Jmyooooh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends do they sell a lot of Ferrero Rocher over there?
2006-08-29 10:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by Egroeg_Rorepme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHA, Naygen (sp) really cracks me up. I actually have that quote on audio and play it just for laughs.
2006-08-29 10:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by BAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who would ever consider you a racist, lucky_j. You hide it better than that. ;-)
2006-08-30 08:04:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis"?
Seriously, no.
2006-08-29 10:51:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋