What the?
Just read one of Hashim's columns over at SOHH. And the comments. Nothing like an anonymous forum to really bring out people's true feelings.
From someone posting as "Kanye West":
I am so sick and tired of blacks bitching about anything and everything. Would you ever think that it is yourself to blame. But no, it's the white man who's been holding you down your whole life. Accept (sic) that the majority of crime being committed in NO is from blacks! The majority of people in the make shift jail in NO is black. Who's to blame now?! Yourselves.
Amazing.
To shed some light on the situation, I refer to journalist extraordinaire, Gary Younge from the Guardian , who demonstrates that most of the reports of barbaric crime during the aftermath of NO are unsubstantiated.
"New Orleans police have been unable to confirm the tale of the raped child, or indeed any of the reports of rapes, in the Superdome and convention centre..Nor has the source for the story of the murdered babies, or indeed their bodies, been found. And while the floor of the convention centre toilets were indeed covered in excrement, the Guardian found no corpses."
As Younge points out, "During a week when communications were difficult, rumours have acquired a particular currency. They acquired through repetition the status of established facts."
And: "Reports of the complete degradation and violent criminals running rampant in the Superdome suggested a crisis that both hastened the relief effort and demonised those who were stranded."
So, Not-Really-Kanye, please do me a favor and set aside your giant hate-on and actually do some research. I guarantee you that if you open your mind (for even twenty-four hours) and read a couple of dozen news articles on Katrina, you will come to the conclusion that the rest of us reached days ago: you can't blame the victims.
From someone posting as "Kanye West":
I am so sick and tired of blacks bitching about anything and everything. Would you ever think that it is yourself to blame. But no, it's the white man who's been holding you down your whole life. Accept (sic) that the majority of crime being committed in NO is from blacks! The majority of people in the make shift jail in NO is black. Who's to blame now?! Yourselves.
Amazing.
To shed some light on the situation, I refer to journalist extraordinaire, Gary Younge from the Guardian , who demonstrates that most of the reports of barbaric crime during the aftermath of NO are unsubstantiated.
"New Orleans police have been unable to confirm the tale of the raped child, or indeed any of the reports of rapes, in the Superdome and convention centre..Nor has the source for the story of the murdered babies, or indeed their bodies, been found. And while the floor of the convention centre toilets were indeed covered in excrement, the Guardian found no corpses."
As Younge points out, "During a week when communications were difficult, rumours have acquired a particular currency. They acquired through repetition the status of established facts."
And: "Reports of the complete degradation and violent criminals running rampant in the Superdome suggested a crisis that both hastened the relief effort and demonised those who were stranded."
So, Not-Really-Kanye, please do me a favor and set aside your giant hate-on and actually do some research. I guarantee you that if you open your mind (for even twenty-four hours) and read a couple of dozen news articles on Katrina, you will come to the conclusion that the rest of us reached days ago: you can't blame the victims.
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