re: "Katrina"
Yes Katrina was a mess. President Bush should have relieved the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana of their responsibilities and completely Federalized the rescue efforts in Katrina. This would have at least prevented the police in Jefferson County from turning evacuees back into New Orleans, and allowed the Red Cross and Salvation Army to feed those who rode out the storm in official shelters (or if relieved before the storm hit, New Orleans' school buses could have been used to evacuate people).
"And let me remind you, the last president of the US was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth like your Mr. Bush. And he was a Democrat.
Which President are you referring? Clinton? Yes that is true. Just as Reagan, Nixon were not born with silver spoons.
re:"I will have to see a creditable link that discusses the disparities you claim before I can believe you. A random sampling of northern and southern cities does not show the kind of segregation differentials you suggest"
For Blacks, the least segregated large metro in America is long time conservative bastion, Orange County (California) - birthplace of Richard Nixon.
"The top ten most segregated large metropolitan areas were in the older Northeast-Midwest "Rust Belt", which has tended to lose population in recent decades. All but one of the least segregated large metropolitan areas were in the West and South, where metropolitan areas have tended to gain population." "Residential Segregation of Blacks or African Americans: 1980-2000
census.gov
"The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-2005" Report: Brookings Institution
Bullet Points:
"The South scored net gains of black migrants from all three of the other regions of the U.S. during the late 1990s, reversing a 35-year trend."
"Southern metropolitan areas, particularly Atlanta, led the way in attracting black migrants in the late 1990s."
"Among migrants from the Northeast, Midwest, and West regions, blacks were more likely than whites to select destinations in the South."
"College-educated individuals lead the new migration into the South."
"After several decades as a major black migrant "magnet", California lost more black migrants than it gained during the late 1990's."
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