Hurricane Katrina Part I

Race is everything to many in our society and as such the devastation that was hurricane Katrina is yet another example of racism in this country. I'm not sure why this sentiment exists but there are a lot of people not only perpetuating it but making money off this horrible situation. The latest person making money from the devastation is our good friend Spike Lee. Lee's show aired on HBO a few weeks ago, I did not watch it, to the acclaim of conspiracy theorists and members of the get whitey brigade. Unfortunately for this crowd the reality is that Katrina wasn't about racism as eloquently written here by John McWhorter. If McWorther were white he would be targeted as a racist but since he's black he will only be targeted as an Uncle Tom. He is spot on in his assessment of the real problems in New Orleans and many other urban areas in America.