"The kitchen brought nothing but trashy people from across the tracks," said James Hebert, 68. "We need to get these people out of here so we can get back to normal."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_re_us/katrina_volunteer_backlash
I think this article highlights the class differences that are dividing us against our selves!
What is normal...keep the poor out of sight? and out of mind?
I wonder what his relation is to this community?
2007-07-19 15:40:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
I am sure I would not like it but I would be part of the solution and not the problem!! oh wait I do that here. volunteering.
2007-07-19 16:09:49 · update #1
There are several approaches. One is avoidance. The other is to solve the "problem". If a house stinks you can either tear it down or clean it up. I too am offended by some people's lack of cleanliness. In contrast though, I offer a bar of soap rather than running them off. You get the idea.
2007-07-19 15:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jack 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you what his relationship to this community is: anyone with his last name has been here for generations, they are owners of multiple businesses, some of which pay a pretty penny in taxes around here. Most of the Heberts are good people, and you don't know what it's like here. It's not your fault, it's the way the media portrays things. You would not want what he's talking about going on near you either, believe me. And there are far too many businesses here that are desperate for workers, but people seem to think they are too good for certain jobs, I could go on and on, but I won't.
*******Sorry, but I should have mentioned that we have quite a few local charity organizations in this area that have been around for decades meeting this type of need - in their own fixed locations. They were here before, they're still here, it's not like people have nowhere at all to turn. We truly don't need all these temporary volunteer setups here like we did before. They were needed at one point and greatly appreciated, but a lot of them are now filled with transients that are not even from here. We have to move forward.
2007-07-19 22:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Normal is like you can build a castle of your own and let your neighbors crawl through your walls so you can accuse them like thieves, let them live behind your walls, consume your trash, drink mud while they get soaked in the rain...
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN..
p.s.
He has no community...he belongs to the cliff, let him hang there..
2007-07-19 23:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by peter 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just read that tonight and I think it stinks. Unfortunately though, that is how the average American thinks. So much for helping our fellow man.
That "bunch of stinkin homeless and welfare trash" are also human beings.
2007-07-19 22:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by claire 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What would you rather have. A nice clean street where business' can operate? Or a bunch of stinkin homeless and welfare trash who run off customers?
2007-07-19 22:46:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
it happens all the time..property values drop when blacks or immigrants move into the neighborhood...sorry..human nature tends to suck but its reality..get over it
2007-07-19 23:06:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋