http://katrinacoverage.com/2006/01/16/ray-nagin-promises-a-majority-african-american-chocolate-new-orleans.html Analyzing the news reports and politics of the New Orleans hurricane. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://katrinacoverage.com/2006/01/16/ray-nagin-promises-a-majority-african-american-chocolate-new-orleans.html#comment-143 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:55:27 +0000 http://katrinacoverage.com/2006/01/16/ray-nagin-promises-a-majority-african-american-chocolate-new-orleans.html#comment-143 [...] Obviously, Nagin needed to apologize for the whole comment, including the racist component of New Orleans remaining a "chocolate" and "majority African-American" city. While that's missing from the headline, at least they split that whole comment between the first two paragraphs of the article. Then: Nagin's remarks drew a furious reaction from white and black leaders, as well as residents, in New Orleans, prompting him to tell reporters Tuesday that the comments were "totally inappropriate." The dustup is the latest in a series of controversies over remarks made by the mayor, a former cable television executive elected in 2002 without experience in elected office. [...] […] Obviously, Nagin needed to apologize for the whole comment, including the racist component of New Orleans remaining a "chocolate" and "majority African-American" city. While that's missing from the headline, at least they split that whole comment between the first two paragraphs of the article. Then: Nagin's remarks drew a furious reaction from white and black leaders, as well as residents, in New Orleans, prompting him to tell reporters Tuesday that the comments were "totally inappropriate." The dustup is the latest in a series of controversies over remarks made by the mayor, a former cable television executive elected in 2002 without experience in elected office. […]

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