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Originally posted by WestPoint23
Earlier today Yahoo news had pictures of people looting on its site just to let you know.
www.ktbs.com...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Looters in New Orleans are taking advantage of the destruction from Hurricane Katrina.
At a Walgreen's drug store in the French Quarter this morning, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of
soft drinks, chips and diapers.
When police finally showed up, a young boy stood at the door, shouted a warning and the crowd scattered.
www.twincities.com...
At a flooded Walgreens store, police officers took control of the building and themselves dispensed medicine, diapers and other essentials to a small crowd of would-be looters.
Those bizarre scenes came as a growing desperation descended on New Orleans. City officials were coming to the grim realization that it was going to be a closed city for at least a month and perhaps far, far longer.
Racism
Look at the two of these photos on Yahoo News - notice anything different between them? According to Yahoo, black people "loot" -- white people "find."
Originals:
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Originally posted by spliff4020
Am I the only one who thinks its kind of stupid to discuss racism while an entire city is sinking? Is it possible to read a thread where race doesnt play into it? And why would google care about fueling "racism"? Its definitly odd that no pics come in though...
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
But I think classifying blacks as looters and whites as finders is just about as tasteless as it comes, so, we're probably just doing our part in pointing out the situation.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
spliff
I don't think it's stupid, because this tragedy may very well come down along racial lines. I wouldn't be surprised if 80% of the victims, maybe more, were black. If some media group decides to portray blacks as looters, and white folks as 'finders' then the reports of several hundred blacks shot dead in the streets won't sting the national consciousness so badly.
It may be in bad taste...
But I think classifying blacks as looters and whites as finders is just about as tasteless as it comes, so, we're probably just doing our part in pointing out the situation.
If 80% were black and died, so?
Why didnt they leave?
Is that saying they are less intelligent then whites?
Also, if hundreds were found shot in the head Im sure would sting pretty badly.
One account of the officers "help in looting" said that they were passing out supplies at wallmart, but the crowd grew and pretty much took the store over.
You see people chest deep in water trying to carry a new computer.
Those people deserve to die.
They're stupid. Regardless of color.
Someone pointed out that you dont know the back story on the pics, so it may very well be that. But nowadays everyone gets all pissed off if you point out anything at all wrong about someone black. If the pic said white looter, noone would have noticed. But right away the sympathy starts for the poor, mistreated black man.
If you ignore it, it goes away.