photo caption from Yahoo:
Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.
photo caption from Yahoo
A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage....
Posted on the off chance anyone was still in doubt about the endemic institutionalized racism prevelent in many areas of our society, including (perhaps especially?) the news media.
8 comments:
[sarcasm] The white people just found the bread and soda floating down the street. What's the big deal?[/sarcasm]
you'll like this:
one of my buddies from the boxing forum sent the link to his girlfriend, who replied "what's the big deal? The white couple only have a couple of things, the black guy has a huge bag full of stuff!"
I made him this picture to send her:
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/9720/lootin5wo.jpg
oops, here's a live link
check this out
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051261
- bobo
I wonder if the white cops and firemen are just finding stuff...
and you don't get to post anonymously AND not use live links! get with the program, mister perfesser!
my 2 cents, people FIND the necessities of life (water, bread, etc)
people LOOT everything else (DVD players, tv's, cash)
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=88106
I'd like to thank Dango for coming up with my new definition for "looting".
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