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No one is going to like to hear this, but my friends who are still in New Orleans, who are all white, commented that they are more white than black people in the city right now. They also implied the city has less crime and friendlier as well.

I can understand why Nagin would say there were not enough black people in New Orleans. For one thing, he won't get reelected without his black constituency. But New Orleans, for good or bad, is a black city, and there are displaced people who still have no homes.
 
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Before Hurricane Katrina displaced about three-quarters of its population, the city was more than 60 percent black. The storm spared several mostly-white neigbhborhoods, and hit black areas the hardest.

Sounds to me like God wants NO to be white.
 
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Ciaran said:
Before Hurricane Katrina displaced about three-quarters of its population, the city was more than 60 percent black. The storm spared several mostly-white neigbhborhoods, and hit black areas the hardest.

Sounds to me like God wants NO to be white.
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I think the first neighborhoods in New Orleans were naturally on high ground. The rest of NO was built around them.

I have heard some knee-jerk reactions to the 60% ratio. But one particularily nice white neighborhood, Lakeside, was also wiped out.

And if the levees in Jefferson Parish, which is 90% white, broke, well...
 
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sanjuro said:
No one is going to like to hear this, but my friends who are still in New Orleans, who are all white, commented that they are more white than black people in the city right now. They also implied the city has less crime and friendlier as well.

I can understand why Nagin would say there were not enough black people in New Orleans. For one thing, he won't get reelected without his black constituency. But New Orleans, for good or bad, is a black city, and there are displaced people who still have no homes.
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your statement is something i've been hearing from my NO friends. houston, where i live, on the other had had a 25% increase in homicides last year.
Katrina evacuee crime is a definite problem and there is a special force organized to address the problem.
 
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sanjuro said:
I can understand why Nagin would say there were not enough black people in New Orleans. For one thing, he won't get reelected without his black constituency. But New Orleans, for good or bad, is a black city, and there are displaced people who still have no homes.
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As it turns out, his "black constituency" is really white.
Renwick said Nagin may have been trying to shore up support with black voters. Nagin was elected largely because of support from white residents, collecting 90 percent of the white vote, while losing in nearly all predominantly black neighborhoods. But, Renwick said, it is unclear whether Nagin's remarks were the result of rhetorical clumsiness or a calculated political move.
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Old Man G Funk said:
As it turns out, his "black constituency" is really white.
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That is an interesting statistic. I should point out that all the mayoral candidates were black, as well as the last 3 mayors.
 
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I heard Nagin's apology, and I respect it. He admitted he was wrong and said he needed to be more sensitive. I concur and the matter is closed for me.

I wish politicians would admit the faults so we all can move on. Nagin did it I respect him for it. Others just pussyfoot around.
 
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