Re: I can't believe what that dude just said on live TV
PW....I think the point here and in other threads since the disaster happened is, and this is just my opinion, is that as soon as a disaster, such as Katrina, or even 9/11 happens, someone usually jumps on the soap box and somehow injects "racism" into the existing mess. <br />Is there still racism in the US...hell yes. And it won't leave until the (broad statement here) "racist generation" dies off (that means those who are racist and those that spout racism) and are replaced by a generation that understands that skin color, any skin color, is a moot point with human beings.<br />I watched the Bill Maher show couple nights ago on HBO....and as usual, he had his show loaded for a one sided discussion on Bush/Government bashing. His guest included two Afro-Americans, a man and women and a white actor from the West Wing series. He also interviewed a meteroligist and jounalist. Off course his show showed how that it was all the Goverments fault that Katrina came and that everything happening down there was happening because of racism.....this was also the Governments fault. My point here is simple....this is a prime example of why folks get so hot during times of crisis or disasters. Instead of having a show that tries to expound the relief efforts or trying to give info on ways to help, the show and it's guests, makes the existing situation worse by pointing fingers and trying to lay fault and calling it, for the most part, racism. This is the kind of stuff that young people of any color listen to....and believe. Great way to raise America. Off course, any other type of show wouldn't make $ the way this one would.<br /><br /><br />OK...I'm off the soap box. I'm sure some will pick my post apart....but....hey...at least I have the freedom to post an opinion.