Did the breaching of the leeves..?

Question

(Katrina) Did the breaching of the leeves and aftermath demonstrate the ways in which race and class are significant in U.S society? Do you believe there are two "two Americas" or "multiple Americas"?

Answer 1

No, it showed the heartlessness of this administration and the incompetance of the ACE

Answer 2

New Orleans had been told over, and over, and over that a major storm would breach the leeves.

But instead of fixing them, they chose to wait for the feds to do it and their elected politicians were not able to convince the rest of the country to give them even more money for a city that sits below sea level and is prone to flooding.

Millions, if not billions, of our tax dollars went to Katrina victims. Many of the "victims" have frauded the government and received money that they did not deserve. Many moved to other states, stayed on the FEMA payrolls until kicked off and our now drawing welfare in their new homes.

We, as a country, cannot continue to pay and pay and pay so that a small group of people can do nothing, and get everything. Our money is running out, our economy is crashing and yet we continue to expect things to stay the same.

Of course there are multiple Americas, there is one for the government union worker, one for the government elected officials, one for the rich, one for the poor (do nothings) and a disappearing one for the hard working middle class.

Unless you want to be communist, that is the way it is.

Answer 3

Not race or class, but culture. Welfare culture, regardless of race, sits around and waits for the government to take care of them, and there are just some situations that no government is nimble enough to handle with the lightning speed that an evacuation calls for. You have to take action, either as an individual, or as a group of individuals with a common purpose acting as an organized body - and welfare culture does not teach the independence that these actions require but exactly the opposite. What you saw with Katrina was people who waited around for help instead of getting the hell out like they were told. And instead of getting up off the ground like independent people do and putting their lives back together, they are still dependent and whining about 'two Americas'.

Yes, there are two Americas. The 'do's and the 'do it for me's'.

Answer 4

Its really tasteless for politicians to try to capitalize on a major American tragedy by blaming the failing of the leeves on race. All that does it throw fuel on an already burning fire.

Maybe the leeves failed because they were decades old, weren't properly maintained, and were hit by a category 4 hurriciane. Do you think that might have had something to do with it?

Answer 5

I don't know but I do thing it's interesting that the government has pledged so much support to the rich white people who lost their houses in California due to the wildfires while the Katrina victims are not paid a whole lot of attnetion. What does that say about the value of race and how our government treats the subject??

Answer 6

All I can say for sure is that I loved Mike Meyers face when Kanye West said his speech!