Katrina Response Angers Black Lawmakers

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090201257.html

Katrina Response Angers Black Lawmakers

WASHINGTON -- Black members of Congress expressed anger Friday at what they said was a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

"It looks dysfunctional to me right now," said Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif.

She and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, along with members of the Black Leadership Forum, National Conference of State Legislators, National Urban League and the NAACP, held a news conference and charged that the response was slow because those most affected are poor.

Many also are black, but the lawmakers held off on charging racism.

"The issue is not about race right now," said Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio. "There will be another time to have issues about color."

[Endangered Specie]

1. Lets hope the rest of the Democrats follow suit.

[hobbit709]

2. 3 strikes and you're out

Strike 1= poor
Strike 2= black
Strike 3= Democrat

[Coventina]

3. I won't hesitate to say this is an issue of class and ethnicity

:mad:

[nookiemonster]

4. No hesitation necessary.

You are spot on!

:mad:

[Mountainman]

5. If you are so damned angry then get off your butts and do something about

it.

Don't have a commission study the situation, then sue, then settle for some money like you did in FL after the 2000 elections.

Nothing will ever change if people aren't sent to jail for their crimes!

[JoFerret]

6. Say it loud, say it clear

Say it loud, say it clear
say it proud, make them hear.

[G_j]

7. Black Lawmakers Angry Over Relief Response

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5251723,00.html

Black Lawmakers Angry Over Relief Response

Friday September 2, 2005 8:46 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black members of Congress expressed anger Friday at what they said was a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

``It looks dysfunctional to me right now,'' said Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif.

She and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, along with members of the Black Leadership Forum, National Urban League and the NAACP, held a news conference and charged that the response was slow because those most affected are poor.

Many also are black, but the lawmakers held off on charging racism.

``The issue is not about race right now,'' said Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio. ``There will be another time to have issues about color.''

..more..

[Melodybe]

8. They should be, god bless the CBC

[Karmadillo]

9. U.S. black leaders condemn slow Katrina relief

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2005-09-02T210500Z_01_N02562673_RTRIDST_0_WEATHER-KATRINA-RACE-UPDATE-1.XML

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Black leaders on Friday condemned the slow response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and said poor and mostly black storm victims in New Orleans were bearing the brunt of the suffering.

"We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and those who died in this great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin color," said Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and former head of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The overwhelming proportion of black people among the refugees, made clear to Americans by television coverage of huge black crowds pleading for water and food in New Orleans, has raised questions about the role of class and race in the response.

Blacks, frequent targets of discrimination since the days of slavery, account for about two-thirds of the nearly 500,000 residents of New Orleans, according to census figures.

About 28 percent of them live below the poverty line, more than double the national poverty rate.

more...

[Melodybe]

10. kicked and recommended!

[katsy]

11. Thanks to our Congressional Black Caucus.

Every Democratic Leader should have stood up with them.

[Nikki Stone 1]

17. YES. Where are our other leaders?

The Conscience of the Party

[msgadget]

12. Even this article dilutes

what was actually said. See and click on Congressional Black Caucus Response to Hurricane Katrina (09/02/2005).

:kick:

[RedRocco]

13. rstv

I get an error when I try the link on CNN

[msgadget]

15. It's C-Span, not CNN

http://c-span.org/

[nini]

14. Once again the Black Caucus speaks up

Are they the only ones who have the guts to speak the truth?????

[alarcojon]

16. Go Congressional Black Caucus!

speaking truth to power again and again.