Stupid Or Ulterior Motive?

Most people have noticed and a few have commented on the response to the hurricane warning by the people of Texas as compared to the response by the people of Louisiana.

Our local paper carried an article from AP which included a bunch of charts to show the per centage of each population that was "Black". That really pissed me off. They also offered charts to show per centages of each population below poverty level.

In the first place, please define "Black". Does it mean your ancestors came from Africa? The human race evolved in Africa and spread throughout the world. All our ancestors came from Africa.

I could go on, but the point is that I could not believe AP would be so stupid as to assume that being Black had anything to do with response to a hurricane. Then I began to wonder if they really are stupid... or if they are trying to promote some agenda.

No one may ever know the true answer to the question of why people responded as they did, but since I subscribe to the duck paradigm of scientific investigation, let's see if we can think of something here that waddles, quacks or looks like a duck.

Is it poverty? There are masses of people earning below the poverty level who maintain their self-respect and their faith in the future. Those people will admit to being broke - never to being poor. You did not see them begging for help while refusing to help themselves.

How about welfare? Welfare to give temporary help to someone is an act of compassion. Welfare as a lifestyle destroys a person. They lose their self respect. They lose the ability to solve their own problems. They hate themselves for being dependent. They hate you for giving to them. That perfectly describes some of the evacuees who came out of New Orleans.

So, why would a major news gathering source infer that being "black" is the problem? "Racism" is widely criticized in this country. If you can blame racism, it is a lot easier to cause someone a great deal of political pain.

Why not a chart showing the per cent of each population living the welfare life? Welfare has become a liberal bragging point. You would not dare imply that your basic philosophy could cause suffering and loss of life.