Thursday, February 19, 2009
Politics Summary
The image of Hurricane Katrina's devastation was very severe. Debris blanketing the ground in the entire picture clearly describes Katrina's force. The before and after shot of Christian Middle School is almost unbelievable. The school is completely gone! About the only common factors in the photo is the unaltered trees in the foreground. The date in the first shot was September 14, 2005, the cleanup was on December 6, 2005 marking a long transition of a cleanup process or a slow reaction by our very own government. Some may argue it was a race issue for the reason why our government took so long to respond, they argue that the if the hurricane hit anywhere else in the united states then the government would respond immediately, but the deep south, with the majority being African american, believed it was a race card being used by the previous president Bush Jr....
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I think this is a good point and you were very specific and seemed like you felt passionate about what you were reading and how you felt about it. Good point made about the people in the south being mainly Africa Americans therefore people thinking that was a reason for the delay by the government, makes us think if our government is still discriminating against races seen as inferior.
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