Is Ray Nagin a racist?

Question

Here is a quote from Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, a government official.

"On Monday, Nagin said God wanted New Orleans to be predominantly black and said he didn't care what the predominantly white Uptown section of the city had to say about it."

'"I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day," he said. "This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be."'
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/index.html

How come he was not forced to resign after making remarks like that? Don Imus made a degratory remark about black women basketball players from a certain university and was forced to resign (he's coming back by the way). What Imus said is not nearly as racist as what Nagin said and Nagin is a public official.

There is a witch hunt going on in this country rooting out only white people that have made certain remarks.

Answer 1

Have you forgotten that only white people can be racist? Lets consider for a moment what would have happened if Nagin was a white man and had said " I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be white at the end of the day," he said. "This city will be a majority white American city. It's the way God wants it to be." Sound racist now?

Answer 2

i have self assurance this turned right into a connection with Mr. Landrieu's political allegiances. at the same time as both applicants are democrats, the Nagin campaign has made valid factors that Landrieu's stance is way in the route of Republican on many topics. Blue = democrat purple = republican And in case your god is so petty that he will flood an complete city because he thinks the all of us is all sinners, then your god sounds like no human being i'd pick to have self assurance in. playstation = the time period "Chocolate city" isn't a racist time period. that's a time period coined contained in the 1970's, fairly which skill Washington DC, and turned right into a way that electorate of a predominantly African-American city with an African-American mayor expressed their delight.

Answer 3

How was that racist?

And lets be honest here...New Orleans was New Orleans because of the Black culture. The jazz, blues, funerals, cultural events, etc. The keyword here is ::culture::.

I HOPE the majority Blacks do NOT return, I hope they make a New Orleans somewhere else. The only reason why anyone would go to NO is to see women pull up their shirts and stupid beads.

WACK!!

Answer 4

Ray Nagin obviously has very limited intellectual capabilities. And if I say very limited, I really mean very, very limited.

Answer 5

It does seem that there is often a double standard when it comes to discriminatory speech and actions.