Katrina Coverage

Samuel L. Jackson is currently promoting a new movie, and he decided to let the world know what he thinks about the disaster:
He says, "Those people in New Orleans, the majority of them were black and that speaks to the fact that those were the people who couldn't afford to evacuate... They didn't have cars, they didn't have the means to get out and because the response to the emergency was so slow, it's easy to look at it and say, 'Wow, if there were white people trapped in that place, I betcha they'd gotten there sooner.'"
But Jackson hopes the fact that relief wasn't more immediate when the hurricane hit is just a huge mistake - and not a racist act.
He adds, "The hard thing to say is, 'Look, we made a mistake, we didn't do the right thing fast enough.' That's the problem right now."
OK, that's not that bad, and it actually somewhat contradicts the earlier race-baiting from Howard Dean et al. Unfortunately, he also had this to say:
"African-Americans are kind of used to adversity and that gave them an edge on the survival factor, in that they're not used to things being easy for them anyway."
What a buoyant remark! I'm sure Howard Dean will be hitting the talk shows to condemn it any day now.