looting and race...

[BCPVP]

I've read in several places that the population of NO was about 2/3 black. So that's already a disproportionate number of people there. Add to that that blacks generally have less money and probably less of an ability to travel elsewhere. So if most of the people left in the city are black, it stands to reason that most of the looters would be black.

[Non_Comformist]

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I've read in several places that the population of NO was about 2/3 black. So that's already a disproportionate number of people there. Add to that that blacks generally have less money and probably less of an ability to travel elsewhere. So if most of the people left in the city are black, it stands to reason that most of the looters would be black.

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Are you sure about your 2/3rds figure? If so wow, I had no idea.

Anyways good post. At the same time do you know if the mostly white rural areas of Missippi and Alabama also saw similar instances of looting? Although perhaps it is unfair to compare rural and urban environments, I don't know.

[Broken Glass Can]

I heard the Biloxi looters were disproportionately gamblers and casino workers. But we all know how wicked and immoral those gambler types are. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[BCPVP]

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Are you sure about your 2/3rds figure?

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I'd only heard the figure from blogs, but this site validates the statistic.

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At the same time do you know if the mostly white rural areas of Missippi and Alabama also saw similar instances of looting? Although perhaps it is unfair to compare rural and urban environments, I don't know.

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I don't konw about the more white neighborhoods, but I would assume that many of them are either more towards the suburbs which won't have much stuff to loot and/or have mostly evacuated. I think the most shared characteristic of the looters would be mostly lower class. This makes sense to me because the lower class would have more to gain by looting, would be more likely to have not been able to evacuate, and more likely to be near urban areas where there would be stores to loot. That's my unprofessional opinion though, fwiw.

[scalf]

[img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] yeah, the rural people actually work for a living; but ya know; and i as usual; to bend over backward and try to be fair: maybe the liberal tv stations (and let's face the truth; the media is extremely liberal just were predjudiced and did not report the extensive looting in areas which were not 70% of a particular race; but ya know

i just never saw a single report or video of rural looting; i did see many people pitching in and actually helping each other out in a natural disaster,,

but hey; maybe i'm just not seeing the whole story..

yeah

jmho
gl

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[elwoodblues]

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i just never saw a single report or video of rural looting...

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hmmm...what could the reason for that be?

[Non_Comformist]

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i just never saw a single report or video of rural looting...

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hmmm...what could the reason for that be?

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A few guesses

1) because there wasn't any

2) because people in rural or areas have a stronger sense of community than those from poor urban areas.

3) Less media coverage in rural areas

4) less possible non-housing looting targets which also require greater travel to reach

5) these areas are not under water, less sense of overall chaos

6) a better ratio of law enforcement/ government official to populace ratio

7) better behaved and more law abiding citizens

any of those right?

[xniNja]

Note you chose to change the topic to my suggesting that I think you are an idiot (which apparently, and rightfully so, isn't against the rules) rather than respond to the statement about obviously evil white people, which you must have read.

[elwoodblues]

I saw some video on a newscast today of a bunch of people stranded in New Orleans waiting for busses. I swear, most of them were black. My conclusion was that, obviously, black people really like busses. Come to think of it, the other day I road on the L in Chicago. I noticed more black people than white people on the train as well. Maybe blacks just like mass transit.

[scalf]

[img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] hey; if somene wants to ride busses; be my guest; but if ya rob, illage, loot in a time when there should be a united effort to help each other: no, i just do not think that's acceptable...

but hey; if you feel people have a right to loot; i will disagree with you, but ya know; i will not call you an idiot

let truth win out

gl

think about it

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