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To: bentway who wrote (261877)	11/23/2005 1:49:01 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579737

"If you think these facts are coincidence and don't have anything to do with current racism in NO, then I have a couple of freeways to sell you real cheap!" I don't think it's ALL racial. If you've ever been to NO, you would know that a lot of black families live in the nicer parts of town too, own businesses, make decent livings. It's more economic discrimination now. As Elvis Costello said, "You don't have to be black to be a nigger no more." It's true that most of the poor ARE black, but NO has a higher black population than most cities. That still doesn't explain why the poorest and coincidentally(?) the blackest neighborhood in NO is the most below sea level. If it were only NO, I might agree with your statement above......but go in city after city and almost every neighborhood of color is in the least desirable parts of the city. And when they are in desirable areas like Harlem in NYC, then they undergo gentrification.........sure its economic but its also racial. Some blacks are making it but the numbers are still too small. If we don't keep moving, we'll experience riots redux or a little bit of France in the US. ted