Nagin pleads with residents to return
Tags: ray nagin, racismThe AP offers "New Orleans Mayor Asks Residents to Return", which reports on Nagin visiting Atlanta to plead with residents to return. It includes this quote from a former resident:
"There is nowhere to buy food or get gas. It's chaotic… Bringing us back to living in poverty is not a new beginning. How can a city that's broke help New Orleans rebuild?"
And, it also includes this bit that, were the races reversed, would be considered racist. But, since they aren't, it's not racist, no, not at all:
Betty Gaynor says she is leaving Atlanta _ for Houston, not New Orleans. The 65-year-old chastised Nagin, who is from her neighborhood in the 6th Ward, for allowing Mardi Gras to be held this coming February.
"Why would he have Carnival? Carnival is mostly for the white folks," she muttered.
Under liberal rules, that's a perfectly acceptable thing to say.
